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Asked: 2026-05-10T19:24:09+00:00

I’m trying to implement search result highlighting for pdfs in a web app. I

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I’m trying to implement search result highlighting for pdfs in a web app. I have the original pdfs, and small png versions that are used in search results. Essentially I’m looking for an api like:

pdf_document.find_offsets('somestring') # => { top: 501, left: 100, bottom: 520, right: 150 }, { ... another box ... }, ...

I know it’s possible to get this information out of a pdf because Apple’s Preview.app implements this.

Need something that runs on Linux and ideally is open source. I’m aware you can do this with acrobat on windows.

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  1. Try to look at PdfLib TET http://www.pdflib.com/products/tet/

    (it’s not free)

    Fabrizio

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