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PDF::Tags cpan:WARRINGD last updated on 2021-10-12

PDF-Tags-0.0.10/

[Raku PDF Project] / PDF::Tags

PDF-Tags-raku (EXPERIMENTAL)

A small DOM-like API for the navigation of tagged PDF files.

This module enables reading and creation of tagged content with simple XPath queries and basic XML serialization.

Synopsis

Reading

use PDF::Class;
use PDF::Tags;
use PDF::Tags::Elem;

my PDF::Class $pdf .= open: "t/pdf/tagged.pdf";
my PDF::Tags $tags .= read: :$pdf;
my PDF::Tags::Elem $root = $tags[0];
say $root.name; # Document

# DOM traversal
for $root.kids {
    say .name; # L, P, H1, P ...
}

# XPath navigation
my @tags = $root.find('Document/L/LI[1]/LBody//*')>>.name;
say @tags.join(','); # Reference,P,Code

# XML Serialization
say $root.xml;

Writing

use PDF::Tags;
use PDF::Tags::Elem;

# PDF::API6
use PDF::API6;
use PDF::Annot;
use PDF::XObject::Image;
use PDF::XObject::Form;

my PDF::API6 $pdf .= new;
my PDF::Tags $tags .= create: :$pdf;
# create the document root
my PDF::Tags::Elem $root = $tags.Document;

my $page = $pdf.add-page;
my $header-font = $page.core-font: :family<Helvetica>, :weight<bold>;
my $body-font = $page.core-font: :family<Helvetica>;

$page.graphics: -> $gfx {

    $root.Header1: $gfx, {
        .say('Marked Level 1 Header',
             :font($header-font),
             :font-size(15),
             :position[50, 120]);
    };

    $root.Paragraph: $gfx, {
        .say('Marked paragraph text', :position[50, 100], :font($body-font), :font-size(12));
    };

    # add a marked image
    my PDF::XObject::Image $img .= open: "t/images/lightbulb.gif";
    $root.Figure: $gfx, $img, :Alt('Incandescent apparatus');

    # add a marked link annotation
    my $destination = $pdf.destination( :page(2), :fit(FitWindow) );
    my PDF::Annot $annot = $pdf.annotation: :$page, :$destination, :rect[71, 717, 190, 734];

    $root.Link: $gfx, $annot;

    # tagged XObject Form
    my PDF::XObject::Form $form = $page.xobject-form: :BBox[0, 0, 200, 50];
    my $form-elem = $root.Form;
    $form.text: {
        my $font-size = 12;
        .text-position = [10, 38];

        $form-elem.Header2: $_, {
            .say: "Tagged XObject header", :font($header-font), :$font-size;
        };

        $form-elem.Paragraph: $_, {
            .say: "Some sample tagged text", :font($body-font), :$font-size;
        };
    }

    # render the form contained in $form-elem
    $form-elem.do: $gfx, :position[150, 70];
}

$pdf.save-as: "/tmp/marked.pdf"

Description

A tagged PDF contains additional markup information describing the logical document structure of PDF documents.

PDF tagging may assist PDF readers and other automated tools in reading PDF documents and locating content such as text and images.

This module provides a DOM like interface for traversing PDF structure and content via tags. It also an XPath like search capability. It is designed for use in conjunction with PDF::Class or PDF::API6.

Some, but not all PDF files have PDF tagging. The pdf-info.raku script (PDF::Class module) can be used to verify this:

% pdf-info.raku my.pdf |grep Tagged
Tagged:       yes

Classes in this Distribution

Scripts in this Distribution

pdf-tag-dump.raku --select=XPath --omit=tag --password=Xxxx --max-depth=n --marks --graphics --/atts --/style --debug t/pdf/tagged.pdf

Further Work

The PDF accessability standard ISO 14289-1 cannot be distributed and needs to be purchased from ISO.