# ElasticSearch Attachment Plugin: PDF exact position?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-attachment-plugin-pdf-exact-position/7524>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 1, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-attachment-plugin-pdf-exact-position/7524 "2012-05-01T14:31:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dominik\_Dorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dominik_dorn/32/2560_2.png) [@Dominik\_Dorn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dominik_Dorn)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-attachment-plugin-pdf-exact-position/7524/1 "2012-05-01T14:31:25Z")

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Hi,

I'm using the Attachment Plugin like described here:  
[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/attachment-type.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/attachment-type.html)

However, the documentation is a bit spare, and so I'm looking for a way  
to get the exact position (page/paragraph/pixel) of the result ?

Thanks for any pointers!

Dominik

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-attachment-plugin-pdf-exact-position/7524/2 "2012-05-02T16:29:15Z")

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The data indexed is the text extracted from the PDF, it does not include  
pixel position in the PDF itself.

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Dominik Dorn [dominik@dominikdorn.com](mailto:dominik@dominikdorn.com)wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm using the Attachment Plugin like described here:  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/attachment-type.html)
> 
> However, the documentation is a bit spare, and so I'm looking for a way  
> to get the exact position (page/paragraph/pixel) of the result ?
> 
> Thanks for any pointers!
> 
> Dominik

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-attachment-plugin-pdf-exact-position/7524/3 "2017-07-06T03:30:19Z")

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