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lib/rtf_parser.ex
defmodule RtfParser do
@moduledoc """
`RtfParser` is a package that can be used to convert a RTF document into plain text.
It uses a Rust NIF to extract all text blocks from the RTF document and return them
as a list of binaries.
"""
use Rustler, otp_app: :rtf_parser, crate: "rtfparser"
@doc """
Converts a RTF document to plain text. The function takes a single binary as argument
and returns a list of binaries, where each binary is a block of text in the RTF document.
## Examples
iex> RtfParser.rtf_to_text(~S"{ \\rtf1\\ansi{\\fonttbl\\f0\\fswiss Helvetica;}\\f0\\pard This is a {\\b RTF document} with some text\\par }")
["This is a", "RTF document", "with some text"]
"""
@spec rtf_to_text(binary()) :: [binary()]
def rtf_to_text(_rtf), do: :erlang.nif_error(:nif_not_loaded)
end