Extract Images from a PDF
The code below shows you how to extract all of the images from a PDF file and store copy them to a folder.
It is recommended that you have already reviewed the Getting Started sample, since that includes Licensing and Framework initialization code required to make this sample run.
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using System;
using SolidFramework.Converters;
using SolidFramework.Converters.Plumbing;
namespace CSharp_Tutorials
{
public static partial class Tutorials
{
public static bool ExtractPdfImages(string pdfPath, string outputFolder)
{
// Create a PdfToImageConverter
using (var converter = new PdfToImageConverter())
{
// Add the PDF file to extract images from
converter.AddSourceFile(pdfPath);
// Set the output folder and overwrite mode
converter.OutputDirectory = outputFolder;
converter.OverwriteMode = SolidFramework.Plumbing.OverwriteMode.ForceOverwrite;
// Set the conversion type to ExtractImages
converter.ConversionType = ImageConversionType.ExtractImages;
// Optional: Set PdfToImageConverter options to your liking
converter.OutputType = ImageDocumentType.Default;
Console.WriteLine("Extracting images from " + pdfPath + " into folder " + outputFolder);
// Call Convert to extract the images
converter.Convert();
// Check the results were successful
foreach (var result in converter.Results)
{
if (result.Status != ConversionStatus.Success)
{
Console.WriteLine("Extracting images from " + pdfPath + " failed with status: " + result);
Console.WriteLine();
return false;
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Successfully extracted images from " + pdfPath);
Console.WriteLine();
return true;
}
}
}
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Imports System
Imports SolidFramework.Converters
Imports SolidFramework.Converters.Plumbing
Namespace VBNet_Tutorials
Partial Module Tutorials
Function ExtractPdfImages(ByVal pdfPath As String, ByVal outputFolder As String) As Boolean
' Create a PdfToImageConverter
Using converter As PdfToImageConverter = New PdfToImageConverter()
' Add the PDF file to extract images from
converter.AddSourceFile(pdfPath)
' Set the output folder And overwrite mode
converter.OutputDirectory = outputFolder
converter.OverwriteMode = SolidFramework.Plumbing.OverwriteMode.ForceOverwrite
' Set the conversion type to ExtractImages
' Optional Set PdfToImageConverter options to your liking
converter.ConversionType = ImageConversionType.ExtractImages
converter.OutputType = ImageDocumentType.[Default]
Console.WriteLine("Extracting images from " & pdfPath & " into folder " & outputFolder)
' Call Convert to extract the images
converter.Convert()
For Each result As ConversionResult In converter.Results
If result.Status <> ConversionStatus.Success Then
Console.WriteLine("Extracting images from " & pdfPath & " failed with status: " & result.ToString())
Console.WriteLine()
Return False
End If
Next
End Using
Console.WriteLine("Successfully extracted images from " & pdfPath)
Console.WriteLine()
Return True
End Function
End Module
End Namespace
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#include "Tutorials.h"
using namespace SolidFramework::Converters::Plumbing;
using namespace SolidFramework::Converters;
bool ExtractPdfImages(const wstring & pdfPath, const wstring & outputFolder)
{
// Create a PdfToImageConverter
auto converter = make_shared<PdfToImageConverter>();
// Add the PDF file to extract images from
converter->AddSourceFile(pdfPath);
// Set the output folder and overwrite mode
converter->SetOutputDirectory(outputFolder);
converter->SetOverwriteMode(SolidFramework::Plumbing::OverwriteMode::ForceOverwrite);
// Set the conversion type to ExtractImages
converter->SetConversionType(ImageConversionType::ExtractImages);
// Optional: Set PdfToImageConverter options to your liking
converter->SetOutputType(ImageDocumentType::Default);
wcout << L"Extracting images from " << pdfPath << L" into folder " << outputFolder << endl;
// Call Convert to extract the images
converter->Convert();
// Check the results were successful
for (const auto & result : converter->GetResults())
{
if (result->GetStatus() != ConversionStatus::Success)
{
wcout << L"Extracting images from " << pdfPath << L" failed with status: " << (int)result->GetStatus() << endl << endl;
return false;
}
}
wcout << L"Successfully extracted images from " << pdfPath << endl << endl;
return true;
}