# I need to read the PDF invoice and verify the fields of it in robot framework

**URL:** <https://forum.robotframework.org/t/i-need-to-read-the-pdf-invoice-and-verify-the-fields-of-it-in-robot-framework/8357>\
**Category:** Robot Framework\
**Created:** [30 January 2025 11:48 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/i-need-to-read-the-pdf-invoice-and-verify-the-fields-of-it-in-robot-framework/8357 "2025-01-30T11:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![falcon030](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.robotframework.org/falcon030/32/3420_2.png) [@falcon030](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/falcon030)\
**Post date:** [30 January 2025 16:49 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/i-need-to-read-the-pdf-invoice-and-verify-the-fields-of-it-in-robot-framework/8357/4 "2025-01-30T16:49:09Z")

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Maybe my reply on another question can help

> [@Help needed with formatting text from PDF](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/help-needed-with-formatting-text-from-pdf/8353):
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> Hello, I’m using [Pdf2TextLibrary](https://github.com/qahive/robotframework-pdf2textlibrary?tab=readme-ov-file) to convert a PDF-file into text. The PDF contains a table-like structure showing days of the week, hours (worked) and status (approved). However, after converting into text, the formatting is not exactly how I would like it. It first grabs al the days (the first column) and then it seems to grab both the columns hours and status and put them in random order into text. I tried to remove or replace words and empty lines to get somewhat of a better format, but what …

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