In order to search PDF file, we’ll use Aspose.PDF API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation API. Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.PDF and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console. When signing a PDF document using a signature, you basically confirm its contents “as is”. Consequently, any other changes made afterward invalidate the signature and thus, you would know if the document was altered.
Search PDF document without opening using .NET:
- Create TextFragmentAbsorber Object with text to find as parameter.
- Get all extracted text fragments collection.
- Loop through each fragment to get all of its information.
Search PDF File
//Search Text from All the Pages of PDF Document
Document pdfDocument = new Document("SearchAndGetTextFromAll.pdf");
// Create TextAbsorber object to find all instances of the input search phrase
TextFragmentAbsorber textFragmentAbsorber = new TextFragmentAbsorber("text");
// Accept the absorber for all the pages
pdfDocument.Pages.Accept(textFragmentAbsorber);
// Get the extracted text fragments
TextFragmentCollection textFragmentCollection = textFragmentAbsorber.TextFragments;
// Loop through the fragments
foreach (TextFragment textFragment in textFragmentCollection)
{
Console.WriteLine("Text : {0} ", textFragment.Text);
Console.WriteLine("Position : {0} ", textFragment.Position);
Console.WriteLine("XIndent : {0} ", textFragment.Position.XIndent);
Console.WriteLine("YIndent : {0} ", textFragment.Position.YIndent);
Console.WriteLine("Font - Name : {0}", textFragment.TextState.Font.FontName);
Console.WriteLine("Font - IsAccessible : {0} ", textFragment.TextState.Font.IsAccessible);
Console.WriteLine("Font - IsEmbedded : {0} ", textFragment.TextState.Font.IsEmbedded);
Console.WriteLine("Font - IsSubset : {0} ", textFragment.TextState.Font.IsSubset);
Console.WriteLine("Font Size : {0} ", textFragment.TextState.FontSize);
Console.WriteLine("Foreground Color : {0} ", textFragment.TextState.ForegroundColor);
}