Setting Pdf Attributes like Title, Author, Creator, subject, Keywords, Header and CreationDate in java


In this core java tutorial we will learn how to set Pdf Attributes like Title, Author, Creator, subject, Keywords, Header and CreationDate using iText library - core java tutorial in Java with program and examples.

We will generate PDF files in java using iText library. PDF files can be generated dynamically in java using iText library.




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Program/Example for Setting Pdf Attributes like Title, Author, Creator, subject, Keywords, Header  and CreationDate - Using iText library - core java tutorial in Java
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
*
* Setting Pdf Attributes Example Using iText library - core java tutorial
*
*/
public class SettingPdfAttributesExample {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
                 String pdfFilePath = "e:/Setting Pdf Attributes Example.pdf";
                
                 OutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(pdfFilePath));
                 Document document = new Document();
                 PdfWriter.getInstance(document, fos);
                 document.open();
                 document.add(new Paragraph("This is SettingPdfAttributesExample.pdf"));
                 /**
                 * Now, we will set PDF file attributes
                 */
                 //Add PDF Title and creation date
                 document.addTitle("SettingPdfAttributesExample");
                 document.addCreationDate(); //It will set current date as creation date.
                
                 //Add PDF author and creator
                 document.addAuthor("Ankit Mittal");
                 document.addCreator("JavaMadeSoEasy.com");
                
                 //PDF Subject and language
                 document.addSubject("How can you Set Pdf file Attributes using iText.");
                 document.addLanguage("");
                
                 //add PDF header
                 document.addHeader("1", "myPDF");
                 document.addKeywords("coreJava, pdf, itext");
                
                
                 document.close();             
                 fos.close();
                
                 System.out.println("PDF created in >> "+ pdfFilePath);
          } catch (Exception e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
          }
   }
}
/* Output of above program
PDF created in >> e:/Setting Pdf Attributes Example.pdf
*/



PDF formed after executing above java program(Setting Pdf Attributes like Title, Author, Creator, subject, Keywords, Header and CreationDate in java) will look like this >

Go to Document properties >

Title, Author, Creator, subject, Keywords and CreationDate can be seen here >

PDF Header can be seen here -


Summary -
So in this core java tutorial we learned how to set Pdf Attributes like Title, Author, Creator, subject, Keywords, Header  and CreationDate using iText library - core java tutorial in Java with program and example.




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