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If you want a quick and easy way to add a required functionality into your application then check this sample source code documentation. ByteScout Cloud API Server was designed to assist CSV to PDF API in C#. ByteScout Cloud API Server is API server that is ready to use and can be installed and deployed in less than 30 minutes on your own Windows server or server in a cloud. It can save data and files on your local server-based file storage or in Amazon AWS S3 storage. Data is processed solely on the API server and is powered by ByteScout engine, no cloud services or Internet connection is required for data processing..
This simple and easy to understand sample source code in C# for ByteScout Cloud API Server contains different functions and options you should do calling the API to implement CSV to PDF API. This sample code in C# is all you need. Just copy-paste it to the code editor, then add a reference to ByteScout Cloud API Server and you are ready to try it! This basic programming language sample code for C# will do the whole work for you in implementing CSV to PDF API in your app.
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;
using 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.
// Cloud API asynchronous "CSV To PDF" job example.
// Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.
namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
class Program
{
// Direct URL of source CSV file.
const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/csv-to-pdf/sample.csv";
// Destination PDF file name
const string DestinationFile = @".\result.pdf";
// (!) Make asynchronous job
const bool Async = true;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Prepare URL for `CSV To PDF` API call
string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/convert/from/csv?name={0}&url={1}&async={2}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
SourceFileUrl,
Async));
try
{
// Execute request
string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Asynchronous job ID
string jobId = json["jobId"].ToString();
// URL of generated PDF file that will available after the job completion
string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();
// Check the job status in a loop.
// If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code
// to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion.
do
{
string status = CheckJobStatus(jobId); // Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".
// Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ": " + status);
if (status == "success")
{
// Download PDF file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);
Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
break;
}
else if (status == "working")
{
// Pause for a few seconds
Thread.Sleep(3000);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(status);
break;
}
}
while (true);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
static string CheckJobStatus(string jobId)
{
using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
{
string url = "https://localhost/job/check?jobid=" + jobId;
string response = webClient.DownloadString(url);
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
return Convert.ToString(json["status"]);
}
}
}
}
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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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