Cannot read property '0' of undefined when parsing pdf

[petterroea]

PDF it fails on: http://www.novasoftware.se/ImgGen/schedulegenerator.aspx?format=pdf&schoolid=60410/nb-no&type=-1&id=2eda&period=&week=21&mode=0&printer=0&colors=32&head=0&clock=0&foot=0&day=0&width=1880&height=371&maxwidth=1880&maxheight=371

Stack trace:

(while reading XRef): TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined
XRefParseException
    at XRefParseExceptionClosure (eval at <anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/lib/pdf.js:64:6), <anonymous>:379:34)
    at eval (eval at <anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/lib/pdf.js:64:6), <anonymous>:384:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/lib/pdf.js:64:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/pdfparser.js:8:10)
Error
    at InvalidPDFExceptionClosure (eval at <anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/lib/pdf.js:64:6), <anonymous>:330:35)
    at eval (eval at <anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/lib/pdf.js:64:6), <anonymous>:334:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/lib/pdf.js:64:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/petterroea/Dropbox/div-projects/bot/node_modules/pdf2json/pdfparser.js:8:10)

Code:

        var pdfParser = new PDFParser();
        console.log("Downloaded timeschedule.");
        pdfParser.on("pdfParser_dataReady", pdfData => {
        console.log("Got pdf data");
        console.log(pdfData);
        });
        pdfParser.loadPDF("temp.pdf");

Node -v:

v5.11.1

It might be a poorly generated pdf(2000's consultant work apparently), but other readers support it fine.

[modesty]

the testing pdf is downloaded and save in test/pdf/misc/ as i64_schedule_generator.pdf. Then run cmd line: node pdf2json.js -f test/pdf/misc/i64_schedule_generator.pdf -o test/target/misc/

it parses then writes out i64_schedule_generator.json correctly.

node -v: v4.4.0

[petterroea]

I will re-test with my environment at home and re-try.

[jonstuebe]

@petterroea did you figure out what the issue was? I'm getting the same error

[Emrio]

Hello, I am facing the same issue with node v10.8.0 and pdf2json 1.1.7. I am using pdf2json to parse multiple PDFs but when I run the script, some of them (not always the same) get the (while reading XRef): TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined error

Stack trace same as @petterroea 's

[zouhair94]

Hello, I am facing the same issue with node v10.8.0 and pdf2json 1.1.7. I am using pdf2json to parse multiple PDFs but when I run the script, some of them (not always the same) get the (while reading XRef): TypeError: Cannot read property '0' of undefined error

Stack trace same as @petterroea 's

facing same error

[ana108]

I second this; I got this error randomly. Same pdf worked fine on the next iteration (version: ^1.2.1)

[petterroea]

This issue has grown up with me since high school and I'm now a professional software engineer, haha! Thanks for fixing and closing the issue, reminding me of it! :D