# PDFx update and new version release (v1.4.1)

DevFeed: [PDFx update and new version release (v1.4.1)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pdfx-update-and-new-version-release-v1-4-1-31857.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metachris.dev/2021/04/pdfx-update-and-new-version-release-v1.4.1/>)

Author: Chris Hager

Published: 2021-04-12T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Hager](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-hager.md>)

Topics: [pdf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pdf.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [PyPI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pypi.md>), [Pytest](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pytest.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

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## AI overview

PDFx, a Python tool and library for extracting text, links, references, and metadata from PDF files and URLs, was updated and released as version 1.4.1. The update includes broader Python compatibility, a switch to pdfminer.six, linting and static checks, tests, formatting, GitHub workflows, improved PDF URL detection, and inclusion of tests in the PyPI tarball.

## Source excerpt

PDFx is a tool to extract text, links, references and metadata from PDF files and URLs. Thanks to several contributors the project received a thorough update and was brought into 2021. The new release of today is PDFx v1.4.1 🎉 PDFx works like this: