How is exportAnnotations() command different from exportAnnotCommand() for exporting annotations?

[chats2790]

PDF.js Express Version
7.3.3

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On exporting annotations on viewer, which is the best way to export all the annotations made on the document ? Can u pls help us navigate through these 2 techniques?
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While you wait for one of our customer support representatives to get back to you, please check out some of these documentation pages:

Guides:

• Import and export annotations using a database
• XFDF format - In PDF.js Express Web Viewer
• PDF.js Express annotations - Get started

APIs:

• CoreControls.AnnotationManager - exportAnnotations( [options])
• Annotations.WidgetAnnotation - isVisible()
• Annotations.TextWidgetAnnotation - isPrintVisible()

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• CORS issue correspondence
• Sometime function is not executing even after call with proper parameter
• Realtime collaboration logic in the guide

[Logan]

Hi there!

At the end of the day both of these functions do the same thing, export annotations as a string. The only difference is the format that the annotations are output in.

exportAnnotations exports annotations as an XFDF string, which is the standard format for annotations in PDFs.

exportAnnotCommand exports a proprietary format that we use internally for annotations.

I recommend using exportAnnotations since it matches the PDF Standard and is easy to parse/understand/use.

Thank you!
Logan

[chats2790]

Thanks for sharing this Logan !