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The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do add text and images to PDF in PowerShell with the help of ByteScout Cloud API Server. Simply copy and paste in your PowerShell project or application you and then run your app! Applying PowerShell application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.
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# Direct URL of source PDF file. $SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-edit/sample.pdf" # Search string. $SearchString = 'Notes' # 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. # Prepare URL for PDF text search API call. $queryFindText = "https://localhost/pdf/find?url=$($SourceFileURL)&searchString=$($SearchString)" $queryFindText = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($queryFindText) try { # Execute request $jsonResponseFindText = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $queryFindText if ($jsonResponseFindText.error -eq $false) { # Display search information $itemFindText = $jsonResponseFindText.body[0]; Write-Host "Found text at coordinates $($itemFindText.left), $($itemFindText.top)" #Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. $Pages = "" # PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. $Password = "" # Destination PDF file name $DestinationFile = "./result.pdf" # Text annotation params $Type = "annotation"; $X = $itemFindText.left; $Y = $itemFindText.top + 25; $Text = "Some notes will go here... Some notes will go here.... Some notes will go here....."; $FontName = "Times New Roman"; $FontSize = 12; $Color = "FF0000"; $resultFileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($DestinationFile) # * Add Text * # Prepare request to `PDF Edit` API endpoint $query = "https://localhost/pdf/edit/add?name=$($resultFileName)&password=$($Password)&pages=$($Pages)&url=$($SourceFileUrl)&type=$($Type)&x=$($X)&y=$($Y)&text=$($Text)&fontname=$($FontName)&size=$($FontSize)&color=$($Color)"; $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) try { # Execute request $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $query if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Get URL of generated barcode image file $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url # Download output file Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $resultFileUrl -OutFile $DestinationFile Write-Host "Generated PDF saved to '$($DestinationFile)' file." } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception } } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }
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@echo off powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\AddTextByFindingTargetCoordinates.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause
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