import PyPDF2


def get_text(file_path, filename):
    read_pdf =file_path

    with open(read_pdf,'rb') as pdf_file, open("app/uploads/"+filename+'.txt', 'w') as text_file:
        read_pdf = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader(pdf_file)
        number_of_pages = read_pdf.getNumPages()
        for page_number in range(number_of_pages):   # use xrange in Py2
            page = read_pdf.getPage(page_number)
            page_content = page.extractText()
            text_file.write(page_content)



def extract_text(file_path, filename):
    try:
        get_text(file_path, filename)
    except:
        with open(filename+'.txt', 'w') as text_file:
            page_content = ""
            text_file.write(page_content)