How can I convert a PNG file to PDF using java?

Question

Are there any open source libraries that I can use?

Answer 1

for reading javax.imageio.ImageIO for writing pdf itext: http://itextpdf.com

Answer 2

Use iText to convert jpg/png/gif to pdf with following code. It's work perfect.

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
//com.lowagie...   old version
//com.itextpdf...  recent version
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.text.Image;

public class ImageToPDF {
  public static void main(String ... args) {
    Document document = new Document();
    String input = "c:/temp/capture.png"; // .gif and .jpg are ok too!
    String output = "c:/temp/capture.pdf";
    try {
      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(output);
      PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, fos);
      writer.open();
      document.open();
      document.add(Image.getInstance(input));
      document.close();
      writer.close();
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Answer 3

itext may help you. you don't really convert a png to pdf but create a pdf with a png in it. simple example:

Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 20, 20, 20, 20);
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("C:/test.pdf"));
document.open();
Image image = Image.getInstance(getClass().getResource("/logo.png"));
document.add(image);
document.close();

Answer 4

An example which rotates the page, if landscape mode fits better

/**
 * Converts arbitrary image file to PDF
 * http://stackoverflow.com/a/42937466/241986
 * @param imageFile contents of JPEG or PNG file
 * @param outputStream stream to write out pdf, always closed after this method execution.
 * @throws IOException when there' an actual exception or image is not valid
 */
public static void imageToPdf(byte[] imageFile, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
    try {
        Image image;
        try {
            image = Image.getInstance(imageFile);
        } catch (BadElementException bee) {
            throw new IOException(bee);
        }

        //See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1373035/how-do-i-scale-one-rectangle-to-the-maximum-size-possible-within-another-rectang
        Rectangle A4 = PageSize.A4;

        float scalePortrait = Math.min(A4.getWidth() / image.getWidth(),
                A4.getHeight() / image.getHeight());

        float scaleLandscape = Math.min(A4.getHeight() / image.getWidth(),
                A4.getWidth() / image.getHeight());

        // We try to occupy as much space as possible
        // Sportrait = (w*scalePortrait) * (h*scalePortrait)
        // Slandscape = (w*scaleLandscape) * (h*scaleLandscape)

        // therefore the bigger area is where we have bigger scale
        boolean isLandscape = scaleLandscape > scalePortrait;

        float w;
        float h;
        if (isLandscape) {
            A4 = A4.rotate();
            w = image.getWidth() * scaleLandscape;
            h = image.getHeight() * scaleLandscape;
        } else {
            w = image.getWidth() * scalePortrait;
            h = image.getHeight() * scalePortrait;
        }

        Document document = new Document(A4, 10, 10, 10, 10);

        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, outputStream);
        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            throw new IOException(e);
        }
        document.open();
        try {
            image.scaleAbsolute(w, h);
            float posH = (A4.getHeight() - h) / 2;
            float posW = (A4.getWidth() - w) / 2;

            image.setAbsolutePosition(posW, posH);
            image.setBorder(Image.NO_BORDER);
            image.setBorderWidth(0);

            try {
                document.newPage();
                document.add(image);
            } catch (DocumentException de) {
                throw new IOException(de);
            }
        } finally {
            document.close();
        }
    } finally {
        outputStream.close();
    }
}

Inside pom.xml, one of free iText forks, if you are not already using iText

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>