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How to merge PDF documents from uploaded files for PDF merging API in PowerShell and ByteScout Cloud API Server

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MergePdfDocumentsFromUploadedFiles.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. # Source PDF files $SourceFiles = ".\sample1.pdf", ".\sample2.pdf" # Destination PDF file name $DestinationFile = ".\result.pdf" $uploadedFiles = @() try { foreach ($pdfFile in $SourceFiles ) { # 1a. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE. # Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call $query = "https://localhost/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=" + ` [IO.Path]::GetFileName($pdfFile) $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) # Execute request $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $query if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Get URL to use for the file upload $uploadUrl = $jsonResponse.presignedUrl # Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls $uploadedFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url # 1b. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD. $r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Put -Headers @{ "content-type" = "application/octet-stream" } -InFile $pdfFile -Uri $uploadUrl if ($r.StatusCode -eq 200) { # Keep uploaded file URL $uploadedFiles += $uploadedFileUrl } else { # Display request error status Write-Host $r.StatusCode + " " + $r.StatusDescription } } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } if ($uploadedFiles.length -gt 0) { # 2. MERGE UPLOADED PDF DOCUMENTS # Prepare URL for `Merge PDF` API call $query = "https://localhost/pdf/merge?name={0}&url={1}" -f ` $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf), $($uploadedFiles -join ",") $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) # Execute request $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $query if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Get URL of generated PDF file $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url; # Download PDF file Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl Write-Host "Generated PDF file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file." } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }

run.bat

      
@echo off powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\MergePdfDocumentsFromUploadedFiles.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause

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