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piyush s.

Software Engineer

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/13/2018

"It's one of the best and well documented API for manipulating PDF documents using java language!! "

4/5

What do you like best about Apache PDFBox?

the best thing is that it's an opensource API in java , we just have to download the JAR file and import JPDFBox class to access PDF document from your java program,and it contains all kind of methods that you can think of while working with PDF documents,we can extract text , create PDF , split PDF ,insert image , watch preview of PDF using java language !! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache PDFBox?

they release new versions very rarely , sometimes it throws exception although your code is correct!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache PDFBox:

If you want to access any PDF document using java then you should use this API for sure , it's rally easy to understand and implement , you can also find different video tutorials for this API!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache PDFBox solving and how is that benefiting you?

We created PDF online printing software for different collages in Gujarat in which we used this API for getting some information like page no,Author ID of user and also for generating their bills in PDF!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/11/2019

"Must have to PDF manipulation in Java"

4/5

What do you like best about Apache PDFBox?

Ease of use and API clarity. It is very easy to extract text from PDF to feed it through indexing for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache PDFBox?

Documentation is very clear but it is not always easy to find samples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.