Removing images from PDF page on Server/Desktop

To remove all images from a document page.

1doc := NewPDFDoc(filename)
2page := doc.GetPage(1)
3
4writer := NewElementWriter()
5reader := NewElementReader()
6reader.Begin(page)
7writer.Begin(page, ElementWriterE_replacement, false)
8
9element := reader.Next()
10for element.GetMp_elem().Swigcptr() != 0{ // Read page contents
11 etype := element.GetType()
12 if etype == ElementE_image || etype == ElementE_inline_image{
13 // remove all images by skipping them
14 }else{
15 writer.WriteElement(element)
16 }
17 element = reader.Next()
18}
19
20reader.End()
21writer.End()

PDF Editor (Programmatic)
Full code sample which strips all images from the page and changes text color to blue. Code sample is available in C++, C#, Java, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby & VB.

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