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The SDK samples displayed below below explain how to quickly make your application do PDF optimization API in C# with the help of ByteScout Cloud API Server. This sample code in C# is all you need. Just copy-paste it to the code editor, then add a reference to ByteScout Cloud API Server and you are ready to try it! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Threading;
// 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 "Optimize PDF" job example.
// Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.
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-optimize/sample.pdf";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const string Password = "";
// Destination PDF file name
const string DestinationFile = @".\result.pdf";
// (!) Make asynchronous job
const bool Async = true;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Prepare URL for `Optimize PDF` API call
string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/optimize?name={0}&password={1}&url={2}&async={3}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
Password,
SourceFileUrl,
Async));
try
{
// Execute request
string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Asynchronous job ID
string jobId = json["jobId"].ToString();
// URL of generated PDF file that will available after the job completion
string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();
// Check the job status in a loop.
// If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code
// to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion.
do
{
string status = CheckJobStatus(jobId); // Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".
// Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ": " + status);
if (status == "success")
{
// Download PDF file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);
Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
break;
}
else if (status == "working")
{
// Pause for a few seconds
Thread.Sleep(3000);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(status);
break;
}
}
while (true);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
static string CheckJobStatus(string jobId)
{
using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
{
string url = "https://localhost/job/check?jobid=" + jobId;
string response = webClient.DownloadString(url);
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
return Convert.ToString(json["status"]);
}
}
}
}
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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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