Cloud API – PDF Merging – PowerShell – Merge PDF Documents From URLs Asynchronously

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Cloud API – PDF Merging – PowerShell – Merge PDF Documents From URLs Asynchronously

MergePdfDocumentsFromUrlsAsynchronously.ps1

# Cloud API asynchronous "Merge PDF" job example.
# Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.
 
# (!) If you are getting '(403) Forbidden' error please ensure you have set the correct API_KEY
 
# The authentication key (API Key).
# Get your own by registering at https://secure.bytescout.com/users/sign_up
$API_KEY = "***********************************"
 
# Direct URLs of PDF documents to merge
$SourceFiles = @(
    "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bytescout-com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-merge/sample1.pdf",
    "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bytescout-com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-merge/sample2.pdf"
)
# Destination PDF file name
$DestinationFile = ".\result.pdf"
# (!) Make asynchronous job
$Async = $true
 
 
# Prepare URL for `Merge PDF` API call
$query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/merge?name={0}&url={1}&async={2}" -f `
    $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf), $($SourceFiles -join ","), $Async
$query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query)
 
try {
    # Execute request
    $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -Uri $query
 
    if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) {
        # Asynchronous job ID
        $jobId = $jsonResponse.jobId
        # URL of generated PDF file that will available after the job completion
        $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url
 
        # Check the job status in a loop. 
        do {
            $statusCheckUrl = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/job/check?jobid=" + $jobId
            $jsonStatus = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $statusCheckUrl
 
            # Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
            Write-Host "$(Get-date): $($jsonStatus.Status)"
 
            if ($jsonStatus.Status -eq "Finished") {
                # Download PDF file
                Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl
                Write-Host "Generated PDF file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file."
                break
            }
            elseif ($jsonStatus.Status -eq "InProgress") {
                # Pause for a few seconds
                Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
            }
            else {
                Write-Host $jsonStatus.Status
                break
            }
        }
        while ($true)
    }
    else {
        # Display service reported error
        Write-Host $jsonResponse.message
    }
}
catch {
    # Display request error
    Write-Host $_.Exception
}

run.bat

@echo off
 
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\MergePdfDocumentsFromUrlsAsynchronously.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%
 
pause

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Cloud API – PDF Merging – PowerShell – Merge PDF Documents From URLs Asynchronously

Cloud API – PDF Merging – PowerShell – Merge PDF Documents From URLs Asynchronously

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