Possible solution to #207

src/pypdfium2/_helpers/textpage.py

@@ -167,12 +167,16 @@ def get_charbox(self, index, loose=False):
     def get_rect(self, index):
         """
         Get the bounding box of a text rectangle at the given index.
+        Note that :meth:`.count_rects` must be called once with default parameters
+        before subsequent :meth:`.get_rect` calls for this function to work (due to PDFium's API).
         
         Returns:
             Float values for left, bottom, right and top in PDF canvas units.
         """
         l, b, r, t = c_double(), c_double(), c_double(), c_double()
-        pdfium_c.FPDFText_GetRect(self, index, l, t, r, b)  # yes, ltrb!
+        success = pdfium_c.FPDFText_GetRect(self, index, l, t, r, b)  # yes, ltrb!
+        if not success:
+            raise PdfiumError("Failed to get rectangle. (Make sure count_rects() was called with default params once before subsequent get_rect() calls.)")
         return (l.value, b.value, r.value, t.value)
 
 

tests_old/test_text.py

@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ def _get_rects(textpage, search_result):
     if search_result is None:
         return
     c_index, c_count = search_result
-    r_index = textpage.count_rects(0, c_index)
+    r_index = textpage.count_rects(0, c_index) - 1
     r_count = textpage.count_rects(c_index, c_count)
+    textpage.count_rects()
     rects = [textpage.get_rect(i) for i in range(r_index, r_index+r_count)]
     return rects
 
@@ -101,9 +102,16 @@ def test_search_text(textpage):
     assert occ_4x is None
     assert occ_1a == occ_1b and occ_2a == occ_2b
 
-    _get_rects(textpage, occ_1a) == [ (292, 678, 329, 690) ]
-    _get_rects(textpage, occ_2a) == [ (324, 641, 360, 653) ]
-    _get_rects(textpage, occ_3a) == [ (305, 549, 341, 561) ]
+    occs = (occ_1a, occ_2a, occ_3a)
+    exp_rectlists = [
+        [ (57, 675, 511, 690) ],
+        [ (58, 638, 537, 653) ],
+        [ (58, 549, 367, 561) ],
+    ]
+
+    for occ, exp_rects in zip(occs, exp_rectlists):
+        rects = _get_rects(textpage, occ)
+        assert [pytest.approx(r, abs=0.5) for r in rects] == exp_rects
 
 
 def test_get_index(textpage):