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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 annotation params Private Const Type2 As String = "annotation" Private Const X2 As Int32 = 400 Private Const Y2 As Int32 = 600 Private Const Text As String = "APPROVED" Private Const FontName As String = "Times New Roman" Private Const FontSize As Decimal = 24 Private Const Color As String = "FF0000" Sub Main() ' Create standard .NET web client instance Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient() ' * Add text annotation * ' 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, Type2, X2, Y2, 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 End Module
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <packages> <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" /> </packages>
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