Import Images from PDF

The SBSDKPDFPagesExtractor class provides methods that can be used to extract images from a PDF.

Exmaple of Importing Images from PDF

Swift

// The path where the pdf is stored.
guard let pdfURL = URL(string: "<path_to_pdf>") else { return }

// Creates an instance of `SBSDKPDFPagesExtractor`
let pageExtractor = SBSDKPDFPagesExtractor()

// Extracts pages from the pdf and returns an array of UIImage
let images = pageExtractor.images(from: pdfURL)

// You can also use `images(fromPDF:scaling)` method to extract images with a scaling applied
let scaledImages = pageExtractor.images(from: pdfURL, scaling: 2.0)

Objective-C

// The path where the pdf is stored.
NSURL *pdfURL = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"<path_to_pdf>"];

// Creates an instance of `SBSDKPDFPagesExtractor`
SBSDKPDFPagesExtractor *pageExtractor = [[SBSDKPDFPagesExtractor alloc] init];

// Extracts pages from the pdf and returns an array of UIImages
NSArray<UIImage *> *images = [pageExtractor imagesFromPDF:pdfURL];

NSArray<UIImage *> *scaledImages = [pageExtractor imagesFromPDF:pdfURL scaling:2.0];

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