Docparser
Data
document parsing
SHOW HN2016
107points
23comments
#344of 2,264 in 2016
Top 16%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Zapier integration is appealing
From 1 comment
The Zapier integration is why I'm going to try this one.
caseyf7 on HN
Layout designer looks slick
From 1 comment
I'm working for a company that does DMS Things™ and processing incoming PDFs (for mailroom applications or invoice processing) is one of our core projects. Given that this is the…
darklajid on HN
Objections
Extraction did not work on some user PDFs
From 2 comments
I gave it a go and couldn't get useful data extracted. I sent a support query with attached PDFs.
jamiecarruthers on HNTried giving this[0] a shot but even just a single page was too large for the 4MB limit. [0] https://archive.org/details/averageweightofm41fult
camel_Snake on HN
No source code available
From 1 comment
No source? No, thanks!
mordae on HN
Requests
Webhooks need explaining in FAQ
From 1 comment
Your pricing tables mention webhooks but the faqs below them don't explain what those are.
markdown on HN
Questions
How templates are assigned to incoming PDFs
From 1 comment
I'm working for a company that does DMS Things™ and processing incoming PDFs (for mailroom applications or invoice processing) is one of our core projects. Given that this is the…
darklajid on HN
Alternatives named
pdftables.com
From 1 comment
Looks really good! A quick advert for PDF Tables https://pdftables.com/ - we're a bit more API-focussed.
frabcus on HN
pdf2text --layout
From 1 comment
I'm always surprised by how well `pdf2text --layout` works for even complicated looking PDFs. Has been better than most specialised (free) web services I've tried
sixhobbits on HN