Remove SSN Number from PDF Document - C#
PDF Extractor SDK sample in C# demonstrating ‘Remove SSN Number from PDF Document’
Program.cs
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace RemoveSNNumber
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string inputDocument = @".\samplePDF_SSNNo.pdf";
string outputDocument = @".\samplePDF_SSNNo_edited.pdf";
try
{
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TextExtractor instance
using (TextExtractor extractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo"))
{
// Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.Remover2 instance
using (Remover2 remover = new Remover2("demo", "demo"))
{
// Load sample PDF document
extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("samplePDF_SSNNo.pdf");
remover.LoadDocumentFromFile(inputDocument);
extractor.RegexSearch = true; // Enable the regular expressions
int pageCount = extractor.GetPageCount();
// Search through pages
for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < pageCount; pageIndex++)
{
// Search SSN in format 202-55-0130 using regular expression.
// See the complete regular expressions reference at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az24scfc(v=vs.110).aspx
string regexPattern = "[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}";
// Search each page for the pattern
ISearchResult[] searchResults = extractor.FindAll(pageIndex, regexPattern, caseSensitive: false);
foreach (var element in searchResults)
{
Console.WriteLine("Found SSN No: " + element.Text);
// Add rectangle of the found SSN to Remover
remover.AddTextToRemove(pageIndex, element.Bounds);
}
}
// Mask replaced text with black rectangle
remover.MaskRemovedText = true;
// Change the color of the mask rectangle, if necessary
//remover.MaskColor = Color.Red;
remover.PerformRemoval(outputDocument);
Console.WriteLine("Found SSNs removed, result saved to file \"" + outputDocument + "\"");
}
}
// Open result file in default associated application (for the demonstration purpose)
var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(outputDocument) { UseShellExecute = true };
Process.Start(processStartInfo);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to continue...");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}