ByteScout Cloud API Server – HTML To PDF API – PowerShell – Convert Web Page To PDF From Link Asynchronously

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How to convert web page to PDF from link asynchronously for HTML to PDF API in PowerShell and ByteScout Cloud API Server

How to convert web page to PDF from link asynchronously for HTML to PDF API in PowerShell: Step By Step Instructions

Quick guide:Learn how to convert web page to PDF from link asynchronously in PowerShell. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with HTML to PDF API in PowerShell. ByteScout Cloud API Server is the ready to deploy Web API Server that can be deployed in less than thirty minutes into your own in-house Windows server (no Internet connnection is required to process data!) or into private cloud server. Can store data on in-house local server based storage or in Amazon AWS S3 bucket. Processing data solely on the server using built-in ByteScout powered engine, no cloud services are used to process your data!.

PowerShell code snippet like this for ByteScout Cloud API Server works best when you need to quickly implement HTML to PDF API in your PowerShell application. This sample code in PowerShell 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! Check PowerShell sample code examples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

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ConvertWebPageToPdfFromLinkAsynchronously.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.

# Cloud API asynchronous "Web Page To PDF" job example.
# Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.

# URL of web page to convert to PDF document.
$SourceUrl = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"
# Destination PDF file name
$DestinationFile = ".\result.pdf"
# (!) Make asynchronous job
$Async = $true

# Prepare URL for `Web Page to PDF` API call
$query = "https://localhost/pdf/convert/from/url?name=$(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf)&url=$($SourceUrl)&async=$($Async)"
$query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query)

try {
    # Execute request
    $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get  -Uri $query

    if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) {
        # Asynchronous job ID
        $jobId = $jsonResponse.jobId
        # URL of generated PDF file that will available after the job completion
        $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url

        # Check the job status in a loop. 
        do {
            $statusCheckUrl = "https://localhost/job/check?jobid=" + $jobId
            $jsonStatus = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get  -Uri $statusCheckUrl

            # Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
            Write-Host "$(Get-date): $($jsonStatus.status)"

            if ($jsonStatus.status -eq "success") {
                # Download PDF file
                Invoke-WebRequest  -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl
                Write-Host "Generated PDF file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file."
                break
            }
            elseif ($jsonStatus.status -eq "working") {
                # Pause for a few seconds
                Start-Sleep -Seconds 3
            }
            else {
                Write-Host $jsonStatus.status
                break
            }
        }
        while ($true)
    }
    else {
        # Display service reported error
        Write-Host $jsonResponse.message
    }
}
catch {
    # Display request error
    Write-Host $_.Exception
}

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run.bat

      @echo off

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

pause