storing a scanned (pdf,tiff,jpeg) file in MongoDB .

Question

I have to store a tiff(tag image file format) or pdf scanned file in mongodb that should be Text search able . like if we want to search "on base of text" it should be able to search .

I am going to use .net mvc or java with mongodb .

so how can i store this pdf file and then can retrieve from database .

any suggestion will be appreciated .

thanks

Answer 1

You can store files by using MongoDb GridFs as described in this question and extract texts from a PDF file by using some features those described in this question. ;).

HTH