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Sample Go code for using PDFTron SDK to traverse the page display list using ElementReader. Learn more about our Go PDF Library and PDF Parsing & Content Extraction Library.
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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 2001-2021 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// Consult LICENSE.txt regarding license information.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
package main
import (
"fmt"
. "pdftron"
)
import "pdftron/Samples/LicenseKey/GO"
// Relative path to the folder containing the test files.
var inputPath = "../../TestFiles/"
func ProcessElements(reader ElementReader){
element := reader.Next()
for element.GetMp_elem().Swigcptr() != 0{ // Read page contents
if element.GetType() == ElementE_path{ // Process path data...
//uncomment below if needed
//data := element.GetPathData()
//points := data.GetPoints()
}else if element.GetType() == ElementE_text{ // Process text strings...
data := element.GetTextString()
fmt.Println(data)
}else if element.GetType() == ElementE_form{ // Process form XObjects
reader.FormBegin()
ProcessElements(reader)
reader.End()
}
element = reader.Next()
}
}
func main(){
PDFNetInitialize(PDFTronLicense.Key)
// Extract text data from all pages in the document
fmt.Println("-------------------------------------------------")
fmt.Println("Sample 1 - Extract text data from all pages in the document.")
fmt.Println("Opening the input pdf...")
doc := NewPDFDoc(inputPath + "newsletter.pdf")
doc.InitSecurityHandler()
pageReader := NewElementReader()
itr := doc.GetPageIterator()
// Read every page
for itr.HasNext(){
pageReader.Begin(itr.Current())
ProcessElements(pageReader)
pageReader.End()
itr.Next()
}
// Close the open document to free up document memory sooner.
doc.Close()
PDFNetTerminate()
fmt.Println("Done.")
}