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I am trying to read pdf file content using Django framework. what I have tried till now is

def upload(request):
    
    try:
        if request.method == 'POST':
            if request.FILES['document'].name.split('.')[-1] == "pdf":
                input = request.FILES['document'].read().decode()

                print(input)

            
            return HttpResponse('upload Products')

    except Exception:
        traceback.print_exc()

input = request.FILES['document'].read().decode() // This method gives error like 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x9c in position 72: invalid start byte

input = request.FILES['document'].read() I am not able to decode the Output

b'%PDF-1.4\n%\xc3\xa4\xc3\xbc\xc3\xb6\xc3\x9f\n2 0 obj\n<</Length 3 0 R/Filter/FlateDecode>>\nstream\nx\x9c\xdd\x1b\xcb\x8e\xe3\xb8\xf1\xde_\xe1\xf3\x02\xee\x88ER\x94\x80\x81\x01\xdbm\x07\xd8\xdbf\x1a\xc8!\xc8\xc9\xc9&Xx\x03d/\xfb\xfb
xa9'Yz\xd8\xed\xe9\xde\x1c\xa6\xd1\x18O\x95$\x92\xf5\xae\x12Y\xea\x9e\xc3\xe6\xf7\xa7\xffn\xbaM\x87P\x1e\xf33l\x86\x14\x9e\x87\xcdo\xff|\xfa\xeb\x0f\x9b\xff<\x85\r\xfd\xfd\xf6\xaf\xa7\x0eo\xc0\xe6\xd7'{\x086W\x1d@C\xaf:\x05\xfd/\xf7
xfe\xfd\xf4\xf3\x0f\x93A\xd1\r\x8a\xf7\x0619\xf8\x87\x8b\x1e^\x9fr\xc6'\x06\xc0\x9f\xd7\x7fl\xfetFj\x86\xcd\xeb\xcf_\xba\xb0{\xfd\xe5\xe9\xf4\xfa\xf4\xd3\xecy\x08\xf0\x9c\xee\x0f\xe8\x9e\xbb\xae\x0c\t\xd7\x8e\xb9\x1fz\xfc?\r\x103M\x00 cA\xe6\x87\xd8\xe3\x1c\xbf>\x11q\x02_\x99P\x12MQ\x16\xd2\x1c\xd3\xe7\xfc\x0c\xd7'\x91\xc2\x8d\xf5\xfe\xf2g\xa2\xfd\xb9\xc4<l~G\x06~DI\xff

Do I have to do anything with content type which is application/pdf

How can we get full path of file in Django ex: C:\Users\Testing\Zee\ZDemo.pdf

Mohammed zuhair
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You'll need to use a different reader. Save the content that you got uploaded into a folder, and then follow this tutorial:

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/working-with-pdf-files-in-python/

tsamridh86
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  • Is their any way to read the pdf file content without saving the file in the project. – Mohammed zuhair Sep 28 '20 at 11:11
  • Seems like you don't need to : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45795089/how-can-i-read-pdf-in-python just skip the file.read line, it should work for you straight away – tsamridh86 Sep 28 '20 at 11:20
  • Is it possible to get full path egs: C:\Users\Testing\Zee\ZDemo.pdf from request.FILES['document']? – Mohammed zuhair Sep 28 '20 at 11:24
  • No, unless you have saved it on the server, you cannot get the full path, and when you do save it on the server, you will know where you have saved it :) – tsamridh86 Sep 28 '20 at 11:26