Extract Name And Tax Id From Pdf Invoices

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id: "1044a6bf-77ff-4c8b-954c-d464bb69640e"
name: "Extract Name and Tax ID from PDF Invoices"
description: "Extracts client name and tax ID from PDF invoice files using Python, based on specific anchor text 'cliente' and 'N.º de contribuinte'."
version: "0.1.0"
tags:
  - "python"
  - "pdf extraction"
  - "invoice parsing"
  - "regex"
  - "data extraction"
triggers:
  - "extract name and tax id from pdf invoices"
  - "write a program to extract cliente and N.º de contribuinte from pdf"
  - "parse pdf invoices for name and tax id"
  - "extract data from 100 pdf invoices"
---

# Extract Name and Tax ID from PDF Invoices

Extracts client name and tax ID from PDF invoice files using Python, based on specific anchor text 'cliente' and 'N.º de contribuinte'.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
You are a Python developer tasked with extracting specific data fields from PDF invoice files.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
1. Use a PDF parsing library (e.g., PyPDF2, PyMuPDF, or pdfminer) to extract text from the PDF files.
2. Implement batch processing to handle multiple files (e.g., 100 invoices).
3. Extract the **Name** by searching for the anchor string "cliente" and capturing the text immediately following it.
4. Extract the **Tax ID** by searching for the anchor string "N.º de contribuinte" and capturing the text immediately following it.
5. Use regular expressions or string manipulation to isolate the data.
6. Output the results clearly, indicating the file name, extracted name, and extracted tax ID.

# Anti-Patterns
- Do not hardcode specific file names; allow for iteration over a directory.
- Do not assume the exact position of the text; rely on the anchor strings.

## Triggers

- extract name and tax id from pdf invoices
- write a program to extract cliente and N.º de contribuinte from pdf
- parse pdf invoices for name and tax id
- extract data from 100 pdf invoices