ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To CSV API – PowerShell – Advanced Conversion Options

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ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To CSV API – PowerShell – Advanced Conversion Options

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PDF to CSV API in PowerShell with ByteScout Cloud API Server

Build PDF to CSV API in PowerShell

Step-by-step instructions on how to do PDF to CSV API in PowerShell

These sample source codes given below will show you how to handle a complex task, for example, PDF to CSV API in PowerShell. ByteScout Cloud API Server was created to assist PDF to CSV API in PowerShell. ByteScout Cloud API Server is the ready to use Web API Server that can be deployed in less than 30 minutes into your own in-house server 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 buil-in ByteScout powered engine, no cloud services are used to process your data!.

Save time on writing and testing code by using the code below and use it in your application. Follow the steps-by-step instructions from the scratch to work and copy and paste code for PowerShell into your editor. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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ConvertPdfToCsvFromUrlAsynchronously.ps1

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

# 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.

# Direct URL of source PDF file.
$SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-csv/sample.pdf"
# Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
$Pages = ""
# PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
$Password = ""
# Destination CSV file name
$DestinationFile = ".\result.csv"
# (!) Make asynchronous job
$Async = $true

# Sample profile that sets advanced conversion options
# Advanced options are properties of CSVExtractor class from ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK used in the back-end:
# https://cdn.bytescout.com/help/BytescoutPDFExtractorSDK/html/87ce5fa6-3143-167d-abbd-bc7b5e160fe5.htm
$Profiles = '{ "profiles": [{ "profile1": { "OCRMode": "TextFromImagesAndVectorsAndFonts", "CSVSeparatorSymbol": "," } } ] }'

# Prepare URL for `PDF To CSV` API call
$query = "https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/csv?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}&async={4}&profiles={5}" -f `
    $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf), $Password, $Pages, $SourceFileUrl, $Async, $Profiles
$query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($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 CSV 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 CSV file
                Invoke-WebRequest  -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl
                Write-Host "Generated CSV file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file."
                break
            }
            elseif ($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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run.bat

      @echo off

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

pause