Find and replace text in PDF using pdf-lib?

[that-ben]

Hi! Is there a way to find and replace a word in a PDF document using pdf-lib? I have a PDF with text placeholders like {var-1} {var-2} etc (150 of them) and I need to replace those with values from JS variables before I send it to the printer.

I read that a few years ago, many people were looking for how to do that and it wasn't supported? Is it now? And if not then why is such a basic thing not supported after years of existence?

[that-ben]

After learning more in depth how the PDF format is, I now understand what I'm asking is basically nearly impossible. I have re-designed the app in favor of the SVG format instead of PDF so now I can find/replace words in the output. We can close this thread. Thanks.