Adding metadata
These examples were written in answer to questions such as:
addxmptopage
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28427100/how-do-i-add-xmp-metadata-to-each-page-of-an-existing-pdf-using-itextsharp
*/
package sandbox.stamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStream;
import com.itextpdf.text.xml.xmp.XmpWriter;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class AddXmpToPage {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_with_page_xmp.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new AddXmpToPage().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
PdfDictionary page = reader.getPageN(1);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
XmpWriter xmp = new XmpWriter(baos, new PdfDictionary());
xmp.close();
PdfIndirectObject ref = stamper.getWriter().addToBody(new PdfStream(baos.toByteArray()));
page.put(PdfName.METADATA, ref.getIndirectReference());
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}
changeinfodictionary
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21607286/unicode-characters-in-document-info-dictionary-keys
*
* A user wants to update a Document Info Dictionary (DID)
* introducing a custom key with a Unicode character.
*/
package sandbox.stamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class ChangeInfoDictionary {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/unicode_in_did.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ChangeInfoDictionary().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
Map<String, String> info = reader.getInfo();
info.put("Special Character: \u00e4", "\u00e4");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.append((char) 0xc3);
sb.append((char) 0xa4);
info.put(sb.toString(), "\u00e4");
stamper.setMoreInfo(info);
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}
addlanguage
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24370273/set-initial-view-pdf-document-properties-using-itextsharp-with-c-sharp
*/
package sandbox.stamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfString;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class AddLanguage {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_english.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new AddLanguage().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
stamper.getWriter().getExtraCatalog().put(PdfName.LANG, new PdfString("EN"));
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}
changeversion
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23083220/how-to-set-pdf-version-using-itextsharp
*/
package sandbox.stamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class ChangeVersion {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/OCR.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/other_version.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ChangeVersion().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest), '4');
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}
changemetadata
JAVA
JAVA
/*
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to a question on SO
*/
package sandbox.stamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDate;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.xml.xmp.XmpWriter;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* @author iText
*/
public class ChangeMetadata {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/state.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/state_metadata.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new ChangeMetadata().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
Map info = reader.getInfo();
info.put("Title", "New title");
info.put("CreationDate", new PdfDate().toString());
stamper.setMoreInfo(info);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
XmpWriter xmp = new XmpWriter(baos, info);
xmp.close();
stamper.setXmpMetadata(baos.toByteArray());
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}