How to use amazon textract to read pdf (to json) files in S3 but without downloading the documents locally

So far, this workflow uploads the files to S3 and then processes them, but my files are already in S3, I can’t find a way to use Amazon textract without downloading the pdf files to my pc.

Hi @Cristian1235,

Welcome to the KNIME Forum!

I don’t believe there’s a way to do this without downloading the pdf files in some way. I believe in the example workflow you provided the data would still need to be downloaded locally for Python to work with.

A possible workaround could be some sort of loop where you only download and process a few pdfs at a time, then delete them to save space (I’m assuming disk space may be a concern here). I’d also recommend taking a look at the PDF parser and Tika parser nodes if you’re looking for alternative solutions to Amazon textract.

Cheers,
Dash

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