Table Extractor

Overview

Extract tables from PDF documents with high accuracy using camelot-py. Handles complex table structures including merged cells, multi-line rows, spanning headers, and borderless tables. Outputs clean DataFrames that can be exported to CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Instructions

When a user asks you to extract tables from a PDF, follow this process:

Step 1: Install and verify dependencies

# Install camelot and its dependencies
pip install "camelot-py[base]" ghostscript opencv-python-headless pandas

# Verify ghostscript is available (required by camelot)
gs --version 2>/dev/null || echo "Install ghostscript: sudo apt install ghostscript"