GhostPDL.NET

Convert and create PDFs using GhostPDL with C# and .NET

Get Started

GhostPDL.NET can be installed using the Nuget package manager or the dotnet CLI.

dotnet add package GhostPDL.NET

Examples

Convert PDF/X to PDF/A

var pdfContentByte = await File.ReadAllBytesAsync("sample1.pdf");

var ghostProcessor = new GhostPdlProcessorPdfA();
byte[] rawPdfA = await ghostProcessor.ConvertAsync(pdfContentByte, PdfAProfile.A2B);

To validate PDF/A result use the Codeuctivity.PdfAValidator

Run commands Ghostscript

Documentation Ghostscript:

• https://ghostscript.com
• https://ghostscript.readthedocs.io/en/gs10.0.0/
• https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs1000/Ghostscript.pdf

var switches = new List<string>
{
    "-command1",
    "-command2",
    "-command3"
};

var ghostProcessor = new GhostPdlProcessor();
ghostProcessor.InvokeCommand(switches);

Documentation

• Coming soon.

Support

• win-x64
• linux-x64 (Debian 11>=, Ubuntu 20.04>=, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7>=)
• linux-arm64 (Debian 11>=, Ubuntu 20.04>=)
• osx-x64 (10.15>=)

About

GhostPDL.NET was developed by Claudiney Queiroz.

License

Copyright © 2023 Claudiney Queiroz.

The project is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3.