ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF Make Searchable API – JavaScript – Make Searchable PDF From File (Node.js)

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How to PDF make searchable API in JavaScript and ByteScout Cloud API Server

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to PDF make searchable API in JavaScript

These source code samples are assembled by their programming language and functions they apply. ByteScout Cloud API Server can PDF make searchable API. It can be applied from JavaScript. 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..

Want to quickly learn? This fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Cloud API Server for JavaScript plus the guidelines and the code below will help you quickly learn how to PDF make searchable API. Just copy and paste the code into your JavaScript application’s code and follow the instructions. Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Cloud API Server if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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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 = "./sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
const Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const Password = "";
// OCR language. "eng", "fra", "deu", "spa"  supported currently. Let us know if you need more.
const Language = "eng";
// Destination PDF file name
const DestinationFile = "./result.pdf";


// Prepare URL for `Make Searchable PDF` API endpoint
var query = `https://localhost/pdf/makesearchable`;
let reqOptions = {
    uri: query,
    formData: {
        name: path.basename(DestinationFile),
        password: Password,
        pages: Pages,
        lang: Language,
        file: fs.createReadStream(SourceFile)
    }
};

// Send request
request.post(reqOptions, function (error, response, body) {
    if (error) {
        return console.error("Error: ", error);
    }

    // Parse JSON response
    let data = JSON.parse(body);
    if (data.error == false) {
        // Download PDF file
        var file = fs.createWriteStream(DestinationFile);
        https.get(data.url, (response2) => {
            response2.pipe(file)
            .on("close", () => {
                console.log(`Generated PDF file saved as "${DestinationFile}" file.`);
            });
        });
    }
    else {
        // Service reported error
        console.log("Error: " + data.message);
    }
});

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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"
  }
}