Extract text using extractTextCompleted Event in Vue PDF Viewer control
Use the isExtractText property and the extractTextCompleted event to extract page text along with bounds.
The following example shows how to enable text extraction and handle the completion event:
Step 1: Follow the steps provided in the link to create a simple PDF Viewer sample.
Step 2: The following code snippet explains how to extract the text from a page.
<template>
<ejs-pdfviewer id="pdfViewer" :serviceUrl="serviceUrl" :documentPath="documentPath" :isExtractText="true"
:extractTextCompleted="extractTextCompleted">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</template>
<script setup>
import {
PdfViewerComponent as EjsPdfviewer, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch,
Annotation, FormDesigner, FormFields
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
import { provide } from 'vue';
const serviceUrl = "https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer";
const documentPath = "PDF_Succinctly.pdf";
const extractTextCompleted = function (args) {
// Extract the Complete text of load document
console.log(args);
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1]);
// Extract the Text data.
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1][1].TextData);
// Extract Text in the Page.
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1][1].PageText);
// Extracts the first text of the PDF document along with its bounds
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1][1].TextData[0].Bounds);
}
provide('PdfViewer', [Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView,
Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, FormDesigner, FormFields])
</script><template>
<ejs-pdfviewer id="pdfViewer" :serviceUrl="serviceUrl" :documentPath="documentPath" :isExtractText="true"
:extractTextCompleted="extractTextCompleted">
</ejs-pdfviewer>
</template>
<script>
import {
PdfViewerComponent, Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation,
BookmarkView, ThumbnailView, Print, TextSelection, TextSearch,
Annotation, FormDesigner, FormFields
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-vue-pdfviewer';
export default {
name: 'App',
components: {
'ejs-pdfviewer': PdfViewerComponent
},
data() {
return {
serviceUrl: "https://document.syncfusion.com/web-services/pdf-viewer/api/pdfviewer",
documentPath: "PDF_Succinctly.pdf",
extractTextCompleted: function (args) {
// Extract the Complete text of load document
console.log(args);
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1]);
// Extract the Text data.
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1][1].TextData);
// Extract Text in the Page.
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1][1].PageText);
// Extracts the first text of the PDF document along with its bounds
console.log(args.documentTextCollection[1][1].TextData[0].Bounds);
}
};
},
provide: {
PdfViewer: [Toolbar, Magnification, Navigation, LinkAnnotation, BookmarkView, ThumbnailView,
Print, TextSelection, TextSearch, Annotation, FormDesigner, FormFields]
}
}
</script>Find the Sample, how to Extract Text