Create PDF document programmatically

Creating PDF files in code is a common requirement for reports, invoices, and generated business documents. Aspose.PDF for Java provides a direct way to build a document from scratch.

How to create a PDF file in Java

To create a PDF document programmatically:

1. Create a Document object.
2. Add a Page to the document.
3. Add a TextFragment to the page paragraphs.
4. Save the Document to an output file.

Create a simple PDF document

The following Java example is based on CreatePdfDocumentExamples.java.

public static void createNewDocument(Path outputFile) {
    try (Document document = new Document()) {
        Page page = document.getPages().add();
        page.getParagraphs().add(new TextFragment("Hello World!"));
        document.save(outputFile.toString());
    }
}