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data masking in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C# and ByteScout Premium Suite

Simple tutorial on how to do data masking in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#

Here you may get thousands pre-made source code samples for simple implementation in your own programming C# projects. ByteScout Premium Suite was created to assist data masking in PDF with PDF extractor SDK in C#. ByteScout Premium Suite is the set that includes 12 SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording.

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Program.cs

      using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace RepairText
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                // Generate CSVExtractor instance
                using (CSVExtractor extractor = new CSVExtractor("demo", "demo"))
                {
                    // Load PDF document
                    extractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("sample.pdf");

                    // Get all data
                    string allData = extractor.GetCSV();

                    // Regular expressions and replacements
                    string ssnRegex = @"\d{3}[-]?\d{2}[-]?\d{4}";
                    string ssnReplace = "***-**-****";

                    string phoneRegex = @"\d{3}[-]?\d{3}[-]?\d{4}";
                    string phoneReplace = "***-***-****";

                    // Find and mask SSN and phone numbers
                    allData = Regex.Replace(allData, ssnRegex , ssnReplace);
                    allData = Regex.Replace(allData, phoneRegex, phoneReplace);

                    // Write as CSV
                    File.WriteAllText("output.csv", allData);

                    // Open file
                    ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("output.csv");
                    processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
                    Process.Start(processStartInfo);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Press enter key to close...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}