svzi / nativescript-pdfbox

Apache PdfBox for NativeScript.

NativeScript PdfBox

Apache Pdfbox for NativeScript. This plugin allows you to extract the text from a PDF file.

ALPHA version. Android only (iOS may come in the future, PR are welcome).

The screenshot is based on the sample.pdf included in the demo project.

Based on:

• Android PdfBox-Android

Installation

tns plugin add nativescript-pdfbox

Usage

import * as fs from 'tns-core-modules/file-system';
import { PdfBox } from 'nativescript-pdfbox';

const appPath = fs.knownFolders.currentApp().path;
const mySampleFile = appPath + '/sample.pdf';
const removeLineBreaks: boolean = true; // optional, default is false

const pdfbox: PdfBox = new PdfBox();
pdfbox
    .getText(mySampleFile, removeLineBreaks)
    .then(text => {
        this.messageNotRemovedLB = text;
        super.notifyPropertyChange('messageNotRemovedLB', text);
    });

License

Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004