ByteScout Sensitive Data Suite – C# – Check For Sensitive Data and PII in PDF

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check for sensitive data and PII in PDF in C# using ByteScout Sensitive Data Suite

Learn check for sensitive data and PII in PDF in C#

An easy to understand guide to learn how to check for sensitive data and PII in PDF in C#. ByteScout Sensitive Data Suite was made to help with check for sensitive data and PII in PDF in C#. ByteScout Sensitive Data Suite is the bundle that includes multiple components from ByteScout for working with sensitive and personal data. With these components you may analyze, redact, remove, blackout sensitive data in documents and pdf.

Save time on writing and testing code by using the code below and use it in your application. Just copy and paste this C# sample code to your C# application’s code editor, add a reference to ByteScout Sensitive Data Suite (if you haven’t added yet) and you are ready to go! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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Program.cs

      using System;
using System.Drawing;
using Bytescout.PDFExtractor;

namespace CheckForSensitiveAndPIIDataFromPDF
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.Remover2 instance
            Remover2 remover = new Remover2("demo", "demo");

            // Mask removed text, which ultimately black out region
            remover.MaskRemovedText = true;

            // Load sample PDF document
            remover.LoadDocumentFromFile(@"samplePDF_EmailSSN.pdf");

            // Prepare TextExtractor
            using (TextExtractor textExtractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo"))
            {
                // Load document into TextExtractor
                textExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(@"samplePDF_EmailSSN.pdf");

                // Enable RegexSearch
                textExtractor.RegexSearch = true;

                // Set word matching options
                textExtractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.None;

                // Search SSN in format 202-55-0130
                string regexPatternSSN = "[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}";

                // Search email Addresses
                string regexPatternEmail = @"\b[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}\b";

                // Search results for SSN
                ISearchResult[] searchResultsSSN = textExtractor.FindAll(0, regexPatternSSN, caseSensitive: false);

                // Search results for Email
                ISearchResult[] searchResultEmail = textExtractor.FindAll(0, regexPatternEmail, caseSensitive: false);

                // Remove SSN result text objects find by SearchResults.
                remover.AddTextToRemove(searchResultsSSN);

                // Remove Email result text objects find by SearchResults.
                remover.AddTextToRemove(searchResultEmail);

                // Perform removal of specified objects
                remover.PerformRemoval(@"result1.pdf");
            }

            // Open output file in default application
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result1.pdf");

            // Clean up.
            remover.Dispose();
        }
    }
}