Update CLI help and README

README.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Camelot is a Python 2.7 library and command-line tool for extracting tabular dat
 
 ## Usage
 
+### API
+
 <pre>
 >>> import camelot
 >>> tables = camelot.read_pdf("foo.pdf")
@@ -23,6 +25,82 @@ Camelot is a Python 2.7 library and command-line tool for extracting tabular dat
 >>> df = tables[0].df
 </pre>
 
+### Command-line interface
+
+<pre>
+Usage: camelot [OPTIONS] FILEPATH
+
+Options:
+  -p, --pages TEXT                Comma-separated page numbers to parse.
+                                  Example: 1,3,4 or 1,4-end
+  -o, --output TEXT               Output filepath.
+  -f, --format [csv|json|excel|html]
+                                  Output file format.
+  -z, --zip                       Whether or not to create a ZIP archive.
+  -m, --mesh                      Whether or not to use Lattice method of
+                                  parsing. Stream is used by default.
+  -T, --table_area TEXT           Table areas (x1,y1,x2,y2) to process.
+                                  x1, y1
+                                  -> left-top and x2, y2 -> right-bottom
+  -split, --split_text            Whether or not to split text if it spans
+                                  across multiple cells.
+  -flag, --flag_size              (inactive) Whether or not to flag text which
+                                  has uncommon size. (Useful to detect
+                                  super/subscripts)
+  -M, --margins <FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT>...
+                                  char_margin, line_margin, word_margin for
+                                  PDFMiner.
+  -C, --columns TEXT              x-coordinates of column separators.
+  -r, --row_close_tol INTEGER     Rows will be formed by combining text
+                                  vertically within this tolerance.
+  -c, --col_close_tol INTEGER     Columns will be formed by combining text
+                                  horizontally within this tolerance.
+  -back, --process_background     (with --mesh) Whether or not to process
+                                  lines that are in background.
+  -scale, --line_size_scaling INTEGER
+                                  (with --mesh) Factor by which the page
+                                  dimensions will be divided to get smallest
+                                  length of detected lines.
+  -copy, --copy_text [h|v]        (with --mesh) Specify direction in which
+                                  text will be copied over in a spanning cell.
+  -shift, --shift_text [l|r|t|b]  (with --mesh) Specify direction in which
+                                  text in a spanning cell should flow.
+  -l, --line_close_tol INTEGER    (with --mesh) Tolerance parameter used to
+                                  merge close vertical lines and close
+                                  horizontal lines.
+  -j, --joint_close_tol INTEGER   (with --mesh) Tolerance parameter used to
+                                  decide whether the detected lines and points
+                                  lie close to each other.
+  -block, --threshold_blocksize INTEGER
+                                  (with --mesh) For adaptive thresholding,
+                                  size of a pixel neighborhood that is used to
+                                  calculate a threshold value for the pixel:
+                                  3, 5, 7, and so on.
+  -const, --threshold_constant INTEGER
+                                  (with --mesh) For adaptive thresholding,
+                                  constant subtracted from the mean or
+                                  weighted mean.
+                                  Normally, it is positive but
+                                  may be zero or negative as well.
+  -I, --iterations INTEGER        (with --mesh) Number of times for
+                                  erosion/dilation is applied.
+  -G, --geometry_type [text|table|contour|joint|line]
+                                  Plot geometry found on pdf page for
+                                  debugging.
+
+                                  text: Plot text objects. (Useful
+                                  to get table_area and columns coordinates)
+                                  table: Plot parsed table.
+                                  contour (with
+                                  --mesh): Plot detected rectangles.
+                                  joint
+                                  (with --mesh): Plot detected line
+                                  intersections.
+                                  line (with --mesh): Plot
+                                  detected lines.
+  --help                          Show this message and exit.
+</pre>
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 The dependencies include [tk](https://wiki.tcl.tk/3743) and [ghostscript](https://www.ghostscript.com/).

camelot/cli.py

@@ -17,44 +17,69 @@ class Mutex(click.Option):
 
 
 @click.command()
-@click.option("-p", "--pages", default="1", help="")
+@click.option("-p", "--pages", default="1", help="Comma-separated page numbers"
-@click.option("-o", "--output", help="")
+              " to parse. Example: 1,3,4 or 1,4-end")
+@click.option("-o", "--output", help="Output filepath.")
 @click.option("-f", "--format",
-              type=click.Choice(["csv", "json", "excel", "html"]), help="")
+              type=click.Choice(["csv", "json", "excel", "html"]),
-@click.option("-z", "--zip", is_flag=True, help="")
+              help="Output file format.")
+@click.option("-z", "--zip", is_flag=True, help="Whether or not to create a ZIP"
+              " archive.")
 @click.option("-m", "--mesh", is_flag=True, help="Whether or not to"
               " use Lattice method of parsing. Stream is used by default.")
+@click.option("-T", "--table_area", default=[], multiple=True,
+              help="Table areas (x1,y1,x2,y2) to process.\n"
+              " x1, y1 -> left-top and x2, y2 -> right-bottom")
+@click.option("-split", "--split_text", is_flag=True, help="Whether or not to"
+              " split text if it spans across multiple cells.")
+@click.option("-flag", "--flag_size", is_flag=True, help="(inactive) Whether or"
+              " not to flag text which has uncommon size. (Useful to detect"
+              " super/subscripts)")
+@click.option("-M", "--margins", nargs=3, default=(1.0, 0.5, 0.1),
+              help="char_margin, line_margin, word_margin for PDFMiner.")
+@click.option("-C", "--columns", default=[], multiple=True, cls=Mutex,
+              help="x-coordinates of column separators.")
+@click.option("-r", "--row_close_tol", default=2, cls=Mutex, help="Rows will be"
+              " formed by combining text vertically within this tolerance.")
+@click.option("-c", "--col_close_tol", default=0, cls=Mutex, help="Columns will"
+              " be formed by combining text horizontally within this tolerance.")
+@click.option("-back", "--process_background", is_flag=True, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) Whether or not to process lines that are in"
+              " background.")
+@click.option("-scale", "--line_size_scaling", default=15, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) Factor by which the page dimensions will be"
+              " divided to get smallest length of detected lines.")
+@click.option("-copy", "--copy_text", default=[], type=click.Choice(["h", "v"]),
+              multiple=True, cls=Mutex, help="(with --mesh) Specify direction"
+              " in which text will be copied over in a spanning cell.")
+@click.option("-shift", "--shift_text", default=["l", "t"],
+              type=click.Choice(["l", "r", "t", "b"]), multiple=True, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) Specify direction in which text in a spanning"
+              " cell should flow.")
+@click.option("-l", "--line_close_tol", default=2, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) Tolerance parameter used to merge close vertical"
+              " lines and close horizontal lines.")
+@click.option("-j", "--joint_close_tol", default=2, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) Tolerance parameter used to decide whether"
+              " the detected lines and points lie close to each other.")
+@click.option("-block", "--threshold_blocksize", default=15, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) For adaptive thresholding, size of a pixel"
+              " neighborhood that is used to calculate a threshold value for"
+              " the pixel: 3, 5, 7, and so on.")
+@click.option("-const", "--threshold_constant", default=-2, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) For adaptive thresholding, constant subtracted"
+              " from the mean or weighted mean.\nNormally, it is positive but"
+              " may be zero or negative as well.")
+@click.option("-I", "--iterations", default=0, cls=Mutex,
+              help="(with --mesh) Number of times for erosion/dilation is"
+              " applied.")
 @click.option("-G", "--geometry_type",
               type=click.Choice(["text", "table", "contour", "joint", "line"]),
-              help="Plot geometry found on pdf page for debugging.")
+              help="Plot geometry found on pdf page for debugging.\n\n"
-@click.option("-T", "--table_area", default=[], multiple=True,
+              "text: Plot text objects. (Useful to get table_area and"
-              help="")
+              " columns coordinates)\ntable: Plot parsed table.\n"
-@click.option("-split", "--split_text", is_flag=True, help="")
+              "contour (with --mesh): Plot detected rectangles.\njoint (with --mesh): Plot detected line"
-@click.option("-flag", "--flag_size", is_flag=True, help="")
+              " intersections.\nline (with --mesh): Plot detected lines.")
-@click.option("-M", "--margins", nargs=3, default=(1.0, 0.5, 0.1),
-              help="")
-@click.option("-C", "--columns", default=[], multiple=True, cls=Mutex,
-              help="")
-@click.option("-r", "--row_close_tol", default=2, cls=Mutex, help="")
-@click.option("-c", "--col_close_tol", default=0, cls=Mutex, help="")
-@click.option("-back", "--process_background", is_flag=True, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-scale", "--line_size_scaling", default=15, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-copy", "--copy_text", default=[], cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-shift", "--shift_text", default=["l", "t"], cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-l", "--line_close_tol", default=2, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-j", "--joint_close_tol", default=2, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-block", "--threshold_blocksize", default=15, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-const", "--threshold_constant", default=-2, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
-@click.option("-I", "--iterations", default=0, cls=Mutex,
-              help="Use with --mesh")
 @click.argument("filepath", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 def cli(*args, **kwargs):
     pages = kwargs.pop("pages")
@@ -69,6 +94,9 @@ def cli(*args, **kwargs):
     kwargs['table_area'] = None if not table_area else table_area
     columns = list(kwargs['columns'])
     kwargs['columns'] = None if not columns else columns
+    copy_text = list(kwargs['copy_text'])
+    kwargs['copy_text'] = None if not copy_text else copy_text
+    kwargs['shift_text'] = list(kwargs['shift_text'])
 
     kwargs = remove_extra(kwargs, mesh=mesh)
     if geometry_type is None:

camelot/io.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def read_pdf(filepath, pages='1', mesh=False, **kwargs):
         Whether or not to use Lattice method of parsing. Stream
         is used by default.
     table_area : list, optional (default: None)
-        List of table areas to analyze as strings of the form
+        List of table areas to process as strings of the form
         x1,y1,x2,y2 where (x1, y1) -> left-top and
         (x2, y2) -> right-bottom in pdf coordinate space.
     columns^ : list, optional (default: None)

camelot/plotting.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def plot_geometry(filepath, pages='1', mesh=False, geometry_type=None, **kwargs)
         'joint'* : Plot detected line intersections.
         'line'* : Plot detected lines.
     table_area : list, optional (default: None)
-        List of table areas to analyze as strings of the form
+        List of table areas to process as strings of the form
         x1,y1,x2,y2 where (x1, y1) -> left-top and
         (x2, y2) -> right-bottom in pdf coordinate space.
     columns^ : list, optional (default: None)