Check if a PDF page has only text or other additions too

[vignesh0710]

In a given pdf page, is it possible to check if the page contains

CASE A: only text or
ALL THE OTHER CASES: it contains text in a different format or text with other additions

Examples for text with other format or other additions can include

1. Pages with graphs/images
2. Pages with table
3. Pages with multiple text boxes
4. Text in columns format

Following Approaches I Tried did not work:

1. Checking for annotations
2. Check if the page has rows/columns
3. check if the page has tables

DISCLAIMER: All the screenshots are from publicly available document
https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/nl/Documents/financial-services/deloitte-nl-fsi-fintech-report-1.pdf

Example for page with only text

Examples for text with other format or other additions can include

1. Pages with graphs/images
2. Pages with table
3. Pages with multiple text boxes
4. Text in columns format

Any suggestions will be helpful, thanks

[JorjMcKie]

There are a number of checks available:

• page.get_text() in various variations. The "text" variant offers a quick check for any text at all or only white text.
• page.first_annot, page.first_link, page.first_widget: if any of them is not None, then there are objects of the respective type.
• page.get_drawings != [] means that there exist drawings / vector graphics
• page.get_image_info() != [] there are images on page
• page.find_tables().tables != [] there are tables on the page

Text columns on the page can not be directly determined.