This module allows File Metadata Manager to extract metadata from PDF files. It uses the smalot/pdfparser library to parse the content of the PDFs.
A module that provides a plugin for file_mdm to extract metadata from pdfs using smalot/pdfparser.
Features
Allow File metadata manager to extract metadata from PDFs
Installation
The module must be installed using Composer in order to ensure the pdf parser library is installed.
Dependencies
Known issues
On some pdfs smalot/pdfparser can run into memory issues generating very large character tables, and may need to be patched depending on the usage expectations, although this only affects certain pdfs so is potentially more of a project specific issue. See related issue
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Releases
| Version | Type | Core | PHP | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0-alpha5 | Pre-release | 11 | May 8, 2026 | ||
| 1.0.0-alpha4 | Pre-release | 11 | Dec 16, 2025 | ||
| 1.0.0-alpha3 | Pre-release | 11 | Dec 16, 2025 | ||
| 1.0.0-alpha2 | Pre-release | Dec 14, 2025 | |||
| 1.0.x-dev | Dev | 11 | Dec 12, 2025 |