redactwhatsmarkedforredaction.js

// This script is free open source code copyright by Timothy A. Clemans 2016 licensed under AGPL 

app.addToolButton({cName: "RedactStuffMarkedForRedaction", cLabel: "Redact Stuff Marked for Redaction", cEnable: "event.rc = (app.doc != null);", cExec: "redact(this);" });
var redact = app.trustedFunction( function(doc){
    app.beginPriv();
    var isRedact = false;
    for(var page=0;page<doc.numPages;page++){
        for (var i=0;i<doc.getPageNumWords(page);i++){
            if (doc.getPageNthWord(page,i)=='startredact'){
                isRedact = true;
                
            } else if (doc.getPageNthWord(page,i)=='stopredact') {
                isRedact = false;
            } else if (isRedact) {
                doc.addAnnot({type:"Redact",page: page,quads: doc.getPageNthWordQuads(page,i),overlayText: "",alignment: 1,repeat:false});
                
                
            }
        }
    }
    //If you want the script to apply redactions itself then uncomment next line
    //doc.applyRedactions({bKeepMarks: false,bShowConfirmation: false,cProgText: ""});
    app.endPriv();
});