find in smartpdf files

[Dan M]

On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 08:11:34 -0800, Wanderer wrote:

> We generate PCB assembly files in pdf format using SmartPDF. This allows
> us to search for a component in the assembly using the find feature. We
> would like to be able to generate a list of components sorted by part
> type and then use that list to cycle through a search by ref designator
> in the pdf file. Is there a way to use Python scripts to interface PDF
> files?
> 
> Thanks

Would PDFMiner help with your task?
http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/python/pdfminer/index.html