Extract Data from Table in PDF Java

PDF is one of the ruling document formats these days. It supports text, graphics, tables, annotations, and a range of other elements. In certain cases, you may need to extract data from the tables in PDF documents such as invoices. To achieve this programmatically, the article covers how to extract data from tables in PDF using Java.

Java Library to Extract PDF Table

To extract tables in PDF files, we will use Aspose.PDF for Java. It is a feature-rich library for creating and manipulating PDF documents. You can either download the library’s JAR or install it within your Java application using the following Maven configurations.

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java API</name>
    <url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspose-pdf</artifactId>
    <version>22.12</version>
</dependency>

Extract Tables from a PDF in Java

The following are the steps to extract tables in a PDF in Java.

The following code sample shows how to extract a table in PDF using Java.

Java: Extract PDF Table from a Specific Area

The following are the steps to extract table from a specific part of the page in a PDF.

The following code sample shows how to extract tables from a specific region of the PDF page.

Free Java PDF Library to Extract Tables

You can get a free temporary license to extract tables from a PDF file without any limitations.

Explore Java PDF Library

You can learn more about Java PDF library using the documentation. In addition, you can ask your questions via our forum.

Conclusion

In this article, you have learned how to extract tables in a PDF using Java. Furthermore, the article covered how to extract tables from a specific region of the page in PDF. You can easily use our PDF library and the provided code samples in your application.

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