For get_n_pages, an integer. For get_page_dims, a list of two-element numeric vectors specifying the width and height of each page, respectively.
Arguments
file
A character string specifying the path or URL to a PDF file.
doc
Optionally,, in lieu of file, an rJava reference to a PDDocument Java object.
pages
An optional integer vector specifying pages to extract from.
password
Optionally, a character string containing a user password to access a secured PDF.
copy
Specifies whether the original local file(s) should be copied to
tempdir() before processing. FALSE by default. The argument is
ignored if file is URL.
Author
Thomas J. Leeper <thosjleeper@gmail.com>
Details
get_n_pages returns the page length of a PDF document. get_page_dims extracts the dimensions of specified pages in a PDF document. This can be useful for figuring out how to specify the area argument in extract_tables