Add Text to an existing PDF file in Ruby

Aspose.PDF - Add Text

To add Text string in Pdf document using Aspose.PDF Java for Ruby, simply invoke AddText module.

Ruby Code

# The path to the documents directory.

data_dir = File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__)))) + '/data/'

# Instantiate Document object

doc = Rjb::import('com.aspose.pdf.Document').new(data_dir + 'input1.pdf')

# get particular page

pdf_page = doc.getPages().get_Item(1)

# create text fragment

text_fragment = Rjb::import('com.aspose.pdf.TextFragment').new("main text")

text_fragment.setPosition(Rjb::import('com.aspose.pdf.Position').new(100, 600))

font_repository = Rjb::import('com.aspose.pdf.FontRepository')

color = Rjb::import('com.aspose.pdf.Color')

# set text properties

text_fragment.getTextState().setFont(font_repository.findFont("Verdana"))

text_fragment.getTextState().setFontSize(14)

#text_fragment.getTextState().setForegroundColor(color.BLUE)

#text_fragment.getTextState().setBackgroundColor(color.GRAY)

# create TextBuilder object

text_builder = Rjb::import('com.aspose.pdf.TextBuilder').new(pdf_page)

# append the text fragment to the PDF page

text_builder.appendText(text_fragment)

# Save PDF file

doc.save(data_dir + "Text_Added.pdf")

puts "Text added successfully"

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