iText - add content to existing PDF file

Question

I want to do the following with iText:

(1) parse an existing PDF file

(2) add some data to it, on the existing single page of the document (such as a timestamp)

(3) write out the document

I just can't seem to figure out how to do this with iText. In pseudo code I would do this:

Document document = reader.read(input);
document.add(new Paragraph("my timestamp"));
writer.write(document, output);

But for some reason iText's API is so dauntingly complicated that I can't wrap my head around it. The PdfReader actually holds the document model or something (rather than spitting out a document), and you need a PdfWriter to read pages from it... eh?

user_9564081 · Answer

how-to-update-a-pdf-without-creating-a-new-pdf

iText 7, please pay attention to version

PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfWriter writer = new PdfWriter(dest);
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(reader, writer);
//manipulate pdf…
pdfDoc.close();

iText - add content to existing PDF file

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