How to get data using Add-in program from Office document without metadata(i.e. creation time)? - pdf

Question

There's a function which retrieves document of PDF format byte by byte:
Office.initialize = function (reason) {
$(document).ready(function () {
// If not using Word 2016
if (!Office.context.requirements.isSetSupported('WordApi', '1.1')) {
$('#hash-button-text').text("Not supported!");
return;
}
//$('#hash-button').click(calculate_hash);
$('#btn').click(getFile);
});
};
function getFile() {
Office.context.document.getFileAsync(Office.FileType.Pdf, { sliceSize: 99 },
function (result) {
if (result.status == "succeeded") {
var file = result.value;
var sliceCount = file.sliceCount;
var slicesReceived = 0, gotAllSlices = true, docdataSlices = [];
getSliceAsync(file, 0, sliceCount, gotAllSlices, docdataSlices, slicesReceived);
}
else {
console.log("Error");
}
}
);
}
function getSliceAsync(file, nextSlice, sliceCount, gotAllSlices, docdataSlices, slicesReceived) {
file.getSliceAsync(nextSlice, function (sliceResult) {
if (sliceResult.status == "succeeded") {
if (!gotAllSlices) { // Failed to get all slices, no need to continue.
return;
}
docdataSlices[sliceResult.value.index] = sliceResult.value.data;
if (++slicesReceived == sliceCount) {
file.closeAsync();
console.log("Done: ", docdataSlices);
}
else {
getSliceAsync(file, ++nextSlice, sliceCount, gotAllSlices, docdataSlices, slicesReceived);
}
}
else {
gotAllSlices = false;
file.closeAsync();
console.log("getSliceAsync Error:", sliceResult.error.message);
}
});
}
So, close to ~1800 byte there are bytes like "CreationDate(D:20190218150353+02'00..." which are unnecessary in our case.
It retrieves the whole PDF file which consists meta, but is it possible to get it without it?
Best regards

Answer 1

The document.getFileAsync method will always return the entire document (including metadata); it's not possible to make it return anything less than the entire document.