Custom Activity for read Pdf

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Hi, I need to create custom activity for (read pdf text and read pdf with ocr )in UiPath. please help with code.

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Hi @Swetha_MN

do you need a library code in UiPath tool? or a custom code using invoke code activity? or a visual studio code?

Regards

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Visual Studio code

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why not use UiPath activities?

Regards

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As suggested by others ,
you can use UiPath’s own activities for read plain text pdf and text from pdf using ocr.

But you still prefer creating your own custom activity, you can explore couple of below libraries:
i. Aspose library
reference link: Open PDF document programmatically|Aspose.PDF for .NET
ii. Bytescout library
reference link: How to use OCR to extract text from PDF in ASP.NET, C#, C++, VB.NET and VBScript using ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK - ByteScout
iii. IronPDF library
reference link: C# Extract Text From PDF (Code Example Tutorial)