ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To Image API – Python – Convert PDF To Image From Uploaded File Asynchronously

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ConvertPdfToImageFromUploadedFileAsynchronously.py

      
""" Cloud API asynchronous "PDF To Text" job example.
    Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.
"""
import os
import requests # pip install requests
import time
import datetime

# 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.

# Base URL for PDF.co Web API requests
BASE_URL = "https://localhost"

# Source PDF file
SourceFile = ".\\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 = ""
# (!) Make asynchronous job
Async = True


def main(args = None):
    uploadedFileUrl = uploadFile(SourceFile)
    if (uploadedFileUrl != None):
        convertPdfToImage(uploadedFileUrl)


def convertPdfToImage(uploadedFileUrl):
    """Converts PDF To Image using PDF.co Web API"""

    # Prepare URL for 'PDF To Png' API request
    url = "{}/pdf/convert/to/png?async={}&password={}&pages={}&url={}".format(
        BASE_URL,
        Async,
        Password,
        Pages,
        uploadedFileUrl
    )

    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.get(url, headers={  "content-type": "application/octet-stream" })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()

        if json["error"] == False:
            # Asynchronous job ID
            jobId = json["jobId"]
            #  URL of the result file
            resultFilePlaceholder = json["url"]

            # Check the job status in a loop. 
            # If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code 
            # to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion.
            while True:
                status = checkJobStatus(jobId) # Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".
                
                # Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
                print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M.%S") + ": " + status)
                
                if status == "success":

                    resJsonImgFiles = requests.get(resultFilePlaceholder)

                    # Download generated PNG files
                    part = 1

                    for resultFileUrl in resJsonImgFiles.json():
                        # Download Result File
                        r = requests.get(resultFileUrl, stream=True)

                        localFileUrl = f"Page{part}.png"

                        if r.status_code == 200:
                            with open(localFileUrl, 'wb') as file:
                                for chunk in r:
                                    file.write(chunk)
                            print(f"Result file saved as \"{localFileUrl}\" file.")
                        else:
                            print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

                        part = part + 1

                    break
                elif status == "working":
                    # Pause for a few seconds
                    time.sleep(3)
                else:
                    print(status)
                    break
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")


def checkJobStatus(jobId):
    """Checks server job status"""

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/job/check?jobid={jobId}"
    
    response = requests.get(url)
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()
        return json["status"]
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

    return None


def uploadFile(fileName):
    """Uploads file to the cloud"""
    
    # 1. RETRIEVE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD FILE.

    # Prepare URL for 'Get Presigned URL' API request
    url = "{}/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={}".format(
        BASE_URL, os.path.basename(fileName))
    
    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.get(url)
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()
        
        if json["error"] == False:
            # URL to use for file upload
            uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"]
            # URL for future reference
            uploadedFileUrl = json["url"]

            # 2. UPLOAD FILE TO CLOUD.
            with open(fileName, 'rb') as file:
                requests.put(uploadUrl, data=file, headers={  "content-type": "application/octet-stream" })

            return uploadedFileUrl
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])    
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

    return None


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
    

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