ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To Excel API – VB.NET – Advanced Conversion Options

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Module1.vb

      
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq

' 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.
Module Module1

    ' Direct URL of source PDF file.
    Const SourceFileUrl As String = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-excel/sample.pdf"
    ' Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
    Const Pages As String = ""
    ' PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
    Const Password As String = ""
    ' Destination XLS file name
    Const DestinationFile As String = ".\result.xls"

    ' Sample profile that sets advanced conversion options.
    ' Advanced options are properties of XLSExtractor class from ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK used in the back-end:
    ' https//cdn.bytescout.com/help/BytescoutPDFExtractorSDK/html/2712c05b-9674-5253-df76-2a31ed055afd.htm
    Dim Profiles As String = File.ReadAllText("profile.json")


    Sub Main()

        ' Create standard .NET web client instance
        Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()

        ' Prepare URL for `PDF To XLS` API call
        Dim query As String = Uri.EscapeUriString(String.Format(
            "https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/xls?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}&profiles={4}",
            Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
            Password,
            Pages,
            SourceFileUrl,
            Profiles
            ))

        Try
            ' Execute request
            Dim response As String = webClient.DownloadString(query)

            ' Parse JSON response
            Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)

            If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then

                ' Get URL of generated XLS file
                Dim resultFileUrl As String = json("url").ToString()

                ' Download XLS file
                webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile)

                Console.WriteLine("Generated XLS file saved as ""{0}"" file.", DestinationFile)

            Else
                Console.WriteLine(json("message").ToString())
            End If

        Catch ex As WebException
            Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
        End Try

        webClient.Dispose()

        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Press any key...")
        Console.ReadKey()

    End Sub

End Module

    

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packages.config

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
</packages>
    

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