processing/pdf_reader.py

import fitz  # PyMuPDF

def extract_text_from_pdf(pdf_path: str) -> str:
    """
    Extracts text from a PDF file using PyMuPDF.
    
    Args:
        pdf_path (str): Path to the PDF file.
        
    Returns:
        str: Extracted text content.
    """
    try:
        doc = fitz.open(pdf_path)
        text = ""
        for page in doc:
            text += page.get_text()
        return text
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error reading PDF {pdf_path}: {e}")
        return ""