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Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
' 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.
Module Module1
' Direct URL of source PDF file.
Const SourceFileUrl As String = "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 Pages As String = ""
' PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
Const Password As String = ""
' Destination PDF file name
Const DestinationFile As String = ".\result.pdf"
' Text params
Private Const Type As String = "annotation"
Private Const Text As String = "Some notes will go here... Some notes will go here.... Some notes will go here....."
Private Const FontName As String = "Times New Roman"
Private Const FontSize As Decimal = 12
Private Const Color As String = "FF0000"
Sub Main()
' Create standard .NET web client instance
Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()
' Find Text coordinates to add Annotation
Dim oCoordinates = FindCoordinates(SourceFileUrl, "Notes")
Dim X As Integer = oCoordinates.x
Dim Y As Integer = oCoordinates.y + 25
' * Add text annotations *
' Prepare URL for `PDF Edit` API call
Dim query As String = Uri.EscapeUriString(String.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/edit/add?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}&type={4}&x={5}&y={6}&text={7}&fontname={8}&size={9}&color={10}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
Password,
Pages,
SourceFileUrl,
Type,
X,
Y,
Text,
FontName,
FontSize,
Color))
Try
' Execute request
Dim response As String = webClient.DownloadString(query)
' Parse JSON response
Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)
If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then
' Get URL of generated PDF file
Dim resultFileUrl As String = 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())
End If
Catch ex As WebException
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
End Try
webClient.Dispose()
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...")
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
''' <summary>
''' Find result coordinates
''' </summary>
Function FindCoordinates(ByVal SourceFileUrl As String, ByVal SearchString As String) As ResultCoOrdinates
Dim oResult As New ResultCoOrdinates()
' Create standard .NET web client instance
Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()
' Prepare URL for PDF text search API call.
Dim query As String = Uri.EscapeUriString(
String.Format("https://localhost/pdf/find?url={0}&searchString={1}",
SourceFileUrl,
SearchString))
Try
' Execute request
Dim response As String = webClient.DownloadString(query)
' Parse JSON response
Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)
If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then
Dim item = json("body")(0)
oResult.x = item("left")
oResult.y = item("top")
oResult.width = item("width")
oResult.height = item("height")
End If
Catch ex As WebException
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
End Try
webClient.Dispose()
Return oResult
End Function
Class ResultCoOrdinates
Public x As Integer
Public y As Integer
Public width As Integer
Public height As Integer
End Class
End Module
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<package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
</packages>
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