[[pdf-component]]
= PDF Component
:page-source: components/camel-pdf/src/main/docs/pdf-component.adoc

*Available as of Camel version 2.16*


The *PDF*: components provides the ability to create, modify or extract
content from PDF documents. This component uses
https://pdfbox.apache.org/[Apache PDFBox] as underlying library to work
with PDF documents.

In order to use the PDF component, Maven users will need to add the
following dependency to their `pom.xml`:

*pom.xml*

[source,xml]
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<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-pdf</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
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== URI format

The PDF component only supports producer endpoints.

[source,java]
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pdf:operation[?options]
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== Options

// component options: START
The PDF component has no options.
// component options: END



// endpoint options: START
The PDF endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

----
pdf:operation
----

with the following path and query parameters:

=== Path Parameters (1 parameters):


[width="100%",cols="2,5,^1,2",options="header"]
|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *operation* | *Required* Operation type |  | PdfOperation
|===


=== Query Parameters (9 parameters):


[width="100%",cols="2,5,^1,2",options="header"]
|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *font* (producer) | Font | Helvetica | PDFont
| *fontSize* (producer) | Font size in pixels | 14 | float
| *marginBottom* (producer) | Margin bottom in pixels | 20 | int
| *marginLeft* (producer) | Margin left in pixels | 20 | int
| *marginRight* (producer) | Margin right in pixels | 40 | int
| *marginTop* (producer) | Margin top in pixels | 20 | int
| *pageSize* (producer) | Page size | A4 | PDRectangle
| *textProcessingFactory* (producer) | Text processing to use. autoFormatting: Text is getting sliced by words, then max amount of words that fits in the line will be written into pdf document. With this strategy all words that doesn't fit in the line will be moved to the new line. lineTermination: Builds set of classes for line-termination writing strategy. Text getting sliced by line termination symbol and then it will be written regardless it fits in the line or not. | lineTermination | TextProcessingFactory
| *synchronous* (advanced) | Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported). | false | boolean
|===
// endpoint options: END
// spring-boot-auto-configure options: START
== Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

[source,xml]
----
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-pdf-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>
----


The component supports 2 options, which are listed below.



[width="100%",cols="2,5,^1,2",options="header"]
|===
| Name | Description | Default | Type
| *camel.component.pdf.enabled* | Enable pdf component | true | Boolean
| *camel.component.pdf.resolve-property-placeholders* | Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders. | true | Boolean
|===
// spring-boot-auto-configure options: END



== Headers
[width="100%",cols="10%,90%",options="header",]
|=======================================================================
|Header |Description

|`pdf-document` |*Mandatory* header for `append` operation and ignored in all other
operations. Expected type is
https://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/1.8.10/javadocs/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/PDDocument.html[PDDocument].
Stores PDF document which will be used for append operation.

|`protection-policy` |Expected type
ishttps://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/1.8.10/javadocs/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/encryption/ProtectionPolicy.html[ProtectionPolicy].
If specified then PDF document will be encrypted with it.

|`decryption-material` |Expected type
ishttps://pdfbox.apache.org/docs/1.8.10/javadocs/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/encryption/DecryptionMaterial.html[DecryptionMaterial].
*Mandatory* header if PDF document is encrypted.
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