GetMetadata
Parser.GetMetadata method
Extracts metadata from the document.
public IEnumerable<MetadataItem> GetMetadata()
Return Value
A collection of metadata items; null
if metadata extraction isn’t supported.
Remarks
Learn more:
- Extract metadata from documents
- Extract metadata from Microsoft Office Word documents
- Extract metadata from Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets
- Extract metadata from Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations
- Extract metadata from PDF documents
- Extract metadata from Emails
Examples
The following example shows how to extract metadata from a document:
// Create an instance of Parser class
using(Parser parser = new Parser(filePath))
{
// Extract metadata from the document
IEnumerable<MetadataItem> metadata = parser.GetMetadata();
// Check if metadata extraction is supported
if(metadata == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Metatada extraction isn't supported");
}
// Iterate over metadata items
foreach(MetadataItem item in metadata)
{
// Print an item name and value
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}: {1}", item.Name, item.Value));
}
}
See Also
- class MetadataItem
- class Parser
- namespace GroupDocs.Parser
- assembly GroupDocs.Parser