poppler_document_new_from_file ()

PopplerDocument *
poppler_document_new_from_file (const char *uri,
                                const char *password,
                                GError **error);

Creates a new PopplerDocument. If NULL is returned, then error will be set. Possible errors include those in the POPPLER_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR domains.

poppler_document_new_from_data ()

PopplerDocument *
poppler_document_new_from_data (char *data,
                                int length,
                                const char *password,
                                GError **error);

Creates a new PopplerDocument. If NULL is returned, then error will be set. Possible errors include those in the POPPLER_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR domains.

poppler_document_new_from_stream ()

PopplerDocument *
poppler_document_new_from_stream (GInputStream *stream,
                                  goffset length,
                                  const char *password,
                                  GCancellable *cancellable,
                                  GError **error);

Creates a new PopplerDocument reading the PDF contents from stream . Note that the given GInputStream must be seekable or G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned. Possible errors include those in the POPPLER_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR domains.

Since 0.22

poppler_document_new_from_gfile ()

PopplerDocument *
poppler_document_new_from_gfile (GFile *file,
                                 const char *password,
                                 GCancellable *cancellable,
                                 GError **error);

Creates a new PopplerDocument reading the PDF contents from file . Possible errors include those in the POPPLER_ERROR and G_FILE_ERROR domains.

Since 0.22

poppler_document_save ()

gboolean
poppler_document_save (PopplerDocument *document,
                       const char *uri,
                       GError **error);

Saves document . Any change made in the document such as form fields filled, annotations added or modified will be saved. If error is set, FALSE will be returned. Possible errors include those in the G_FILE_ERROR domain.

poppler_document_save_a_copy ()

gboolean
poppler_document_save_a_copy (PopplerDocument *document,
                              const char *uri,
                              GError **error);

Saves a copy of the original document . Any change made in the document such as form fields filled by the user will not be saved. If error is set, FALSE will be returned. Possible errors include those in the G_FILE_ERROR domain.

poppler_document_get_id ()

gboolean
poppler_document_get_id (PopplerDocument *document,
                         gchar **permanent_id,
                         gchar **update_id);

Returns the PDF file identifier represented as two byte string arrays of size 32. permanent_id is the permanent identifier that is built based on the file contents at the time it was originally created, so that this identifer never changes. update_id is the update identifier that is built based on the file contents at the time it was last updated.

Note that returned strings are not null-terminated, they have a fixed size of 32 bytes.

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_pdf_version_string ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_pdf_version_string
                               (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the PDF version of document as a string (e.g. PDF-1.6)

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_pdf_version ()

void
poppler_document_get_pdf_version (PopplerDocument *document,
                                  guint *major_version,
                                  guint *minor_version);

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_title ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_title (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the document's title

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_author ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_author (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the author of the document

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_subject ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_subject (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the subject of the document

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_keywords ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_keywords (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the keywords associated to the document

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_creator ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_creator (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the creator of the document. If the document was converted from another format, the creator is the name of the product that created the original document from which it was converted.

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_producer ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_producer (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the producer of the document. If the document was converted from another format, the producer is the name of the product that converted it to PDF

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_creation_date ()

time_t
poppler_document_get_creation_date (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the date the document was created as seconds since the Epoch

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_modification_date ()

time_t
poppler_document_get_modification_date
                               (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the date the document was most recently modified as seconds since the Epoch

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_page_layout ()

PopplerPageLayout
poppler_document_get_page_layout (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the page layout that should be used when the document is opened

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_page_mode ()

PopplerPageMode
poppler_document_get_page_mode (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns a PopplerPageMode representing how the document should be initially displayed when opened.

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_permissions ()

PopplerPermissions
poppler_document_get_permissions (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the flags specifying which operations are permitted when the document is opened.

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_metadata ()

gchar *
poppler_document_get_metadata (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the XML metadata string of the document

Since 0.16

poppler_document_is_linearized ()

gboolean
poppler_document_is_linearized (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns whether document is linearized or not. Linearization of PDF enables efficient incremental access of the PDF file in a network environment.

Since 0.16

poppler_document_get_n_pages ()

int
poppler_document_get_n_pages (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the number of pages in a loaded document.

poppler_document_get_page ()

PopplerPage *
poppler_document_get_page (PopplerDocument *document,
                           int index);

Returns the PopplerPage indexed at index . This object is owned by the caller.

poppler_document_get_page_by_label ()

PopplerPage *
poppler_document_get_page_by_label (PopplerDocument *document,
                                    const char *label);

Returns the PopplerPage reference by label . This object is owned by the caller. label is a human-readable string representation of the page number, and can be document specific. Typically, it is a value such as "iii" or "3".

By default, "1" refers to the first page.

poppler_document_find_dest ()

PopplerDest *
poppler_document_find_dest (PopplerDocument *document,
                            const gchar *link_name);

Finds named destination link_name in document

poppler_document_get_n_attachments ()

guint
poppler_document_get_n_attachments (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the number of attachments in a loaded document. See also poppler_document_get_attachments()

Since 0.18

poppler_document_has_attachments ()

gboolean
poppler_document_has_attachments (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns TRUE of document has any attachments.

poppler_document_get_attachments ()

GList *
poppler_document_get_attachments (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns a GList containing PopplerAttachments. These attachments are unowned, and must be unreffed, and the list must be freed with g_list_free().

poppler_document_get_form_field ()

PopplerFormField *
poppler_document_get_form_field (PopplerDocument *document,
                                 gint id);

Returns the PopplerFormField for the given id . It must be freed with g_object_unref()

poppler_index_iter_new ()

PopplerIndexIter *
poppler_index_iter_new (PopplerDocument *document);

Returns the root PopplerIndexIter for document , or NULL. This must be freed with poppler_index_iter_free().

Certain documents have an index associated with them. This index can be used to help the user navigate the document, and is similar to a table of contents. Each node in the index will contain a PopplerAction that can be displayed to the user — typically a POPPLER_ACTION_GOTO_DEST or a POPPLER_ACTION_URI.

Here is a simple example of some code that walks the full index:

static void
walk_index (PopplerIndexIter *iter)
{
  do
    {
      /* Get the the action and do something with it */
      PopplerIndexIter *child = poppler_index_iter_get_child (iter);
      if (child)
        walk_index (child);
      poppler_index_iter_free (child);
    }
  while (poppler_index_iter_next (iter));
}
...
{
  iter = poppler_index_iter_new (document);
  walk_index (iter);
  poppler_index_iter_free (iter);
}

poppler_index_iter_copy ()

PopplerIndexIter *
poppler_index_iter_copy (PopplerIndexIter *iter);

Creates a new PopplerIndexIter as a copy of iter . This must be freed with poppler_index_iter_free().

poppler_index_iter_free ()

void
poppler_index_iter_free (PopplerIndexIter *iter);

Frees iter .

poppler_index_iter_get_child ()

PopplerIndexIter *
poppler_index_iter_get_child (PopplerIndexIter *parent);

Returns a newly created child of parent , or NULL if the iter has no child. See poppler_index_iter_new() for more information on this function.

poppler_index_iter_is_open ()

gboolean
poppler_index_iter_is_open (PopplerIndexIter *iter);

Returns whether this node should be expanded by default to the user. The document can provide a hint as to how the document's index should be expanded initially.

poppler_index_iter_get_action ()

PopplerAction *
poppler_index_iter_get_action (PopplerIndexIter *iter);

Returns the PopplerAction associated with iter . It must be freed with poppler_action_free().

poppler_index_iter_next ()

gboolean
poppler_index_iter_next (PopplerIndexIter *iter);

Sets iter to point to the next action at the current level, if valid. See poppler_index_iter_new() for more information.

poppler_font_info_new ()

PopplerFontInfo *
poppler_font_info_new (PopplerDocument *document);

Creates a new PopplerFontInfo object

poppler_font_info_scan ()

gboolean
poppler_font_info_scan (PopplerFontInfo *font_info,
                        int n_pages,
                        PopplerFontsIter **iter);

Scans the document associated with font_info for fonts. At most n_pages will be scanned starting from the current iterator. iter will point to the first font scanned.

Here is a simple example of code to scan fonts in a document

font_info = poppler_font_info_new (document);
while (poppler_font_info_scan (font_info, 20, &fonts_iter)) {
        if (!fonts_iter)
                continue; /* No fonts found in these 20 pages */
        do {
                /* Do something with font iter */
                g_print ("Font Name: %s\n", poppler_fonts_iter_get_name (fonts_iter));
        } while (poppler_fonts_iter_next (fonts_iter));
        poppler_fonts_iter_free (fonts_iter);
}

poppler_font_info_free ()

void
poppler_font_info_free (PopplerFontInfo *font_info);

poppler_fonts_iter_copy ()

PopplerFontsIter *
poppler_fonts_iter_copy (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Creates a copy of iter

poppler_fonts_iter_free ()

void
poppler_fonts_iter_free (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Frees the given PopplerFontsIter

poppler_fonts_iter_get_name ()

const char *
poppler_fonts_iter_get_name (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Returns the name of the font associated with iter

poppler_fonts_iter_get_full_name ()

const char *
poppler_fonts_iter_get_full_name (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Returns the full name of the font associated with iter

poppler_fonts_iter_get_font_type ()

PopplerFontType
poppler_fonts_iter_get_font_type (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Returns the type of the font associated with iter

poppler_fonts_iter_get_substitute_name ()

const char *
poppler_fonts_iter_get_substitute_name
                               (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

The name of the substitute font of the font associated with iter or NULL if the font is embedded

Since 0.20

poppler_fonts_iter_get_file_name ()

const char *
poppler_fonts_iter_get_file_name (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

The filename of the font associated with iter or NULL if the font is embedded

poppler_fonts_iter_get_encoding ()

const char *
poppler_fonts_iter_get_encoding (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Returns the encoding of the font associated with iter

Since 0.20

poppler_fonts_iter_is_embedded ()

gboolean
poppler_fonts_iter_is_embedded (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Returns whether the font associated with iter is embedded in the document

poppler_fonts_iter_is_subset ()

gboolean
poppler_fonts_iter_is_subset (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Returns whether the font associated with iter is a subset of another font

poppler_fonts_iter_next ()

gboolean
poppler_fonts_iter_next (PopplerFontsIter *iter);

Sets iter to point to the next font

poppler_layers_iter_new ()

PopplerLayersIter *
poppler_layers_iter_new (PopplerDocument *document);

Since 0.12

poppler_layers_iter_copy ()

PopplerLayersIter *
poppler_layers_iter_copy (PopplerLayersIter *iter);

Creates a new PopplerLayersIter as a copy of iter . This must be freed with poppler_layers_iter_free().

poppler_layers_iter_free ()

void
poppler_layers_iter_free (PopplerLayersIter *iter);

Frees iter .

Since 0.12

poppler_layers_iter_get_child ()

PopplerLayersIter *
poppler_layers_iter_get_child (PopplerLayersIter *parent);

Returns a newly created child of parent , or NULL if the iter has no child. See poppler_layers_iter_new() for more information on this function.

Since 0.12

poppler_layers_iter_get_layer ()

PopplerLayer *
poppler_layers_iter_get_layer (PopplerLayersIter *iter);

Returns the PopplerLayer associated with iter .

Since 0.12

poppler_layers_iter_get_title ()

gchar *
poppler_layers_iter_get_title (PopplerLayersIter *iter);

Returns the title associated with iter . It must be freed with g_free().

Since 0.12

poppler_layers_iter_next ()

gboolean
poppler_layers_iter_next (PopplerLayersIter *iter);

Sets iter to point to the next action at the current level, if valid. See poppler_layers_iter_new() for more information.

Since 0.12

poppler_ps_file_new ()

PopplerPSFile *
poppler_ps_file_new (PopplerDocument *document,
                     const char *filename,
                     int first_page,
                     int n_pages);

Create a new postscript file to render to

poppler_ps_file_free ()

void
poppler_ps_file_free (PopplerPSFile *ps_file);

Frees ps_file

poppler_ps_file_set_paper_size ()

void
poppler_ps_file_set_paper_size (PopplerPSFile *ps_file,
                                double width,
                                double height);

Set the output paper size. These values will end up in the DocumentMedia, the BoundingBox DSC comments and other places in the generated PostScript.

poppler_ps_file_set_duplex ()

void
poppler_ps_file_set_duplex (PopplerPSFile *ps_file,
                            gboolean duplex);

Enable or disable Duplex printing.

PopplerDocument

typedef struct _PopplerDocument PopplerDocument;

PopplerIndexIter

typedef struct _PopplerIndexIter PopplerIndexIter;

PopplerFontsIter

typedef struct _PopplerFontsIter PopplerFontsIter;

PopplerLayersIter

typedef struct _PopplerLayersIter PopplerLayersIter;

enum PopplerPageLayout

Page layout types

enum PopplerPageMode

Page modes

PopplerFontInfo

typedef struct {
} PopplerFontInfo;

enum PopplerFontType

Font types

PopplerPSFile

typedef struct {
} PopplerPSFile;

enum PopplerViewerPreferences

Viewer preferences

enum PopplerPermissions

Permissions

The “author” property

  “author”                   gchar *

The author of the document

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “creation-date” property

  “creation-date”            gint

The date the document was created as seconds since the Epoch, or -1

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “creator” property

  “creator”                  gchar *

The creator of the document. See also poppler_document_get_creator()

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “format” property

  “format”                   gchar *

The PDF version as string. See also poppler_document_get_pdf_version_string()

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “format-major” property

  “format-major”             guint

The PDF major version number. See also poppler_document_get_pdf_version()

Flags: Read

Default value: 1

The “format-minor” property

  “format-minor”             guint

The PDF minor version number. See also poppler_document_get_pdf_version()

Flags: Read

Default value: 0

The “keywords” property

  “keywords”                 gchar *

The keywords associated to the document

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “linearized” property

  “linearized”               gboolean

Whether document is linearized. See also poppler_document_is_linearized()

Flags: Read

Default value: FALSE

The “metadata” property

  “metadata”                 gchar *

Document metadata in XML format, or NULL

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “mod-date” property

  “mod-date”                 gint

The date the document was most recently modified as seconds since the Epoch, or -1

Flags: Read

Allowed values: >= -1

Default value: -1

The “page-layout” property

  “page-layout”              PopplerPageLayout

The page layout that should be used when the document is opened

Flags: Read

Default value: POPPLER_PAGE_LAYOUT_UNSET

The “page-mode” property

  “page-mode”                PopplerPageMode

The mode that should be used when the document is opened

Flags: Read

Default value: POPPLER_PAGE_MODE_UNSET

The “permissions” property

  “permissions”              PopplerPermissions

Flags specifying which operations are permitted when the document is opened

Flags: Read

Default value: POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_PRINT | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_MODIFY | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_COPY | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_ADD_NOTES | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_FILL_FORM | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_EXTRACT_CONTENTS | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_ASSEMBLE | POPPLER_PERMISSIONS_OK_TO_PRINT_HIGH_RESOLUTION

The “producer” property

  “producer”                 gchar *

The producer of the document. See also poppler_document_get_producer()

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “subject” property

  “subject”                  gchar *

The subject of the document

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “title” property

  “title”                    gchar *

The document's title or NULL

Flags: Read

Default value: NULL

The “viewer-preferences” property

  “viewer-preferences”       PopplerViewerPreferences

Viewer Preferences.

Flags: Read