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An easier approach IMO would be to create an amazon lambda script to process the pdf and make it run when you upload a file to a bucket in amazon s3.

It's easy to do and you don't need to mess with anything more than two simple API.

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I initially planned on using Lambda for things like this, but in this scenario, it does not seem appropriate. I'm a total noob to Lambda, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I need a system with Qt installed to use my PDF library, and it doesn't seem like I can accomplish that with Lambda.

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