Extract Tables from PDF using Java

Extract table from PDF document. Use Aspose.PDF for Java to modify PDF files programmatically

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How to extracting Tables from PDF document Using Java Library

In order to extract table, we’ll use Aspose.PDF for Java API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use conversion API for Java platform. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java AP</name>
    <url>https://releases.aspose.com/java/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-pdf</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-pdf API</version>
</dependency>

Extract Tables from PDF using Java

You need Aspose.PDF for Java to try the code in your environment.

  1. Import the Necessary Libraries
  2. Load the PDF Document
  3. Initialize the TableAbsorber and iterate over pages
  4. Extract table content
  5. Save extracted data (optional)

Extract Tables from PDF - Java

Document pdfDocument = new Document(DATA_DIR.resolve("sample.pdf").toString());
for (Page page : pdfDocument.getPages()) {
    TableAbsorber absorber = new TableAbsorber();
    absorber.visit(page);

    for (AbsorbedTable table : absorber.getTableList()) {
        for (AbsorbedRow row : table.getRowList()) {
            for (AbsorbedCell cell : row.getCellList()) {
                StringBuilder cellText = new StringBuilder();

                for (TextFragment fragment : cell.getTextFragments()) {
                    for (TextSegment segment : fragment.getSegments()) {
                        cellText.append(segment.getText());
                    }
                }

                System.out.println(cellText);
            }
        }
    }
}
pdfDocument.close();