PDF Metadata extract

OL Connect Professional Workflow
1

Is it posible for the workflow to extract metadata from a pdf from PDF document properties ?
Need the string in the Keywords field.

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The following script uses Workflow’s AlambicEdit API toread the metadata from the current PDF job file and store the Keywords properties in a process variable named keywords.

var myPDF = Watch.GetPDFEditObject();
myPDF.open(Watch.GetJobFileName(),false);

var meta = myPDF.GetInfos();
Watch.SetVariable("keywords",meta.keywords);

myPDF.Close();

More information on the AlambicEdit API can be found in the online help.

3

Thanks Phil

Can a datamapper do the same trick ?
(Not with this scipt of cause)

4

No, the DataMapper cannot access the PDF Metadata. But you can still use Workflow to extract it and then pass it as a runtime parameter to your data mapping config.

5

:slight_smile: Will pass it in a runtime parameter.