ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF Splitting API – PowerShell – Split PDF From URL Asynchronously

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How to split PDF from URL asynchronously for PDF splitting API in PowerShell with ByteScout Cloud API Server

How to split PDF from URL asynchronously for PDF splitting API in PowerShell: Step By Step Instructions

The documentation is written to assist you to apply all the necessary features on your side. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with PDF splitting API in PowerShell. ByteScout Cloud API Server is API server that is ready to use and can be installed and deployed in less than 30 minutes on your own Windows server or server in a cloud. It can save data and files on your local server-based file storage or in Amazon AWS S3 storage. Data is processed solely on the API server and is powered by ByteScout engine, no cloud services or Internet connection is required for data processing..

Use the code displayed below in your application to save a lot of time on writing and testing code. This sample code in PowerShell 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! This basic programming language sample code for PowerShell will do the whole work for you in implementing PDF splitting API in your app.

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SplitPdfFromUrlAsynchronously.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.

# Cloud API asynchronous "Split PDF" job example.
# Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.

# Source PDF file to split
$SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-split/sample.pdf"
# Comma-separated list of page numbers (or ranges) to process. Example: '1,3-5,7-'.
$Pages = "1-2,3-"
# (!) Make asynchronous job
$Async = $true

# Prepare URL for `Split PDF` API call
$query = "https://localhost/pdf/split?pages=$($Pages)&url=$($SourceFileUrl)&async=$($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 JSON file available after the job completion; it will contain URLs of result PDF files.
        $resultJsonFileUrl = $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 JSON file with URLs of result PDF files
                $jsonPdfUrls = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get  -Uri $resultJsonFileUrl

                # Download generated PDF files
                $part = 1;
                foreach ($url in $jsonPdfUrls) {
                    $localFileName = ".\part$($part).pdf"

                    # Download PDF file
                    Invoke-WebRequest  -OutFile $localFileName -Uri $url

                    Write-Host "Downloaded `"$($localFileName)`""
                    $part++
                }
                break
            }
            elseif ($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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run.bat

      @echo off

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\SplitPdfFromUrlAsynchronously.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%

pause