1 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bibtool/extract.py b/bibtool/extract.py
index 6409f1b..6955dbe 100644
--- a/bibtool/extract.py
+++ b/bibtool/extract.py
@@ -2,15 +2,37 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 import mimetypes
+import re
 import urllib.request
 
 import bibtexparser
+import pdftotext
 import PyPDF2.pdf
 
 
 PDF_INFO_DOI = '/doi'
 
 
+def _extract_doi(filename):
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
+        reader = PyPDF2.pdf.PdfFileReader(f)
+        if PDF_INFO_DOI in reader.documentInfo:
+            return reader.documentInfo[PDF_INFO_DOI]
+
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
+        pdf = pdftotext.PDF(f)
+
+    if len(pdf):
+        text = pdf[0]
+
+        pattern = re.compile(r'\b(10\.\d{4,}(?:\.\d+)*/(?:(?!["&\'<>])\S)+)\b')
+        m = pattern.search(text)
+        if m:
+            return m.group(1)
+
+    return None
+
+
 def _get_data_for_doi(doi):
     url = 'http://dx.doi.org/{}'.format(doi)
     headers = {'Accept': 'text/bibliography; style=bibtex'}
@@ -21,11 +43,10 @@ def _get_data_for_doi(doi):
 
 
 def _handle_pdf(filename):
-    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
-        reader = PyPDF2.pdf.PdfFileReader(f)
-        if PDF_INFO_DOI not in reader.documentInfo:
-            raise Exception('PDF file does not have doi header')
-        doi = reader.documentInfo[PDF_INFO_DOI]
+    doi = _extract_doi(filename)
+
+    if not doi:
+        raise Exception('Could not extract a DOI from the PDF file')
 
     return _get_data_for_doi(doi)