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javapdfbox
zleepzzop
zleepzzop

Reputation: 125

Adding an image to a pdf via pdfbox but after adding the pdf get blank

 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;  
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;  
 import java.io.File;  
 import java.io.IOException;  
 import java.util.Scanner;  
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;  
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument; 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage; 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream; 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.image.PDImageXObject;

 public class One {
      /**  
       * @param args  
       */  
      public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
           // TODO Auto-generated method stub  
           Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);  
           System.out.println("Enter base64 string to be converted to image");  
           String base64=s.nextLine();  
           byte[] base64Val=convertToImg(base64);
           writeByteToImageFile(base64Val, "image.png");
           System.out.println("Saved the base64 as image in current directory with name image.png");
           addImageToPDF();
      }
      public static byte[] convertToImg(String base64) throws IOException  
      {  
           return Base64.decodeBase64(base64);  
      }  
      public static void writeByteToImageFile(byte[] imgBytes, String imgFileName) throws IOException  
      {  
           File imgFile = new File(imgFileName);
           BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(imgBytes));
           ImageIO.write(img, "png", imgFile);
      }
      
      public static void addImageToPDF() throws IOException {
          File file = new File("C:\\Users\\user\\Downloads\\Risk Template(RiskTemplate).pdf"); 
          PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(file);  
          PDPage page = doc.getPage(0);
          PDImageXObject pdImage = PDImageXObject.createFromFile("D:\\Development\\Workspace\\1\\image.png", doc); 
          PDPageContentStream contents = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);
          contents.drawImage(pdImage, 5, 5);     
          System.out.println("Image inserted");  
          contents.close();       
          doc.save("D:\\Development\\Workspace\\1\\InsertImage_OP.pdf"); 

          doc.close();
      }
 }

I am creating an image from base64 string and then trying to attach that image to a pdf. The image is creating successfully and the image is being added to the pdf as well but the pdf (output) contains just the image at a corner and the content of the original pdf is now blank.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2633

Answers (1)

Lonzak
Lonzak

Reputation: 9816

As MKL & Tilman have written in their comment you have to use

PDPageContentStream(document, page, AppendMode.APPEND, true, true);

public static void addImageToPDF() throws IOException {
          File file = new File("C:\\Users\\user\\Downloads\\Risk Template(RiskTemplate).pdf"); 
          PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(file);  
          PDPage page = doc.getPage(0);
          PDImageXObject pdImage = PDImageXObject.createFromFile("D:\\Development\\Workspace\\1\\image.png", doc); 
          PDPageContentStream contents = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page, AppendMode.APPEND, true, true);
          contents.drawImage(pdImage, 5, 5);     
          System.out.println("Image inserted");  
          contents.close();       
          doc.save("D:\\Development\\Workspace\\1\\InsertImage_OP.pdf"); 

          doc.close();
      }

Disclaimer: This answer was given by MKL/Tilman but for further reference an answer is more "visible" than a comment.

Upvotes: 4

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