# How to read content from existing pdf through rubyonrails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-read-content-from-existing-pdf-through-rubyonrails/146648>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 23, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-read-content-from-existing-pdf-through-rubyonrails/146648 "2008-08-23T15:53:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/77aa72/32.png) [@vivek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vivek)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-read-content-from-existing-pdf-through-rubyonrails/146648/1 "2008-08-23T15:53:54Z")

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hello,

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      i have recently join this group as i found that many

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solutions regarding rubyonrails are found

in this group. I am having one serious issues which i need to solve of  
reading and searching the

content from the existing pdf file in the project repository. I didn;t  
get any clue from internet. So

please help me with this issue.

Regards  
Vivek