resume parser

[usha kotha]

hi,

i am new to java. i need a help........how to parse resume or cv to extract details such as name, emailid, contact number.......................can anyone help asap.

thanks in advance.

[Swastik Dey]

Probably you need to give more detail. Is the cv attached as a word document or the details are submitted through web page.

[usha kotha]

Swastik Dey wrote:Probably you need to give more detail. Is the cv attached as a word document or the details are submitted through web page.

cv is uploaded throgh web page and the details are to be populated in a web page automatically(resume parsing)............... I am using apache POI to read uploaded resume.

[Vicky Vijay]

usha,

Refer the below discussion,

https://coderanch.com/t/561880/gc/Resume-Parsing

[Mohana Rao Sv]

Apache POI - the Java API for Microsoft Documents Apache POI

Sample Examples To Read Word Document In Java

[usha kotha]

Mohana Rao Sv wrote:Apache POI - the Java API for Microsoft Documents Apache POI

Sample Examples To Read Word Document In Java

im uploading resume or cv using Apache POI,after uploading i need to get name,email_id,contact number from the uploaded resume(resume parsing)........

[Mohana Rao Sv]

As per understanding you are trying to exact the data from document. Is there any specific format of the document? Because nobody follows any guidelines when they are preparing the resume.

[usha kotha]

Mohana Rao Sv wrote:As per understanding you are trying to exact the data from document. Is there any specific format of the document? Because nobody follows any guidelines when they are preparing the resume.

i need to read data from all kind of resumes which are uploaded(all standards of resume)........

[Tim Moores]

In other words, there is no common format? So you'd need to use heuristics to find the data that interests you in the document?

[Vinay Johar]

Tim
you are right,
you can start with one field and get it done and then focus on other format.
thanks

[usha kotha]

Vinay Johar wrote:Tim
you are right,
you can start with one field and get it done and then focus on other format.
thanks

the resume which i parse is in the format with first line as curriculum vitae, second line with name on left of the page and email address is on the right corner.the below given code is to get name of the candidate.....
could you please help me out to get name and email address of the candidate for different formats of resume which are uploaded...

package com.itpc.jats.struts.model;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import javax.crypto.BadPaddingException;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.xml.crypto.Data;

import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor;
import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;

public class resume
{

    public static void main(String args[]) throws InvalidKeyException,
            BadPaddingException, IllegalBlockSizeException
    {
        String message = "You have successfully entered your details" + " ";
        // StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer("Name");
        String result;
        String name1 = "";
        String name2 = "";
        String email;
        FileInputStream in;
        BufferedReader d;
        String filesname = "C:/upload/myfile.odt";
        POIFSFileSystem fs = null;
        try
        {
            in = new FileInputStream(filesname);
            fs = new POIFSFileSystem(in);
            // Couldn't close the braces at the end as my site did not allow it
            // to close

            HWPFDocument doc = new HWPFDocument(fs);

            WordExtractor we = new WordExtractor(doc);

            if (we.getParagraphText() != null)
            {
                
                 String[] dataArray = we.getParagraphText();
                  for (int i = 0; i < dataArray.length; i++)
                  {
                 // System.out.println("data line" + dataArray[i]);
                  String regex = "\\bName\\b";
                  Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);
                  Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(dataArray[i]);
                  // printing lines from the array
                  while (matcher.find())
                  {
                  int end = matcher.end();
                 if (end == 4)
                 {
                 String data = dataArray[i].substring(end);
                  System.out.println("name value " + data);
                  data.replaceAll("\\P{L}+", "");
                  result=data.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z]","" );
                  //this.setName(result);
                  
                  }
                  }
                  }
                  in.close();
                 
            }
        }

        catch (Exception e)
        {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

[Campbell Ritchie]

usha kotha wrote: . . .

//. . .
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
// . . .

There is something about that combination of imports which makes me suspicious. For a start you should look at the API for StringTokenizer(←link) which is legacy code. The presence of those Readers together makes me suspect you are confusing text and binary file input.
You cannot parse anything until you have decided on its grammar. It is a lot easier to write a grammar if you put the fields in a particular order, which is why many websites insist on name, address, etc., being put in particular fields. If you can get the grammar into a context-free form, you can use lex and yacc (or their more recent counterparts) to parse it. If you are going to allow it to be in a free grammar, which allows the following formats, you are never going to be able to parse it mechanically:

email: [e-mail]

My e-mail address if [e-mail]

You can e-mail me on [e-mail]

I presume you will create a Career object with Lists<PreviousJob> and Address objects as fields.

[Campbell Ritchie]

And welcome to the Ranch Vinay Johar

[Mohana Rao Sv]

You can't come up with generic solution. There might be 100's different formats followed by the candidates do you write logic for handling different kind of resume format's.

We can identify email id and phone number by following there pattern. What about candidate name?

[Campbell Ritchie]

If you are asserting that CVs are written in a free grammar, then, no, you cannot come up with a parser.

[usha kotha]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:If you are asserting that CVs are written in a free grammar, then, no, you cannot come up with a parser.

Hi All,

i got solution for resume parsing................as i haven't delved more into java, i have new query about displaying the uploaded resume in a textarea of jsp in struts2............

thanks in advance

[Campbell Ritchie]

And what was the solution?

[usha kotha]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:And what was the solution?

i took one particular format of resume....and converted all uploaded resumes format into that particular format manually(required) and according to that format i wrote code......

[Farakh khan]

usha kotha wrote:

Campbell Ritchie wrote:And what was the solution?

i took one particular format of resume....and converted all uploaded resumes format into that particular format manually(required) and according to that format i wrote code......

What is the code. Will you share?

[fred rosenberger]

You realize this thread hasn't been updated in three years? The OP may not even be around anymore, so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to post their solution.

[Bear Bibeault]

Also, since this has also been resurrected in a different topic, I've closed this one. Please ask a question once.