How to search for Image signatures

GroupDocs.Signature providesΒ ImageSearchOptionsΒ classΒ to specify different options to search for Image e-signatures.

Β Here are the steps to search for Image signatures within the document with GroupDocs.Signature API:

  • Create new instance ofΒ SignatureΒ class and pass source document path as a constructor parameter;
  • Instantiate theΒ ImageSearchOptionsΒ object according to your requirements and specify additional search options (if needed);
  • CallΒ SearchΒ method ofΒ Signature class instance and passΒ ImageSearchOptionsΒ to it.

The code snippet below demonstrates how to search for Image electronic signature in the document.

using (Signature signature = new Signature("sample.pdf"))
{
    // search document
    List<ImageSignature> signatures = signature.Search<ImageSignature>(SignatureType.Image);
    Console.WriteLine($"\nSource document ['{fileName}'] contains following image signature(s).");
    // output signatures
    foreach (ImageSignature imageSignature in signatures)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Image signature found at page {imageSignature.PageNumber} with size {imageSignature.Size}. Created {imageSignature.CreatedOn}, modified {imageSignature.ModifiedOn}");
    }
}

Advanced Usage Topics

To learn more about document eSign features, please refer to theΒ advanced usage section.

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GitHub Examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in ourΒ GitHub examples:

Free Online Apps

Along with the full-featured .NET library, we provide simple but powerful free online apps.

To sign PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other documents you can use the online apps from the GroupDocs.Signature App Product Family.