Extract Text using TextLineCollection

21 Dec 20221 minute to read

The PDF Viewer server library allows you to extract the text from a page along with the bounds using TextLineCollection. Text extracting can be done using the ExtractText() method.

Add the following dependency to your application using the NuGet Package Manager.

• Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer.AspNet.Core.Windows

For Linux and OSX operating systems, use the corresponding libraries as follows:

• Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer.AspNet.Core.Linux
• Syncfusion.EJ2.PdfViewer.AspNet.Core.OSX

NOTE

From Volume 2 2019 release Syncfusion.Pdf.Net.Core and Syncfusion.Compression.Net.Core packages are added as dependency for PDF Viewer control. Ensure the dependency packages are referred in your application properly.

The following code snippet explains how to extract the text from a page using TextLineCollection.

var path = @"currentDirectory\..\..\..\..\Data\Simple.pdf";
var fileInfo = new FileInfo(path);
var docStream = new FileStream(fileInfo.FullName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
// Load the PDF document.
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
// Loading page collections
PdfPageBase page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Extract text from the page.
var text = page.ExtractText(out TextLineCollection textLineCollection);

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NOTE

Ensure the provided document path and output text saved locations in your application level.