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

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AddTextToExistingPDF.ps1

      
# 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.

# Direct URL of source PDF file.
$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-'.
$Pages = ""

# PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
$Password = ""

# Destination PDF file name
$DestinationFile = "./result.pdf"

# Text annotation params
$Type = "annotation";
$X = 400;
$Y = 600;
$Text = "APPROVED";
$FontName = "Times New Roman";
$FontSize = 24;
$Color = "FF0000";

$resultFileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($DestinationFile)

# 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.

# * 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 output 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
}

    

run.bat

      
@echo off

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\AddTextToExistingPDF.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%

pause
    

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