How to add hyperlink in pdf using pdfbox

java pdf pdf-generation pdfbox
Neha Singh picture Neha Singh · Jan 9, 2014 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

I want to add a hyperlink in PDF created using PDFBOX, such that i click on some text example 'Click here' will redirect to URL. I tried using PDAnnotationLink and PDActionURI, but how to add it in contentstream?

PDBorderStyleDictionary borderULine = new PDBorderStyleDictionary();
borderULine.setStyle(PDBorderStyleDictionary.STYLE_UNDERLINE);
PDAnnotationLink txtLink = new PDAnnotationLink();
txtLink.setBorderStyle(borderULine);
txtLink.setColour(colourBlue);

// add an action
PDActionURI action = new PDActionURI();
action.setURI("www.google.com");
txtLink.setAction(action);

contentStream.beginText();
contentStream.moveTextPositionByAmount(400, y-30);
contentStream.drawString(txtLink);----error
contentStream.endText();

Answer

SANN3 picture SANN3 · Jan 16, 2014

To add to contentStream use the following code

    PDRectangle position = new PDRectangle();
    position.setLowerLeftX(10);
    position.setLowerLeftY(20); 
    position.setUpperRightX(100); 
    position.setUpperRightY(10); 
    txtLink.setRectangle(position);
    page.getAnnotations().add(txtLink);

Related questions

Convert a PDF file to image

I wanted to convert PDF document into image. I was using Ghost4j. Problem: Ghost4J needs gsdll32.dll file at runtime, and I do not want to use the dll file. Question 1: is there any way, in ghost4j …

Read More
How to Insert a Linefeed with PDFBox drawString

I have to make a PDF with a Table. So far it work fine, but now I want to add a wrapping feature. So I need to insert a Linefeed. contentStream.beginText(); contentStream.moveTextPositionByAmount(x, y); contentStream.drawString("Some text …

Read More
PDF-Form Text hidden unless clicked

In my application I have to fill a predefined PDF form with data from DB. We are using Java and Pdfbox. The filling itself is not a problem. The problem is that in resulting PDF-file all texts in the form …

Read More