Parse PDF for extraction Texts in Java SDK
API for parsing PDF documents to extract texts using server-side Java API.
Get StartedHow to parse PDF documents for extraction Texts using Cloud Java SDK
For parse PDF documents to extraction Texts via Cloud Java SDK , we’ll use Aspose.PDF Cloud Java SDK This Cloud Java SDK allows you to easily build cloud-based PDF creator, editor & converter apps in Java language for various cloud platforms. Open Repository package manager, search for Aspose.PDF Cloud and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console for install it using Maven.
Add Aspose Cloud repository to your application pom.xml
Add Aspose Cloud repository
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>aspose-cloud</id>
<name>Aspose Cloud Repository</name>
<url>https://releases.aspose.cloud/java/repo/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
To install the API client library to your local Maven repository, simply execute:
Installation from Github
mvn clean install
To deploy it to a remote Maven repository instead, configure the settings of the repository and execute:
Deploy Maven repository
mvn clean deploy
Steps to parse PDF for extaction Texts using Java SDK
Aspose.PDF Cloud developers can easily parse PDF documents for extraction Texts. Developers need just a few lines of code.
- Create a new Configuration object with your Application Secret and Key
- Create an object to connect to the Cloud API
- Upload your document file
- Parse PDF documents for extraction Texts in cloud storage using getDocumentTextBoxFields function
- Checks the response and logs the result
- If the operation was successful, print the etracted texts
This sample code shows parsing PDF document for extraction Texts
import java.io.File;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.OpenOption;
import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.aspose.asposecloudpdf.api.PdfApi;
import com.aspose.asposecloudpdf.model.TextBoxField;
import com.aspose.asposecloudpdf.model.TextBoxFieldsResponse;
public class ParseGetTextBoxes {
public static void extract() {
String REMOTE_FOLDER = "Your_Temp_Pdf_Cloud";
String LOCAL_FOLDER = "c:\\Samples";
String PDF_DOCUMENT = "sample.pdf";
String OUTPUT_FILE = "parsed_text_box_fields_output.json";
try {
PdfApi pdfApi = new PdfApi(API_KEY, API_SECRET);
// upload local PDF file to remote storage
File file = new File(Path.of(LOCAL_FOLDER, PDF_DOCUMENT).toString());
pdfApi.uploadFile(Path.of(REMOTE_FOLDER , PDF_DOCUMENT).toString(), file, null);
System.out.println(String.format("File '%s' successfully uploaded!", Path.of(LOCAL_FOLDER, PDF_DOCUMENT).toString()));
// perform action
TextBoxFieldsResponse response = pdfApi.getDocumentTextBoxFields(PDF_DOCUMENT, null, REMOTE_FOLDER);
System.out.println("TextBox fields extracted status: " + response.getStatus());
String jsonResult = "[\n";
for (TextBoxField fieldDef : response.getFields().getList()) {
String jsonFiled = new Gson().toJson(fieldDef);
jsonResult += jsonFiled + ",\n\n";
}
jsonResult +="]";
// save json
Path path = Path.of(LOCAL_FOLDER, OUTPUT_FILE);
byte[] strToBytes = jsonResult.getBytes();
Files.write(path, strToBytes, new OpenOption[] { StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING });
System.out.println("TextBox fields successfully extracted to: '" + path + "'");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Work with the Text parsing in PDF via Java SDK
By parsing PDF documents for texts extraction, you can modify the content of TextBox fields as needed. This maintains the position of the text in the documents while saving time and reducing manual work. Parse PDF documents to extraction texts with Aspose.PDF Cloud Java SDK.
With our Java SDK you can
- Add PDF document’s header & footer in text or image format.
- Add tables & text or image stamps to PDF documents.
- Append multiple PDF documents to an existing file.
- Work with PDF attachments, annotations, & form fields.
- Apply encryption or decryption to PDF documents & set a password.
- Delete all stamps & tables from a page or entire PDF document.
- Delete a specific stamp or table from the PDF document by its ID.
- Replace single or multiple instances of text on a PDF page or from the entire document.
- Extensive support for converting PDF documents to various other file formats.
- Extract various elements of PDF files & make PDF documents optimized.
- You can try out our free App to test the functionality.
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