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The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do PDF make searchable API in VB.NET with the help of ByteScout Cloud API Server. Simply copy and paste in your VB.NET project or application you and then run your app! This basic programming language sample code for VB.NET will do the whole work for you to PDF make searchable API.
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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
' Direct URL of source PDF file.
Const SourceFileUrl As String = "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 Pages as String = ""
' PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const Password As string = ""
' OCR language. "eng", "fra", "deu", "spa" supported currently. Let us know if you need more.
const Language as String = "eng"
' 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 `Make Searchable PDF` API call
Dim query As String = 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
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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