Documentize 25.1.0

.NET API to Process & Manipulate PDF Files

Documentize is a powerful .NET library that simplifies PDF manipulation tasks. Whether you're merging, splitting, extracting content, or securing PDF documents, Documentize offers a wide range of features to enhance productivity. With support for multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, it is a reliable choice for developers.

Key Features

PDF Manipulation

• Merge or split PDF documents programmatically.
• Extract text, images, or metadata from PDFs.
• Add, update, or remove annotations and bookmarks.
• Generate and apply watermarks to secure documents.

PDF Conversion

• Convert PDF documents to various formats like Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX), images (PNG, JPEG, TIFF), and HTML.
• Create PDF/A-compliant files for long-term archiving.

Forms Handling

• Create, fill, and flatten interactive forms.
• Export and import form data to XML or JSON formats.

Security & Encryption

• Apply password protection and permissions to restrict access.
• Digitally sign and validate signatures on PDFs.
• Encrypt or decrypt PDF documents.

Optimizations

• Compress PDF files by optimizing images and removing unused objects.

System Requirements

Installation

Via NuGet

The easiest way to install Documentize SDKs is through NuGet:

Install-Package Documentize

Other Methods

• Download MSI installer for direct system installation.
• Use ZIP archives for manual integration.

Examples

Merge PDF Files

var plugin = new Merger();
var options = new MergeOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "file1.pdf"));
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "file2.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "result.pdf"));

plugin.Process(options);

Split PDF Files

var plugin = new Splitter();
var options = new SplitOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "file.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "result1.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "result2.pdf"));

plugin.Process(options);

Extract Text from PDF

var plugin = new TextExtractor();
var options = new TextExtractorOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));

var results = plugin.Process(options);

string text = results.ResultCollection[0].ToString(),
Console.WriteLine(text);

Compress PDF

var plugin = new Optimizer();
var options = new CompressOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "large.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "result.pdf"));

plugin.Process(options);

Digitally Sign a PDF

var plugin = new Signature();
var options = new SignOptions(dataDir + "cert.pfx", "password");
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "result.pdf"));

plugin.Process(options);

Convert PDF to Word (.doc)

var plugin = new DocConverter();
var options = new PdfToDocOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("output.docx"));

plugin.Process(options);

Convert PDF to Excel (.xlsx)

var plugin = new XlsConverter();
var options = new PdfToXlsOptions();
options.Format = PdfToXlsOptions.ExcelFormat.XLSX;
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new FileDataSource("result.xlsx"));

plugin.Process(options);

Convert PDF to Png (.png)

var plugin = new PngConverter();
var options = new PdfToPngOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new DirectoryDataSource(dataDir + "results")));

plugin.Process(options);

Convert PDF to JPEG (.jpeg)

var plugin = new JpegConverter();
var options = new PdfToJpegOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new DirectoryDataSource(dataDir + "results")));

plugin.Process(options);

Convert PDF to TIFF (.tiff)

var plugin = new TiffConverter();
var options = new PdfToTiffOptions();
options.AddInput(new FileDataSource(dataDir + "sample.pdf"));
options.AddOutput(new DirectoryDataSource(dataDir + "results")));

plugin.Process(options);

For more examples, visit our GitHub Examples page.