Remove Tables from PDF in Node.js SDK

API for working with Tables in PDF documents using Cloud Node.js SDK

How to remove Tables from PDF via Node.js SDK

To remove Tables from PDF, we’ll use Aspose.PDF Cloud Node.js SDK. This Cloud SDK assists Node.js programmers in developing cloud-based PDF creator, annotator, editor, and converter apps using Node.js programming language via Aspose.PDF REST API. Simply create an account at Aspose for Cloud and get your application information. Once you have the App SID & key, you are ready to give the Aspose.PDF Cloud Node.js SDK.

Package Manager Console Command
     
    npm install asposepdfcloud --save

Steps to remove Tables from PDF via Cloud Node.js

Aspose.PDF Cloud developers can easily load & remove Tables from PDF in just a few lines of code.

Read the local PDF file.
Upload a local PDF to Aspose Cloud.
Get All Tables in the Document
Delete a Specific Table
Get Tables After Deleting One
Delete All Tables from a Specific Page
Get Tables After Deleting All
Download the Resulting PDF

Delete Tables from PDF using Node.js
    import credentials from "../../../../Credentials/credentials.json"  with { type: "json" };
    import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
    import path from 'node:path';
    import { PdfApi } from "../../../src/api/api.js"

    const configParams = {
        LOCAL_FOLDER: "C:\\Samples\\",
        PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME: "sample.pdf",
        LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME: "output_sample.pdf",
        PAGE_NUMBER: 1,                                 // Your document page number...
        TABLE_ID: "GE5TCOZSGAYCYNRQGUWDINZVFQ3DGMA",     // Your table id...
    };

    const pdfApi = new PdfApi(credentials.id, credentials.key);

    const pdfTables = {
        async uploadDocument () {
            const fileNamePath = path.join(configParams.LOCAL_FOLDER, configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME);
            const pdfFileData = await fs.readFile(fileNamePath);
            await pdfApi.uploadFile(configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, pdfFileData);
            console.log("File '" + configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME + "' successfully uploaded!");
        },
                                
        async downloadResult () {
            const changedPdfData = await pdfApi.downloadFile(configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME);
            const filePath = path.join(configParams.LOCAL_FOLDER, configParams.LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME);
            await fs.writeFile(filePath, changedPdfData.body);
            console.log("Downloaded: " + filePath);
        },

        async getAllTables (prefix) {
            const resultTabs = await pdfApi.getDocumentTables(configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME);
        
            if (resultTabs.body.code == 200 && resultTabs.body.tables) {
                if (!Array.isArray(resultTabs.body.tables.list) || resultTabs.body.tables.list.length === 0)
                    console.log(prefix + " => Unexpected error : tables is null or empty!!!");
                else
                    this.showTablesInfo(resultTabs.body.tables.list, prefix);
            }
            else
                console.error(prefix + " => Unexpected error : can't get tables!!!");
        },

        async deleteTable () {
            const resultTabs = await pdfApi.deleteTable(configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, configParams.TABLE_ID);
            if (resultTabs.body.code == 200) {
                console.log("Table #" + configParams.TABLE_ID + " deleted!");
                return true;
            }
            else
                console.error("Unexpected error : can't delete table!");
        },

        async deleteTables () {
            const resultTabs = await pdfApi.deletePageTables(configParams.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, configParams.PAGE_NUMBER);

            if (resultTabs.body.code == 200) {
                console.log("Tables on page #" + configParams.PAGE_NUMBER + " deleted!");
                return true;
            }
            else
                throw new Error("Unexpected error : can't get tables!!!");
        },

        showTablesInfo (tables, prefix) {
            if (Array.isArray(tables) && tables.length > 0)
            {
                tables.forEach(function(table) {
                    console.log(prefix +" => id: '" + table.id + "', page: '" + table.pageNum + "', rows: '" + table.rowList.length + "', columns: '" + table.rowList[0].cellList.length + "'");
                });
            }
            else
                console.error("showTablesInfo() error: array of tables is empty!")
        },
    }

    async function main() {
        try {
            await pdfTables.uploadDocument();

            await pdfTables.getAllTables("All tables");
            await pdfTables.deleteTable();
            await pdfTables.getAllTables("Tables after drop one");

            await pdfTables.deleteTables(configParams.PAGE_NUMBER);
            await pdfTables.getAllTables("Tables after drop all");

            await pdfTables.downloadResult();
        } catch (error) {
            console.error("Error:", error.message);
        }
    }