Can't use textract with Visual Studio 2017

Question

Hello,

I'm trying to use textract library with python to parse text from pdf. I've installed it using cmd but when I try to run the following script:

`
import textract
text = textract.process("regsInfo.pdf")

`

I get the following error:

`
Severity    Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State
Warning     Unable to resolve 'textract'. IntelliSense may be missing for this module.  PythonApplication3  C:\Users\elino\source\repos\PythonApplication3\PythonApplication3\PythonApplication3.py 1

`

what can cause this? how can I use textract on VS 2017? or, is there any other way to read a pdf file and extract text from it using visual studio?

Answer 1

Hi ElinorGinzburg,

Currently, Microsoft Q&A supports the products listed over here: supported topics (more to be added later on).
Your question about Python is not supported yet now. You can post it in Stack Overflow tagged python forum.

Best regards,
Anna