Get document info

GroupDocs.Metadata allows users to get meta information of a document which includes:

• File format (detected by the internal structure)
• File extension
• MIME type
• Number of pages
• File size
• A value indicating whether a file is encrypted

The following code sample demonstrates how to extract basic format information from a file.

BasicUsage.GetDocumentInfo

// Constants.InputXlsx is an absolute or relative path to your document. Ex: @"C:\Docs\source.xlsx"
using (Metadata metadata = new Metadata(Constants.InputXlsx))
{
	if (metadata.FileFormat != FileFormat.Unknown)
	{
		IDocumentInfo info = metadata.GetDocumentInfo();
		Console.WriteLine("File format: {0}", info.FileType.FileFormat);
		Console.WriteLine("File extension: {0}", info.FileType.Extension);
		Console.WriteLine("MIME Type: {0}", info.FileType.MimeType);
		Console.WriteLine("Number of pages: {0}", info.PageCount);
		Console.WriteLine("Document size: {0} bytes", info.Size);
		Console.WriteLine("Is document encrypted: {0}", info.IsEncrypted);
	}
}

More resources

Advanced usage topics

To learn more about document watermarking features and get familiar how to manage watermarks and more, please refer to the advanced usage section.

GitHub examples

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

• GroupDocs.Metadata for .NET examples
• GroupDocs.Metadata for Java examples

Free online document metadata management App

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