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scrapR

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Extract raw underlying data from PDF figures

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# scrapR

`R` package to extract data from PDF figures

## Updated version

This repository has now been deprecated and instead functionality is available via the [pdf2plot web app](https://adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/).

## Installation

The easiest way to install the development version of `scrapR` is to use the `devtools` package:

```r
# install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)
install_github("adamkucharski/scrapR")
library(scrapR)

# load dependencies
# install.packages("readr")
# install.packages("grImport")
# install.packages("magrittr")
library(grImport)
library(readr)
```

Note that the dependency `grImport` requires the [ghostscript](https://www.ghostscript.com/) PDF interpreter to be installed. This is now incompatible with some newer versions of R and Mac OS.

You can check which version you have installed (if any) by running `$ gs -v` on the command line. If required, installation can be done via [homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ghostscript) with `$ brew install ghostscript`.

## Example

First you need a figure to extract data from. If you want a simple test figure, you can run:
```r
simulate_PDF_data()
```
to generate a simulated set of lines and output as `figure1.pdf`.

Next, navigate to the directory containing your PDF figure and import the data:

```r
load_PDF_data(file_name="figure1.pdf")
```

This will output a raw RDS file and a figure (`[FIGURENAME].guide.pdf`) with the different vector components labelled with numbers.

If the data fails to import, it's probably because the vector graphic has too many surrounding features. In this case, use an editor like Affinity/Illustrator etc. to delete unnecessary surrounding content, making sure to leave the lines with data you want and at least four tick marks (2 on x-axis, 2 on y-axis), which will be used to calibrate the scale.

Once you've run `load_PDF_data()`, edit/create `[FIGURE NAME].guide.csv` so numbers match up with two x-axis tick marks and two y-axis tick marks, and specify which data you want to extract:

point   | value | axis
------------- | -------------  | -------------  
5 | 5 | x
10 | 30 | x
13 | 200 | y
16 | 800 | y
2 | NA | data
18 | NA | data

Then extract the data using the RDS file and guide CSV file.

```r
extract_PDF_data(file_name = "figure1.pdf")
```

The resulting data for the line(s) will be output as `[FIGURENAME].csv`, with each line grouped by `index`. The above function also has an option to adjust for x and/or y axes on logarithmic scale.

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