import pypdf

pdf_path = 'cologne_duesseldorf_data/duesseldorf_innungen.pdf'

try:
    reader = pypdf.PdfReader(pdf_path)
    text = ""
    for page in reader.pages:
        text += page.extract_text() + "\n"
    
    with open('cologne_duesseldorf_data/duesseldorf_raw.txt', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        f.write(text)
    print(f"Dumped {len(text)} characters to duesseldorf_raw.txt")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")