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Export a source PDF file into doc, docx, jpeg, png, pptx, rtf, xlsx.

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Export a PDF

The sample below converts a PDF file into a number of supported formats such as:

  • Microsoft Office file formats
  • Text files

Please refer the API usage guide to understand how to use our APIs.

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// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples
// Run the sample:
// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.exportpdf.ExportPDFToDOCX


public class ExportPDFToDOCX {


   // Initialize the logger.
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExportPDFToDOCX.class);


   public static void main(String[] args) {


     try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/exportPDFInput.pdf").toPath())) {
        // Initial setup, create credentials instance
        Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));


        // Creates a PDF Services instance
        PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);


        // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
        Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());


        // Create parameters for the job
        ExportPDFParams exportPDFParams = ExportPDFParams.exportPDFParamsBuilder(ExportPDFTargetFormat.DOCX)
                .build();


        // Creates a new job instance
        ExportPDFJob exportPDFJob = new ExportPDFJob(asset, exportPDFParams);


        // Submit the job and gets the job result
        String location = pdfServices.submit(exportPDFJob);
        PDFServicesResponse<ExportPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, ExportPDFResult.class);


        // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
        Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAsset();
        StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);


        // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
        Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));
        OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/exportPdfOutput.docx").toPath());
        LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/exportPdfOutput.docx");
        IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);
     } catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {
       LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
     }
   }
 }

Export a PDF file to a DOCX file (apply OCR on the PDF file)

The sample below converts a PDF file into a number of supported formats such as:

  • Microsoft Office file formats
  • Text files

OCR processing is also performed on the input PDF file to extract text from images in the document.

Please refer the API usage guide to understand how to use our APIs.

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// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples
// Run the sample:
// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.exportpdf.ExportPDFToDOCXWithOCROption


public class ExportPDFToDOCXWithOCROption {


    // Initialize the logger.
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExportPDFToDOCXWithOCROption.class);


    public static void main(String[] args) {


        try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/exportPDFInput.pdf").toPath())) {
            // Initial setup, create credentials instance
            Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                    System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                    System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));


            // Creates a PDF Services instance
            PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);


            // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
            Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());


            // Create parameters for the job
            ExportPDFParams exportPDFParams = ExportPDFParams.exportPDFParamsBuilder(ExportPDFTargetFormat.DOCX)
                    .withExportOCRLocale(ExportOCRLocale.EN_US)
                    .build();


            // Creates a new job instance
            ExportPDFJob exportPDFJob = new ExportPDFJob(asset, exportPDFParams);


            // Submit the job and gets the job result
            String location = pdfServices.submit(exportPDFJob);
            PDFServicesResponse<ExportPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, ExportPDFResult.class);


            // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
            Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAsset();
            StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);


            // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
            Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));
            OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/exportPDFWithOCROptionsOutput.docx").toPath());
            LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/exportPDFWithOCROptionsOutput.docx");
            IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);
        } catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {
            LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
        }
    }
}

Export a PDF to images

The sample below converts a PDF file's pages to a list of JPEG images. Each image file name ends with "_\<unpadded_page_index_number>". For example, a PDF file with 15 pages will generate 15 image files. The first file's name ends with "_1" and the last file's name ends with "_15".

Please refer the API usage guide to understand how to use our APIs.

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// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples
// Run the sample:
// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.exportpdftoimages.ExportPDFToJPEG


 public class ExportPDFToJPEG {


   // Initialize the logger.
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExportPDFToJPEG.class);


   public static void main(String[] args) {
     try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/exportPDFToImageInput.pdf").toPath())) {
        // Initial setup, create credentials instance
        Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));


        // Creates a PDF Services instance
        PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);


        // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
        Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());


        // Create parameters for the job
        ExportPDFToImagesParams exportPDFToImagesParams = ExportPDFToImagesParams.exportPDFToImagesParamsBuilder(
                        ExportPDFToImagesTargetFormat.JPEG, ExportPDFToImagesOutputType.LIST_OF_PAGE_IMAGES).build();


        // Creates a new job instance
        ExportPDFToImagesJob exportPDFToImagesJob = new ExportPDFToImagesJob(asset, exportPDFToImagesParams);


        // Submit the job and gets the job result
        String location = pdfServices.submit(exportPDFToImagesJob);
        PDFServicesResponse<ExportPDFToImagesResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, ExportPDFToImagesResult.class);


        // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
        List<Asset> resultAssets = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAssets();
        
        Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));
        int index = 0;
        for(Asset resultAsset : resultAssets) {
            StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);


            // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
            OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/exportPDFToImagesOutput_" + index + ".jpeg").toPath());
            LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/exportPDFToImagesOutput_" + index + ".jpeg");
            IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);
            index++;
        }
     } catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {
       LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
     }
   }
 }

Export a PDF to zip of page images

The sample below converts a PDF file to one or more jpeg or png images. The resulting file is a ZIP archive containing one image per page of the source PDF file.

Please refer the API usage guide to understand how to use our APIs.

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// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples
// Run the sample:
// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.exportpdftoimages.ExportPDFToJPEGZip


  public class ExportPDFToJPEGZip {


    // Initialize the logger.
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExportPDFToJPEGZip.class);


    public static void main(String[] args) {
      try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/exportPDFToImagesInput.pdf").toPath())) {
        // Initial setup, create credentials instance
        Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));


        // Creates a PDF Services instance
        PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);


        // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
        Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());


        // Create parameters for the job
        ExportPDFToImagesParams exportPDFToImagesParams = ExportPDFToImagesParams.exportPDFToImagesParamsBuilder(
                        ExportPDFToImagesTargetFormat.JPEG, ExportPDFToImagesOutputType.ZIP_OF_PAGE_IMAGES).build();


        // Creates a new job instance
        ExportPDFToImagesJob exportPDFToImagesJob = new ExportPDFToImagesJob(asset, exportPDFToImagesParams);


        // Submit the job and gets the job result
        String location = pdfServices.submit(exportPDFToImagesJob);
        PDFServicesResponse<ExportPDFToImagesResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, ExportPDFToImagesResult.class);


        // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
        List<Asset> resultAssets = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAssets();
        StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAssets.get(0));


        LOGGER.info("Media type of the received asset is "+ streamAsset.getMimeType());


        // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
        Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));
        OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/exportPDFToJPEGOutput.zip").toPath());
        LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/exportPDFToJPEGOutput.zip");
        IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);
      } catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {
        LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
      }
    }
  }
nconderHitesh KumarJasnoor Singh
Last updated 5/22/2024
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