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PDF make searchable API is simple to apply in C# if you use these source codes below. 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!. It can PDF make searchable API in C#.
Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the C# code from ByteScout Cloud API Server for PDF make searchable API below and use it in your application. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Applying C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please test it with your data and the production environment.
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
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.
namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
class Program
{
// Direct URL of source PDF file.
const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-make-searchable/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
const string Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const string Password = "";
// OCR language. "eng", "fra", "deu", "spa" supported currently. Ley us know if you need more.
const string Language = "eng";
// Destination PDF file name
const string DestinationFile = @".\result.pdf";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Prepare URL for `Make Searchable PDF` API call
string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/makesearchable?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&lang={3}&url={4}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
Password,
Pages,
Language,
SourceFileUrl));
try
{
// Execute request
string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Get URL of generated PDF file
string resultFileUrl = 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());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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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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