ByteScout Cloud API Server – Document Parser API – JavaScript – Parse Uploaded File (Node.js)

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MultiPageTable-template1.yml

      
---
# Template that demonstrates parsing of multi-page table using only 
# regular expressions for the table start, end, and rows.
# If regular expression cannot be written for every table row (for example, 
# if the table contains empty cells), try the second method demonstrated 
# in `MultiPageTable-template2.yml` template.
templateVersion: 3
templatePriority: 0
sourceId: Multipage Table Test
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Sample document with multi-page table
fields:
  total:
    type: regex
    expression: TOTAL {{DECIMAL}}
    dataType: decimal
tables:
- name: table1
  start:
    # regular expression to find the table start in document
    expression: Item\s+Description\s+Price\s+Qty\s+Extended Price
  end:
    # regular expression to find the table end in document
    expression: TOTAL\s+\d+\.\d\d
  row:
    # regular expression to find table rows
    expression: '^\s*(?<itemNo>\d+)\s+(?<description>.+?)\s+(?<price>\d+\.\d\d)\s+(?<qty>\d+)\s+(?<extPrice>\d+\.\d\d)'
  columns: 
  - name: itemNo
    type: integer
  - name: description
    type: string
  - name: price
    type: decimal
  - name: qty
    type: integer
  - name: extPrice
    type: decimal
  multipage: true
    

app.js

      
/*jshint esversion: 6 */

// 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.

var https = require("https");
var path = require("path");
var fs = require("fs");

// `request` module is required for file upload.
// Use "npm install request" command to install.
var request = require("request");

// Source PDF file
const SourceFile = "./MultiPageTable.pdf";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const Password = "";
// Destination PDF file name
const DestinationFile = "./result.json";

// 1. RETRIEVE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD FILE.
getPresignedUrl(SourceFile)
    .then(([uploadUrl, uploadedFileUrl]) => {
        // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.
        uploadFile(SourceFile, uploadUrl)
            .then(() => {
                // 3. OPTIMIZE UPLOADED PDF FILE
                parsePdf(uploadedFileUrl, Password, DestinationFile);
            })
            .catch(e => {
                console.log(e);
            });
    })
    .catch(e => {
        console.log(e);
    });


function getPresignedUrl(localFile) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        // Prepare request to `Get Presigned URL` API endpoint
        let queryPath = `/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=${path.basename(SourceFile)}`;
        let reqOptions = {
            host: "localhost",
            path: encodeURI(queryPath)
        };
        // Send request
        https.get(reqOptions, (response) => {
            response.on("data", (d) => {
                let data = JSON.parse(d);
                if (data.error == false) {
                    // Return presigned url we received
                    resolve([data.presignedUrl, data.url]);
                }
                else {
                    // Service reported error
                    console.log("getPresignedUrl(): " + data.message);
                }
            });
        })
            .on("error", (e) => {
                // Request error
                console.log("getPresignedUrl(): " + e);
            });
    });
}

function uploadFile(localFile, uploadUrl) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        fs.readFile(SourceFile, (err, data) => {
            request({
                method: "PUT",
                url: uploadUrl,
                body: data,
                headers: {
                    "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"
                }
            }, (err, res, body) => {
                if (!err) {
                    resolve();
                }
                else {
                    console.log("uploadFile() request error: " + e);
                }
            });
        });
    });
}

function parsePdf(uploadedFileUrl, password, destinationFile) {

    // Template text. Use Document Parser SDK (https://bytescout.com/products/developer/documentparsersdk/index.html)
    // to create templates.
    // Read template from file:
    var templateText = fs.readFileSync("./MultiPageTable-template1.yml", "utf-8");

    // URL for `Document Parser` API call
    var query = `https://localhost/pdf/documentparser`;
    var jsonRequestObject = {
        url: uploadedFileUrl,
        template: templateText
    };

    request(
        {
            url: query,
            method: "POST",
            json: true,
            body: jsonRequestObject
        },
        function (error, response, body) {

            if (error) {
                return console.error("Error: ", error);
            }

            // Parse JSON response
            let data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(body));

            if (data.error == false) {
                //Download generated file
                var file = fs.createWriteStream(destinationFile);
                https.get(data.url, (response2) => {
                    response2.pipe(file)
                        .on("close", () => {
                            console.log(`Generated result file saved as "${destinationFile}" file.`);
                        });
                });
            }
            else {
                // Service reported error
                console.log("Error: " + data.message);
            }
        }
    );
}


    

package.json

      
{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "PDF.co",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
  },
  "keywords": [
    "pdf.co",
    "web",
    "api",
    "bytescout",
    "api"
  ],
  "author": "ByteScout & PDF.co",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "request": "^2.88.2"
  }
}

    

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