Pdfbox

A BaseX interface for Pdfbox version 3. It is packaged using the Expath format, and is tested against BaseX 10.7 and 11.7. Note: currently (v0.1.5) also works on V9.7

The Pdfbox 3 FAQ may be useful.

Features

The features focus on extracting information from PDFs rather than creation or editing.

read PDF page count.
read any PDF outline and return as map(s) or XML.
read pagelabels.
read page text.
save pdf page range to a new pdf.
save image of rendered pdf page.

Install

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.

Usage

import module namespace pdfbox="org.expkg_zone58.Pdfbox3";

pdfbox:with-pdf("...path/to/pdf.pdf",
 function($pdf){
  (1 to pdfbox:page-count($pdf))!pdfbox:page-text($pdf,.)
 }
)

Build

scripts/make-xar.xq packages the required jars 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, or on a local gitea installation.

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