PdfPig is a .NET library for reading text and other content from PDF documents. It provides access to low-level PDF structures while also offering higher-level tools for extracting words, analysing document layouts and determining reading order.
The library also supports basic PDF creation, including text, lines, rectangles and embedded fonts. It can work with encrypted documents and provides access to images, annotations, bookmarks, forms, hyperlinks, metadata and embedded files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Extract text, letters and words from PDF documents.
- Analyse document layouts using word extraction, page segmentation and reading-order tools.
- Access images and raw graphics operations contained within pages.
- Read encrypted documents using user or owner passwords.
- Retrieve document metadata, annotations, bookmarks and hyperlinks.
- Access AcroForm fields contained in interactive PDF forms.
- Extract files embedded within PDF documents.
- Create new PDF documents with text, lines and rectangles.
- Use Standard 14 and TrueType fonts when creating documents.
- Merge two or more existing PDF files.
- Access tokenised PDF structures and individual indirect objects.
- Available as a NuGet package.
Website: https://github.com/UglyToad/PdfPig
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Developer: UglyToad
License: Apache License 2.0
PdfPig is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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