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GroupDocs.Parser for Java is a powerful parsing class library that enables developers to extract text, images, metadata, structured and formatted content, barcodes, and attachments-including ZIP archives, emails, and PDF portfolios-from over 65 document formats, including PDF, Microsoft Office (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX), OpenDocument, email (EML, MSG, PST), e-books (EPUB, FB2), images, and more.

• Extract plain text from documents in both accurate and raw modes
• Extract HTML or Markdown formatted text for fast preview
• Extract structured text and text areas with coordinates and styling
• Search text by keyword or regular expression and retrieve surrounding context
• Extract metadata, images, hyperlinks, and tables from supported formats
• Parse data from attachments and ZIP archives, including PDF portfolios and emails
• Extract barcodes from documents and document pages
• Extract data from PDF forms and detect document encoding
• Extract tables automatically or by a predefined layout, and cells of spreadsheet worksheets
• Extract the table of contents (ToC) and document annotations
• Generate page previews as images

See the Features overview documentation topic for more details.

This API supports a broad set of document and media formats, including:

• Microsoft Office: DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX
• OpenDocument: ODT, ODS, ODP
• PDF: PDF
• Images: JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PSD
• Email: EML, MSG, EMLX, OST, PST
• eBook: EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, CHM, FB2
• Archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, BZ2, GZ

Supports 65+ formats. See the supported file formats table for the complete list.

Add the dependency via Maven or Gradle. See the Java release hub for current coordinates and repository URL.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.groupdocs</groupId>
  <artifactId>groupdocs-parser</artifactId>
  <version>LATEST</version>
</dependency>

See documentation and the examples in this repository for runnable samples.

// create an instance of Parser class
try (Parser parser = new Parser("sample.pdf")) {
    // extract a text into the reader
    try (TextReader reader = parser.getText()) {
        // print a text from the document
        // if text extraction isn't supported, a reader is null
        System.out.println(reader == null ? "Text extraction isn't supported" : reader.readToEnd());
    }
}

// create an instance of Parser class
try (Parser parser = new Parser("sample.docx")) {
    // extract a formatted text into the reader
    try (TextReader reader = parser.getFormattedText(new FormattedTextOptions(FormattedTextMode.Html))) {
        // print a formatted text from the document
        // if formatted text extraction isn't supported, a reader is null
        System.out.println(reader == null ? "Formatted text extraction isn't supported" : reader.readToEnd());
    }
}

// create an instance of Parser class
try (Parser parser = new Parser("sample.docx")) {
    // extract metadata from the document
    Iterable<MetadataItem> metadata = parser.getMetadata();
    // check if metadata extraction is supported
    if (metadata == null) {
        System.out.println("Metadata extraction isn't supported");
        return;
    }
    // iterate over metadata items
    for (MetadataItem item : metadata) {
        // print an item name and value
        System.out.println(String.format("%s: %s", item.getName(), item.getValue()));
    }
}

Explore the sample projects in this repository or open documentation for more topics.

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