Fix resolution/decoding of list-type metadata

Big thanks to @jeffbarrera for flagging:
jsvine#14

pdfplumber/__init__.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pdfminer.pdftypes.STRICT = False
 pdfminer.pdfinterp.STRICT = False
 
-VERSION_TUPLE = (0, 4, 3)
+VERSION_TUPLE = (0, 4, 4)
 VERSION = ".".join(map(str, VERSION_TUPLE))
 
 def load(file_or_buffer, **kwargs):

pdfplumber/pdf.py

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ def __init__(self, stream, pages=None, laparams=None, precision=0.001):
         for k, v in self.metadata.items():
             if hasattr(v, "resolve"):
                 v = v.resolve()
-            self.metadata[k] = decode_text(v)
+            if type(v) == list:
+                self.metadata[k] = list(map(decode_text, v))
+            else:
+                self.metadata[k] = decode_text(v)
         self.device = PDFPageAggregator(rsrcmgr, laparams=self.laparams)
         self.interpreter = PDFPageInterpreter(rsrcmgr, self.device)
 

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import subprocess
 
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 
 base_reqs = [
     "chardet",

tests/test-list-metadata.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import unittest
+import pdfplumber
+import sys, os
+
+import logging
+logging.disable(logging.ERROR)
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_load(self):
+        path = os.path.join(HERE, "pdfs/cupertino_usd_4-6-16.pdf")
+        pdf = pdfplumber.from_path(path)