ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF Splitting API – JavaScript – Split PDF From File (Node.js)

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How to split PDF from file (node for PDF splitting API in JavaScript using ByteScout Cloud API Server

Step By Step Instructions on how to split PDF from file (node for PDF splitting API in JavaScript

The easy to understand coding guides help you check the features without any need to write your own code. ByteScout Cloud API Server was designed to assist PDF splitting API in JavaScript. ByteScout Cloud API Server is the ready to deploy Web API Server that can be deployed in less than thirty minutes into your own in-house Windows server (no Internet connnection is required to process data!) or into private cloud server. Can store data on in-house local server based storage or in Amazon AWS S3 bucket. Processing data solely on the server using built-in ByteScout powered engine, no cloud services are used to process your data!.

This simple and easy to understand sample source code in JavaScript for ByteScout Cloud API Server contains different functions and options you should do calling the API to implement PDF splitting API. This sample code in JavaScript 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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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 to split
const SourceFile = "./sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page numbers (or ranges) to process. Example: '1,3-5,7-'.
const Pages = "1-2,3-";

// Prepare URL for `Split PDF` API endpoint
var query = `https://localhost/pdf/split`;
let reqOptions = {
    uri: query,
    formData: {
        pages: Pages,
        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 generated PDF files
        var part = 1;
        data.urls.forEach((url) => {
            var localFileName = `./part${part}.pdf`;
            var file = fs.createWriteStream(localFileName);
            https.get(url, (response2) => {
                response2.pipe(file)
                    .on("close", () => {
                        console.log(`Generated PDF file saved as "${localFileName}" file.`);
                    });
            });
            part++;
        }, this);
    }
    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"
  }
}