Working with PDF Redaction
2 Sep 202424 minutes to read
Redacting a PDF is the process of permanently removing sensitive or confidential information from PDF documents. Syncfusion’s .NET PDF library provides an easy way to redact PDF documents.
NOTE
1.CJK text without TrueType font and complex script text cannot be redacted.
2.To redact the content from the existing PDF document in .NET Core, you need to include the Syncfusion.Pdf.Imaging.Portable assembly reference in the .NET Core project.
To quickly get started with redacting PDF documents in .NET using the PDF Library, check this video.
Removing sensitive content from the PDF document
The following code example demonstrates the redaction of PDF documents from the specified bounds using PdfRedaction class.
//Load the existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create a redaction object
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17));
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from the PDF document
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document
document.Save(stream);
//Close the document
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17), System.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Load a PDF document
Dim document As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf")
'Get first page from the document
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17), System.Drawing.Color.Black)
'Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Display text on the redacted area
You can draw overlay text on the redacted area using the Appearance property available in PdfRedaction class, and customize the overlay text with different font, style, color and brushes.
The following code example explains how to add overlay text in the redacted area.
//Load the existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create a redaction object
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 167, 100, 25), Color.Black);
//Font for the overlay text
PdfStandardFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 10);
//Draw text on the redacted area
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawString("Redacted", font, PdfBrushes.Red, new PointF(5, 5));
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from the PDF document
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document
document.Save(stream);
//Close the document
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17));
//Font for the overlay text
PdfStandardFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 10);
//Draw text on the redacted area
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawString("Redacted", font, PdfBrushes.Red, new PointF(5, 5));
//Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Load a PDF document
Dim document As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf")
'Get first page from the document
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17))
'Font for the overlay text
Dim font As PdfStandardFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 10)
'Draw text on the redacted area
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawString("Redacted", font, PdfBrushes.Red, New PointF(5, 5))
'Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Drawing image on the redacted area
You can draw the image on the redacted area using the Appearance property in PdfRedaction class.
The following code example explains how to redact the information from a page by drawing image on the redacted area using appearance.
//Load the existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create a PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(63, 57, 182, 157));
//Draw the image on the redacted bounds
PdfImage image = new PdfBitmap("Image.png");
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawImage(image, new RectangleF(0, 0, 182, 157));
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from the PDF document
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document
document.Save(stream);
//Close the document
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(63, 57, 182, 157));
//Draw image on the redacted bounds
PdfImage image = new PdfBitmap("Image.png");
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawImage(image, new RectangleF(0, 0, 182, 157));
//Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Load a PDF document
Dim document As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf")
'Get first page from the document
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(63, 57, 182, 157))
'Draw image on the redacted bounds
Dim image As PdfImage = New PdfBitmap("Image.png")
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawImage(image, New RectangleF(0, 0, 182, 157))
'Draw image on the redacted bounds
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Drawing pattern on the redacted area
You can draw the different patterns on the redacted area using the Appearance property in the PdfRedaction class.
The following code example explains how to redact the information from a page by drawing mosaic pattern on the redacted area using appearance.
//Load the existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create a PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(341, 149, 64, 14));
//Draw a mosaic pattern on the redaction bounds
RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 8, 8);
PdfTilingBrush tillingBrush = new PdfTilingBrush(rect);
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Gray, new RectangleF(0, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(2, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(4, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, new RectangleF(6, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(0, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(2, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(4, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(6, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(0, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, new RectangleF(2, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(4, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(6, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(0, 6, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(2, 6, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(4, 6, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, new RectangleF(6, 6, 2, 2));
rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 16, 14); PdfTilingBrush tillingBrushNew = new PdfTilingBrush(rect);
tillingBrushNew.Graphics.DrawRectangle(tillingBrush, rect);
/Draw rectangle on the redacted bounds
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawRectangle(tillingBrushNew, new RectangleF(0, 0, 64, 14));
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from the PDF document
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the documents
document.Save(stream);
//Close the documents
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(341, 149, 64, 14));
//Draw mosaic pattern on the redaction bounds
RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 8, 8);
PdfTilingBrush tillingBrush = new PdfTilingBrush(rect);
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Gray, new RectangleF(0, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(2, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(4, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, new RectangleF(6, 0, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(0, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(2, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(4, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(6, 2, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(0, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, new RectangleF(2, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(4, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, new RectangleF(6, 4, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(0, 6, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, new RectangleF(2, 6, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, new RectangleF(4, 6, 2, 2));
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, new RectangleF(6, 6, 2, 2));
rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, 16, 14);
PdfTilingBrush tillingBrushNew = new PdfTilingBrush(rect);
tillingBrushNew.Graphics.DrawRectangle(tillingBrush, rect);
//Draw rectangle on the redacted bounds
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawRectangle(tillingBrushNew, new RectangleF(0, 0, 64, 14));
//Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Load a PDF document
Dim document As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf")
'Get first page from the document
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(341, 149, 64, 14))
'Draw mosaic pattern on the redaction bounds
Dim rect As RectangleF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 8, 8)
Dim tillingBrush As PdfTilingBrush = New PdfTilingBrush(rect)
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Gray, New RectangleF(0, 0, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, New RectangleF(2, 0, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, New RectangleF(4, 0, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, New RectangleF(6, 0, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, New RectangleF(0, 2, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, New RectangleF(2, 2, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, New RectangleF(4, 2, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, New RectangleF(6, 2, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, New RectangleF(0, 4, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, New RectangleF(2, 4, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, New RectangleF(4, 4, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.White, New RectangleF(6, 4, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, New RectangleF(0, 6, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.LightGray, New RectangleF(2, 6, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.Black, New RectangleF(4, 6, 2, 2))
tillingBrush.Graphics.DrawRectangle(PdfBrushes.DarkGray, New RectangleF(6, 6, 2, 2))
rect = New RectangleF(0, 0, 16, 14)
Dim tillingBrushNew As PdfTilingBrush = New PdfTilingBrush(rect)
tillingBrushNew.Graphics.DrawRectangle(tillingBrush, rect)
'Draw rectangle on the redacted bounds
redaction.Appearance.Graphics.DrawRectangle(tillingBrushNew, New RectangleF(0, 0, 64, 14))
'Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Fill color on the redacted area
You can draw the filled rectangle on the redacted bounds using the FillColor property in PdfRedaction class.
The following code example explains how to redact the information from a page with filled rectangle.
//Load the existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create a PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17));
//Set fill color for the redaction bounds
redaction.FillColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from the PDF document
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document
document.Save(stream);
//Close the document
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17));
//Set fill color for the redaction bounds
redaction.FillColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
//Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Load a PDF document
Dim document As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf")
'Get first page from the document
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17))
'Set fill color for the redaction bounds
redaction.FillColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black
'Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Redaction without fill color and appearance
You can redact PDF without drawing the filled rectangle or text on the redacted bounds using the PdfRedaction class.
The following code snippet explains how to redact the information from a page without drawing fill color and appearance on the redaction bounds.
//Load the existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(@"Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create a PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17));
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from the PDF document
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document
document.Save(stream);
//Close the document
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get first page from the document
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17));
//Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Load a PDF document
Dim document As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf")
'Get first page from the document
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(343, 147, 60, 17))
'Adds redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf")
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Get redaction progress
You can get the redaction process using RedactionProgress event in PdfLoadedDocument class.
The code snippet to illustrate the same is given below.
//Load an existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Load the first page
PdfLoadedPage page = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(37, 94, 50, 10), System.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Add redaction to the loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
loadedDocument.RedactionProgress += redaction_TrackProgress;
//Create the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document into stream
loadedDocument.Save(stream);
//Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(true);
//Event handler for Track redaction process
void redaction_TrackProgress(object sender, RedactionProgressEventArgs arguments)
{
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Redaction Process " + arguments.Progress + " % completed"));
}//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf");
//Load the first page
PdfLoadedPage page = loadedDocument.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage ;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(37, 94, 50, 10), System.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Add redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
loadedDocument.RedactionProgress += redaction_TrackProgress;
//Save the document
loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(true);
//Event handler for Track redaction process
void redaction_TrackProgress(object sender, RedactionProgressEventArgs arguments)
{
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Redaction Process " + arguments.Progress + " % completed"));
}'Load an existing PDF document
Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf")
'Load the first page
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages(0) as PdfLoadedPage
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(37,94,50,10),System.Drawing.Color.Black)
'Add redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
loadedDocument.RedactionProgress += redaction_TrackProgress
'Save the document
Dim stream As New MemoryStream()
loadedDocument.Save(stream)
'Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(True)
'Event handler for Track redaction process
Private Sub redaction_TrackProgress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal arguments As RedactionProgressEventArgs)
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Redaction Process " + arguments.Progress + " % completed"))You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Redaction result
Using PdfRedactionResult class, you can get the status of the redaction with other information. The result of the redaction operation can be obtained using Essential PDF and the below code example illustrates the same.
//Load an existing PDF document.
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Load the first page.
PdfLoadedPage page = loadedDocument.Pages[0];
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(37, 94, 50, 10), System.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Add redaction to the loaded page
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
//Redact the contents from PDF document
List<PdfRedactionResult> results = loadedDocument.Redact();
foreach(PdfRedactionResult result in redactionResults)
{
if (result.IsRedactionSuccess)
Console.WriteLine("Content redacted successfully...");
else
Console.WriteLine("Content not redacted properly...");
}
//Create the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document into stream
loadedDocument.Save(stream);
//Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(true);//Load an existing PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument lDoc = new PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf");
//Load the first page
PdfLoadedPage page = lDoc.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
//Create PDF redaction for the page
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(37, 94, 50, 10), System.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Add redaction object into redaction collection of loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
//Redact the contents from PDF document.
List<PdfRedactionResult> redactionResults = lDoc.Redact();
foreach(PdfRedactionResult result in redactionResults)
{
if (result.IsRedactionSuccess)
Console.WriteLine("Content redacted successfully...");
else
Console.WriteLine("Content not redacted properly...");
}
//Save the document
lDoc.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
lDoc.Close(true);'Load an existing PDF
Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf")
'Load the first page
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = loadedDocument.Pages(0) as PdfLoadedPage
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(37,94,50,10),System.Drawing.Color.Black)
'Add redaction to the loaded page
page.Redactions.Add(redaction)
'Redact the contents from PDF document
Dim results As List<PdfRedactionResult> = loadedDocument.Redact();
For Each result As PdfRedactionResult In redactionResults
If result.IsRedactionSuccess Then
Console.WriteLine("Content redacted successfully...")
Else
Console.WriteLine("Content not redacted properly...")
End If
Next
'Save the document
Dim stream As New MemoryStream()
loadedDocument.Save(stream)
'Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Redact text content alone on the redacted area
You can get the Redact text content alone on the redacted area using RedactionProgress event in PdfLoadedDocument class.
The code snippet to illustrate the same is given below.
//Load an existing PDF document
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(150, 150, 60, 24), Color.Transparent);
//Only the text within the redaction bounds should be redacted.
redaction.TextOnly = true;
foreach (PdfLoadedPage loadedPage in document.Pages)
{
loadedPage.AddRedaction(redaction);
}
document.Redact();
//Create the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document into stream
loadedDocument.Save(stream);
//Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf");
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(new RectangleF(150, 150, 60, 24), Color.Transparent);
//Only the text within the redaction bounds should be redacted.
redaction.TextOnly = true;
foreach (PdfLoadedPage loadedPage in document.Pages)
{
loadedPage.AddRedaction(redaction);
}
document.Redact();
//Save the document
loadedDocument.Save("Output.pdf");
//Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(true);'Load an existing PDF document
Dim loadedDocument As PdfLoadedDocument = New PdfLoadedDocument("input.pdf")
'Create PDF redaction for the page
Dim redaction As PdfRedaction = New PdfRedaction(New RectangleF(150, 150, 60, 24), Color.Transparent)
redaction.TextOnly = true;
For Each loadedPage As PdfLoadedPage In document.Pages
loadedPage.AddRedaction(redaction)
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document.Redact()
'Save the document
Dim stream As New MemoryStream()
loadedDocument.Save(stream)
'Close the document
loadedDocument.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.
Find text by regular expression pattern and redact it from PDF document.
You can find text by regular expression pattern and redact it from PDF document using the PdfRedaction class.
The following code snippet explains how to find text by regular expression pattern and redact it from PDF document.
//Create stream from an existing PDF document.
FileStream docStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Input.pdf"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
//Load the existing PDF document.
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(docStream);
//Get the first page from the document.
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
TextLineCollection collection = new TextLineCollection();
//Extract text from first page.
string extractedText = page.ExtractText(out collection);
foreach (TextLine line in collection.TextLine)
{
foreach (TextWord word in line.WordCollection)
{
//Define regular expression pattern to search for dates in the format MM/DD/YYYY
string datePattern = @"\b\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}\b";
//Search for dates
MatchCollection dateMatches = Regex.Matches(word.Text, datePattern);
//Add redaction if the match found
foreach (Match dateMatch in dateMatches)
{
string textToFindAndRedact = dateMatch.Value;
if (textToFindAndRedact == word.Text)
{
//Create a redaction object.
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(word.Bounds, Syncfusion.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page.
page.AddRedaction(redaction);
}
}
}
}
//Redact the contents from the PDF document.
document.Redact();
//Creating the stream object
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
//Save the document
document.Save(stream);
//Close the document
document.Close(true);//Load a PDF document
PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf");
//Get the first page from the document.
PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;
TextLineCollection collection = new TextLineCollection();
//Extract text from first page.
string extractedText = page.ExtractText(out collection);
foreach (TextLine line in collection.TextLine)
{
foreach (TextWord word in line.WordCollection)
{
//Define regular expression pattern to search for dates in the format MM/DD/YYYY
string datePattern = @"\b\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}\b";
//Search for dates
MatchCollection dateMatches = Regex.Matches(word.Text, datePattern);
//Add redaction if the match found
foreach (Match dateMatch in dateMatches)
{
string textToFindAndRedact = dateMatch.Value;
if (textToFindAndRedact == word.Text)
{
//Create a redaction object.
PdfRedaction redaction = new PdfRedaction(word.Bounds, Syncfusion.Drawing.Color.Black);
//Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page.
page.Redactions.Add(redaction);
}
}
}
}
//Save and close the PDF document
document.Save("Output.pdf");
document.Close(true);'Create stream from an existing PDF document.
Dim docStream As New FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Input.pdf"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
'Load the existing PDF document.
Dim document As New PdfLoadedDocument(docStream)
'Get the first page from the document.
Dim page As PdfLoadedPage = TryCast(document.Pages(0), PdfLoadedPage)
Dim collection As New TextLineCollection()
'Extract text from first page.
Dim extractedText As String = page.ExtractText(collection)
For Each line As TextLine In collection.TextLine
For Each word As TextWord In line.WordCollection
'Define regular expression pattern to search for dates in the format MM/DD/YYYY
Dim datePattern As String = "\b\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}\b"
'Search for dates
Dim dateMatches As MatchCollection = Regex.Matches(word.Text, datePattern)
'Add redaction if the match found
For Each dateMatch As Match In dateMatches
Dim textToFindAndRedact As String = dateMatch.Value
If textToFindAndRedact = word.Text Then
'Create a redaction object.
Dim redaction As New PdfRedaction(word.Bounds, Syncfusion.Drawing.Color.Black)
'Add a redaction object into the redaction collection of loaded page.
page.AddRedaction(redaction)
End If
Next
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'Redact the contents from the PDF document.
document.Redact()
'Creating the stream object
Dim stream As New MemoryStream()
'Save the document
document.Save(stream)
'Close the document
document.Close(True)You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.