The [Apache PDFBox® library](https://pdfbox.apache.org/) is an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents.
This interface is packaged in the [Expath](https://docs.basex.org/main/Repository#expath_packaging) format.
A test suite is available and workflow actions run this on BaseX 10.7 and 11.7.
> [!NOTE]
>Currently (v0.1.5) works with BaseX 9.7, but this may change with future versions.
* The Apache Pdfbox 3 [FAQ](https://pdfbox.apache.org/3.0/faq.html) may be useful.
Pre-built `pdfbox-x.y.z.zar` files are available on the releases page. They can be installed using the standard respository functions or using the GUI.
(1 to pdfbox:page-count($pdf))!pdfbox:page-text($pdf,.)
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## Build
*`scripts/make-xar.xq` packages the required `jar`s and `xqm` files to a `xar` file in the `dist` folder.
### Action support
The workflow `ci-basex.yaml` builds and tests the package. This can be used as an action on [github](https://github.com/features/actions), or on a local [gitea](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/overview) installation.