search engine for pdf files

[dlcmpls]

Hi all.  I have a customer who wants a search engine for pdf files on their website. 

 

I’ve done a bit of checking and this basic approach seems to be the way to go:

 

1. upload the pdf to a temp dir.

 

2. run pdftotext on it (part of the xpdf package)

 

3. store the pdftotext output in db.

 

4. store the orig pdf in a dir on the server for later download.

 

I'm wondering if there is an existing application that I can use, rather than start from scratch?

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for an existing App?

 

In no suggestions for an existing app, do you have any general suggestions for creating this type of app?

 

Thanks,

 

dlc