Class TextContent

Extracted text content outside of tables

Provides methods to access text content for the entire document or specific pages.

Inheritance
System.Object
TextContent
Namespace: IronPdf.Extractions
Assembly: IronPdf.dll
Syntax
public class TextContent : Object

Use TextContent in IronPDF when a C# application works with text extraction. It represents extracted text content outside of tables Provides methods to access text content for the entire document or specific pages.

TextContent matters when an application needs to configure or invoke text extraction from C# code. The class encapsulates the related options and behavior in a single object that is set up once and reused across render or processing calls. Typical scenarios include batch generation pipelines, templated document workflows, and integration with existing C# document services.

To use TextContent, instantiate or obtain it from the relevant entry point in the IronPDF C# API. Key properties include PageTexts, RawText. Assign options or invoke methods on the instance to configure or perform the operation. The access PDF DOM object covers typical usage in C# end to end.

using IronPdf;

var instance = new TextContent();
var current = instance.PageTexts;
// Read or assign other properties such as RawText, PageTexts
instance.GetText();

For the broader workflow, see the add copy delete pages PDF guide in the IronPDF C# documentation. For broader context, the text extraction portion of the IronPDF C# API contains related types that work with TextContent directly. TextContent exposes additional members beyond those highlighted above; the reference tables on this page list the full set. In application code, treat TextContent as a configured object that is constructed once and reused across operations rather than instantiated per call. Configuration is generally idempotent: assigning the same property value twice has the same effect as assigning it once. For diagnostic purposes, inspect the relevant TextContent property after each operation to confirm the configured state. See the constructors, properties, and methods tables below for the complete API surface of TextContent.

Constructors

TextContent()

Declaration
public TextContent()

Properties

PageTexts

Text organized by page

Dictionary containing text content for each page.

Key is the page number (1-based), value is the PageText for that page.

Declaration
public Dictionary<int, PageText> PageTexts { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.Int32, PageText>

RawText

Raw text from all pages concatenated

Contains the text content of all pages in the document, concatenated together.

When table extraction is enabled, this contains only text located outside detected tables.

When table extraction is disabled, this contains all text including text inside tables.

Declaration
public string RawText { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Methods

GetText()

Gets the raw text of the entire document

Returns the text content of all pages in the document, concatenated together.

Returns only outside-table text when table extraction is enabled; otherwise returns all text (tables included).

Declaration
public string GetText()
Returns
Type Description
System.String

Raw text of the entire document

GetTextByPage(Int32)

Gets the raw text for a specific page

Returns the text content of the specified page.

Declaration
public string GetTextByPage(int pageNumber)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Int32 pageNumber

Page number (1-based)
Returns
Type Description
System.String

Text content of the specified page
Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Thrown when:

  • pageNumber is less than 1
  • pageNumber is greater than the total number of pages

GetTextByPageRange(Int32, Int32)

Gets the raw text for a page range

Returns the text content of all pages in the specified range, concatenated together.

Declaration
public string GetTextByPageRange(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 of the specified page range
Exceptions
Type Condition
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Thrown when:

  • startPage is less than 1
  • endPage is less than 1
  • endPage is less than startPage
  • Either startPage or endPage exceeds the total number of pages in the document