ByteScout Cloud API Server – Add Text And Images To PDF – C# – Add Images to Existing PDF

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AddImagesToExistingPDF.csproj

      
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AddImagesToExistingPDF.sln

      

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Program.cs

      
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
    // Please NOTE: In this sample we're assuming Cloud Api Server is hosted at "https://localhost". 
    // If it's not then please replace this with with your hosting url.

	class Program
	{
        // Direct URL of source PDF file.
        const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-edit/sample.pdf";
		// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
		const string Pages = "";
		// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
		const string Password = "";

        // Destination PDF file name
		const string DestinationFile = @".\result.pdf";

        // Image params
        private const string Type1 = "image";
        private const int X1 = 400;
        private const int Y1 = 20;
        private const int Width1 = 119;
        private const int Height1 = 32;
        private const string ImageUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-edit/logo.png";
        
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			// Create standard .NET web client instance
			WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

            // * Add image *
			// Prepare URL for `PDF Edit` API call
			string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
				"https://localhost/pdf/edit/add?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}&type={4}&x={5}&y={6}&width={7}&height={8}&urlimage={9}",
				Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
				Password,
				Pages,
				SourceFileUrl,
                Type1,
                X1,
                Y1,
                Width1,
                Height1,
                ImageUrl));

			try
			{
				// Execute request
				string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);

				// Parse JSON response
				JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);

				if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
				{
					// Get URL of generated PDF file
					string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();

					// Download PDF file
					webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);

					Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
				}
				else
				{
					Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
				}
			}
			catch (WebException e)
			{
				Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
			}

			webClient.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine();
			Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
			Console.ReadKey();
		}
	}
}
    

packages.config

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
</packages>
    

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