Apache Tika - Extracting PDF

Example - Extracting Content and Metadata from a PDF Document

Given below is the program to extract content and metadata from a PDF.

TikaDemo.java

package com.tutorialspoint.tika;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.tika.exception.TikaException;
import org.apache.tika.metadata.Metadata;
import org.apache.tika.parser.ParseContext;
import org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser;
import org.apache.tika.sax.BodyContentHandler;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

public class TikaDemo {

   public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException,TikaException {

      BodyContentHandler handler = new BodyContentHandler();
      Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
      FileInputStream inputstream = new FileInputStream(new File("D:/projects/example.pdf"));
      ParseContext pcontext = new ParseContext();
      
      //parsing the document using PDF parser
      PDFParser pdfparser = new PDFParser(); 
      pdfparser.parse(inputstream, handler, metadata,pcontext);
      
      //getting the content of the document
      System.out.println("Contents of the PDF:" + handler.toString());
      
      //getting metadata of the document
      System.out.println("Metadata of the PDF:");
      String[] metadataNames = metadata.names();
      
      for(String name : metadataNames) {
         System.out.println(name+ " : " + metadata.get(name));
      }
   }
}

Output

Given below is the snapshot of example.pdf

The PDF we are passing has the following properties −

After compiling the program, you will get the output as shown below.

Contents of the PDF:
Apache Tika is a framework for content type detection and content extraction  
which was designed by Apache software foundation. It detects and extracts metadata  
and structured text content from different types of documents such as spreadsheets,  
text documents, images or PDFs including audio or video input formats to certain extent. 

Metadata of the PDF:
pdf:unmappedUnicodeCharsPerPage : 0
pdf:PDFVersion : 1.7
xmp:CreatorTool : Microsoft® Word 2021
pdf:hasXFA : false
access_permission:modify_annotations : true
dc:creator : Mahesh Parashar
pdf:num3DAnnotations : 0
dcterms:created : 2025-10-27T10:36:34Z
dcterms:modified : 2025-10-27T10:36:34Z
dc:format : application/pdf; version=1.7
xmpMM:DocumentID : uuid:463AA685-EDF0-40CC-8712-344DB211B4F7
pdf:docinfo:creator_tool : Microsoft® Word 2021
pdf:overallPercentageUnmappedUnicodeChars : 0.0
access_permission:fill_in_form : true
pdf:docinfo:modified : 2025-10-27T10:36:34Z
pdf:hasCollection : false
pdf:encrypted : false
pdf:containsNonEmbeddedFont : false
xmp:CreateDate : 2025-10-27T10:36:34Z
pdf:hasMarkedContent : true
pdf:ocrPageCount : 0
Content-Type : application/pdf
access_permission:can_print_faithful : true
xmp:ModifyDate : 2025-10-27T10:36:34Z
pdf:docinfo:creator : Mahesh Parashar
dc:language : en
pdf:producer : Microsoft® Word 2021
xmp:pdf:Producer : Microsoft® Word 2021
pdf:totalUnmappedUnicodeChars : 0
access_permission:extract_for_accessibility : true
access_permission:assemble_document : true
xmpTPg:NPages : 1
pdf:hasXMP : true
pdf:charsPerPage : 331
access_permission:extract_content : true
access_permission:can_print : true
xmp:dc:creator : Mahesh Parashar
access_permission:can_modify : true
pdf:docinfo:producer : Microsoft® Word 2021
pdf:docinfo:created : 2025-10-27T10:36:34Z
pdf:containsDamagedFont : false