Deprecate Project

Author: bosd

camelot/__init__.py

@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 import logging
+import warnings
+
+def _issue_deprecation_warning():
+    """Issues a deprecation warning about the library's status."""
+    message = (
+        "pypdf_table_extraction is deprecated and no longer actively maintained. "
+        "Please use camelot-py instead: https://github.com/camelot-dev/camelot"
+    )
+    warnings.warn(message, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
+# Issue the warning when the module is imported
+_issue_deprecation_warning()
 
 from .__version__ import __version__  # noqa D100, F400
 from .io import read_pdf
 from .plotting import PlotMethods
 
-
 # set up logging
 logger = logging.getLogger("camelot")
-
-format_string = "%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
-formatter = logging.Formatter(format_string, datefmt="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
-handler = logging.StreamHandler()
-handler.setFormatter(formatter)
-
-logger.addHandler(handler)
-
-# instantiate plot method
-plot = PlotMethods()