ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To CSV API – JavaScript – Convert PDF To CSV From File (Node.js)

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How to convert PDF to CSV from file (node for PDF to CSV API in JavaScript with ByteScout Cloud API Server

Learn in simple ways: How to convert PDF to CSV from file (node for PDF to CSV API in JavaScript

Quick guide:Learn how to convert PDF to CSV from file (node in JavaScript. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with PDF to CSV 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 to CSV API. Open your JavaScript project and simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Use of ByteScout Cloud API Server in JavaScript is also described in the documentation given along with the product.

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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
const SourceFile = "./sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
const Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const Password = "";
// Destination CSV file name
const DestinationFile = "./result.csv";

// Prepare URL for `PDF To CSV` API call
var query = `https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/csv`;
let reqOptions = {
    uri: query,
    formData: {
        name: path.basename(DestinationFile),
        password: Password,
        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 CSV file
        var file = fs.createWriteStream(DestinationFile);
        https.get(data.url, (response2) => {
            response2.pipe(file)
            .on("close", () => {
                console.log(`Generated CSV file saved as "${DestinationFile}" file.`);
            });
        });
    }
    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"
  }
}