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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
' URL of web page to convert to PDF document.
const SourceUrl as String = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"
' Destination PDF file name
Const DestinationFile As String = ".\result.pdf"
Sub Main()
' Create standard .NET web client instance
Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()
' Prepare URL for `Web Page to PDF` API call
Dim query As String = Uri.EscapeUriString(String.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/convert/from/url?name={0}&url={1}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
SourceUrl))
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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