Package com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.pdfjobs.jobs

Class ExtractPDFJob

  • public class ExtractPDFJob
extends PDFServicesJob
    A job that extracts pdf elements such as text, images, tables in a structured format from a PDF. Sample Usage: 
    
             InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(new File("SOURCE_PATH"));

             Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                     System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                     System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));

             PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);

             Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());

             ExtractPDFParams extractPDFParams = ExtractPDFParams.extractPDFParamsBuilder()
                     .addElementsToExtract(Arrays.asList(ExtractElementType.TEXT))
                     .build();

             ExtractPDFJob extractPDFJob = new ExtractPDFJob(asset).setParams(extractPDFParams);

             String location = pdfServices.submit(extractPDFJob);
             PDFServicesResponse<ExtractPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, ExtractPDFResult.class);

             Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getResource();
             StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);

    • Constructor Detail

      • ExtractPDFJob

        public ExtractPDFJob​(Asset asset)
        Constructs a new ExtractPDFJob instance.
        Parameters:
        asset - Asset object containing the input file; can not be null.

    • Method Detail

      • setParams

        public ExtractPDFJob setParams​(ExtractPDFParams extractPDFParams)
        Sets the parameters for the job.
        Parameters:
        extractPDFParams - ExtractPDFParams object containing the extract PDF parameters; can not be null.
        Returns:
        ExtractPDFJob instance