Method: PDF::Reader#initialize

Defined in:
lib/pdf/reader.rb

#initialize(input, opts = {}) ⇒ Reader

creates a new document reader for the provided PDF.

input can be an IO-ish object (StringIO, File, etc) containing a PDF or a filename

reader = PDF::Reader.new("somefile.pdf")

File.open("somefile.pdf","rb") do |file|
  reader = PDF::Reader.new(file)
end

If the source file is encrypted you can provide a password for decrypting

reader = PDF::Reader.new("somefile.pdf", :password => "apples")

Using this method directly is supported, but it’s more common to use ‘PDF::Reader.open`

: (String | Tempfile | IO | StringIO, ?Hash[untyped, untyped]) -> void



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# File 'lib/pdf/reader.rb', line 120

def initialize(input, opts = {})
  @cache   = PDF::Reader::ObjectCache.new #: PDF::Reader::ObjectCache
  opts.merge!(:cache => @cache)
  @objects = PDF::Reader::ObjectHash.new(input, opts) #: PDF::Reader::ObjectHash
  @page_count = nil #: Integer | nil
  @root = nil #: Hash[Symbol, untyped] | nil
end