Edit PDF in Swift using REST API

Our Swift library gives developers the ability to modify a PDF document directly by editing its Document Object Model (DOM), which means no additional software needs to be installed.

Edit text in PDF file using Swift

The most popular case to edit a PDF file is text editing. With the given software solution, you can add, modify or delete text using Swift within the document.

Edit table in PDF file using Swift

Another popular PDF editing option is table editing. Our Swift SDK allows you to work with tables and text in table cells.

Swift developers can add or remove table and table cells, as well as add, edit and remove text within them.

Add an image to PDF file using Swift

Besides editing text and tables in PDF, there is another common option: adding images to a document in Swift. Swift developers can also add an image into a PDF file using DOM.

Edit PDF programmatically

Try this powerful Swift SDK and evaluate some options in PDF document editing. Using the following example, load your PDF document and make some changes: add text, add a table and a table cell with text or insert an image into the PDF document:

Edit text, tables or images in PDF using Swift

Input files

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Upload an image you want insert

Output format

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					import AsposeWordsCloud

let config = Configuration(clientId: "####-####-####-####-####", 
   clientSecret: "##################");
let api = try WordsAPI(configuration: config);

let requestDocument = InputStream(url: URL(string: "Input.pdf"))!;
let requestParagraph = ParagraphInsert()
  .setText(text: "Morbi enim nunc faucibus a.");
let insertParagraphRequest = InsertParagraphOnlineRequest(document: requestDocument, 
   paragraph: requestParagraph);
let insertParagraph = try api.insertParagraphOnline(request: insertParagraphRequest);

let convertRequest = ConvertDocumentRequest(document: insertParagraph.document.values.first,
  format: "pdf");
let convert = try api.convertDocument(request: convertRequest);
				

					import AsposeWordsCloud

let config = Configuration(clientId: "####-####-####-####-####", 
   clientSecret: "##################");
let api = try WordsAPI(configuration: config);

let requestDocument = InputStream(url: URL(string: "Input.pdf"))!;
let requestTable = TableInsert()
  .setColumnsCount(columnsCount: 1)
  .setRowsCount(rowsCount: 2);
let insertTableRequest = InsertTableOnlineRequest(document: requestDocument, 
   table: requestTable, nodePath: "");
let insertTable = try api.insertTableOnline(request: insertTableRequest);

let convertRequest = ConvertDocumentRequest(document: insertTable.document.values.first,
  format: "pdf");
let convert = try api.convertDocument(request: convertRequest);
				

					import AsposeWordsCloud

let config = Configuration(clientId: "####-####-####-####-####", 
   clientSecret: "##################");
let api = try WordsAPI(configuration: config);

let requestDocument = InputStream(url: URL(string: "Input1.pdf"))!;
let requestDrawingObject = DrawingObjectInsert()
  .setHeight(height: 0)
  .setLeft(_left: 0)
  .setRelativeHorizontalPosition(
     relativeHorizontalPosition: DrawingObjectInsert.RelativeHorizontalPosition.margin)
  .setRelativeVerticalPosition(
     relativeVerticalPosition: DrawingObjectInsert.RelativeVerticalPosition.margin)
  .setTop(top: 0)
  .setWidth(width: 0)
  .setWrapType(wrapType: DrawingObjectInsert.WrapType.inline);

let requestImageFile = InputStream(url: URL(string: "Input2.pdf"))!;
let insertDrawingObjectRequest = InsertDrawingObjectOnlineRequest(document: requestDocument, 
   drawingObject: requestDrawingObject, imageFile: requestImageFile, nodePath: "sections/0");
let insertDrawingObject = 
   try api.insertDrawingObjectOnline(request: insertDrawingObjectRequest);

let convertRequest = ConvertDocumentRequest(
   document: insertDrawingObject.document.values.first, format: "pdf");
let convert = try api.convertDocument(request: convertRequest);
				

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How to edit PDF Swift REST API

Install Aspose.Words Cloud for Swift
Add a library reference (import the library) to your Swift project
Load PDF to edit in Swift
Insert content at the beginning of PDF
Download the result document from the cloud storage

Swift library to use PDF editing

You can use Swift package manager and Cocoapods dependency manager to install Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for Swift. Detailed information on installing the package is given in the "Installation and Usage" section.

As an alternative, you can clone Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for Swift source code from GitHub and use it in your project.

Please follow these Instructions to quickly get the necessary security credentials and access our REST API.