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# 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. # Cloud API asynchronous "Merge PDF" job example. # Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents. # Direct URLs of PDF documents to merge $SourceFiles = @( "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-merge/sample1.pdf", "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-merge/sample2.pdf" ) # Destination PDF file name $DestinationFile = ".\result.pdf" # (!) Make asynchronous job $Async = $true # Prepare URL for `Merge PDF` API call $query = "https://localhost/pdf/merge?name={0}&url={1}&async={2}" -f ` $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf), $($SourceFiles -join ","), $Async $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) try { # Execute request $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $query if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Asynchronous job ID $jobId = $jsonResponse.jobId # URL of generated PDF file that will available after the job completion $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url # Check the job status in a loop. do { $statusCheckUrl = "https://localhost/job/check?jobid=" + $jobId $jsonStatus = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Uri $statusCheckUrl # Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes) Write-Host "$(Get-date): $($jsonStatus.status)" if ($jsonStatus.status -eq "success") { # Download PDF file Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl Write-Host "Generated PDF file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file." break } elseif ($jsonStatus.status -eq "working") { # Pause for a few seconds Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 } else { Write-Host $jsonStatus.status break } } while ($true) } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }
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@echo off powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\MergePdfDocumentsFromUrlsAsynchronously.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause
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