Where does PdfExtractionResult live in the IronPDF API?

PdfExtractionResult is a class in the IronPdf.Extractions namespace, shipped in IronPdf.dll. It derives from Object and is returned by PdfExtractor.Extract after processing a PDF document.

How do you retrieve tables from a specific page using PdfExtractionResult?

Call GetTablesByPage(int pageNumber) to get a List for that page. To target a single table when a page holds more than one, use GetTableByPageAndIndex(int pageNumber, int tableIndexOnPage). For a span of pages, use GetTablesByPageRange(int startPage, int endPage).

What is the difference between FullText and GetRawText on PdfExtractionResult?

FullText returns the complete formatted text string for the document, preserving layout hints. GetRawText returns an unformatted string stripped of those hints, which is better suited for feeding content to a parser, search index, or NLP pipeline. Both page-scoped and range-scoped variants exist for each approach.

How do you access document metadata from a PdfExtractionResult?

The Metadata property returns a DocumentMetadata object containing document-level properties such as title, author, and creation date, all captured during the same extraction call that produced the tables and text.

Class PdfExtractionResult

Represents the output of a PDF extraction operation, containing all extracted

tables and text content, along with document metadata.

Provides convenient methods to access specific portions of the extracted content.

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Usage:

var result = PdfExtractor.Extract("document.pdf");
// Access all tables
foreach (var table in result.Tables)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Table on page {table.PageNumber} with {table.RowCount} rows");
}
// Get tables from a specific page
var pageTables = result.GetTablesByPage(5);
// Get text from a specific page
var pageText = result.GetRawTextByPage(5);
// Get full text including tables
var fullText = result.FullText;

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Inheritance

System.Object

PdfExtractionResult

Namespace: IronPdf.Extractions

Assembly: IronPdf.dll

Syntax

public class PdfExtractionResult : Object

The record a developer receives after calling PdfExtractor.Extract is a PdfExtractionResult, the single object that bundles every table, every text layer, and the document metadata produced by one extraction pass. Rather than making separate calls for tables and text, you query this result object to slice the output by page, page range, or the whole document.

PdfExtractionResult organises its surface into two functional areas: structured table data and text content.

**Tables:** Tables returns the full List<TableObject> found across the document. When you need only one page, GetTablesByPage(int pageNumber) narrows the list. For a contiguous span of pages, GetTablesByPageRange(int startPage, int endPage) covers the range. To pinpoint a single table when a page holds more than one, GetTableByPageAndIndex(int pageNumber, int tableIndexOnPage) selects by zero-based position on that page.

**Text:** FullText exposes the complete formatted text string for the document. Text gives a TextContent object for richer programmatic access. The Get-prefixed text methods mirror the table methods: GetFullTextByPage and GetFullTextByPageRange return formatted text; GetRawText, GetRawTextByPage, and GetRawTextByPageRange return unformatted strings stripped of layout hints, which is useful when feeding content to a parser or search index.

Metadata surfaces a DocumentMetadata record containing author, title, creation date, and related document-level properties.

A common workflow reads all tables from a report, then pulls the raw text from the same pages to feed a downstream pipeline:

using IronPdf.Extractions;

PdfExtractionResult result = PdfExtractor.Extract("annual-report.pdf");

// Inspect document metadata
Console.WriteLine(result.Metadata.Title);

// Iterate every table in the document
foreach (TableObject table in result.Tables)
    Console.WriteLine($"Page {table.PageNumber}: {table.RowCount} rows");

// Pull raw text from pages 3 through 7 for indexing
string rawSlice = result.GetRawTextByPageRange(3, 7);

For a broader look at PDF content extraction in IronPDF, see the PDF extraction how-to, the text extraction examples, and the table extraction tutorial. The IronPDF documentation hub covers installation and licensing.

Properties

FullText

Gets the full text of the document, including tables

Combines both the extracted text and the content of all tables in reading order.

Declaration

public string FullText { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Metadata

Document-level metadata

Contains information about the document, such as total pages and table counts.

Declaration

public DocumentMetadata Metadata { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DocumentMetadata

Tables

List of all extracted tables

Contains all tables detected and extracted from the PDF document.

Declaration

public List<TableObject> Tables { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<TableObject>

Text

Extracted text content (outside of tables)

Contains text extracted from the PDF document, excluding text within tables.

Declaration

public TextContent Text { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
TextContent

Methods

GetFullTextByPage(Int32)

Gets full text (with tables) for a specific page

Combines both the extracted text and the content of all tables from the specified page in reading order.

Declaration

public string GetFullTextByPage(int pageNumber)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	pageNumber	Page number (1-based)

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Full text content from the specified page, including tables

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown when `pageNumber` is less than 1 or greater than the total number of pages.

GetFullTextByPageRange(Int32, Int32)

Gets full text (with tables) for a page range

Combines both the extracted text and the content of all tables from the specified page range in reading order.

Declaration

public string GetFullTextByPageRange(int startPage, int endPage)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	startPage	Starting page number (1-based, inclusive)
System.Int32	endPage	Ending page number (1-based, inclusive)

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Full text content from the specified page range, including tables

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown when: Either page is less than 1 `endPage` is less than `startPage` Either page exceeds total pages

GetRawText()

Gets the raw text of the document, excluding tables

Returns only the text content, without any table content.

Declaration

public string GetRawText()

Returns

Type	Description
System.String

GetRawTextByPage(Int32)

Gets raw text for a specific page

Returns only the text content from the specified page, without any table content.

Declaration

public string GetRawTextByPage(int pageNumber)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	pageNumber	Page number (1-based)

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Text content from the specified page

GetRawTextByPageRange(Int32, Int32)

Gets raw text for a page range

Returns only the text content from the specified page range, without any table content.

Declaration

public string GetRawTextByPageRange(int startPage, int endPage)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	startPage	Starting page number (1-based, inclusive)
System.Int32	endPage	Ending page number (1-based, inclusive)

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	Text content from the specified page range

GetTableByPageAndIndex(Int32, Int32)

Gets a specific table by page number and table index on that page

Returns the table at the specified index on the specified page.

Declaration

public TableObject GetTableByPageAndIndex(int pageNumber, int tableIndexOnPage)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	pageNumber	Page number (1-based)
System.Int32	tableIndexOnPage	Table index on the page (0-based)

Returns

Type	Description
TableObject	A TableObject representing the specified table, or null if not found

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown when: `pageNumber` is less than 1 or exceeds total pages `tableIndexOnPage` is negative

GetTablesByPage(Int32)

Gets all tables from a specific page

Returns a list of all tables found on the specified page.

Declaration

public List<TableObject> GetTablesByPage(int pageNumber)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	pageNumber	Page number (1-based)

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<TableObject>	List of TableObject instances representing tables on the page

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown when `pageNumber` is less than 1 or greater than the total number of pages.

GetTablesByPageRange(Int32, Int32)

Gets all tables from a page range

Returns a list of all tables found within the specified page range.

Declaration

public List<TableObject> GetTablesByPageRange(int startPage, int endPage)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	startPage	Starting page number (1-based, inclusive)
System.Int32	endPage	Ending page number (1-based, inclusive)

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<TableObject>	List of TableObject instances representing tables in the page range

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Thrown when: Either page is less than 1 `endPage` is less than `startPage` Either page exceeds total pages