ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To JSON API – JavaScript – Convert PDF To JSON From URL (Node.js)

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How to convert PDF to JSON from URL (node for PDF to JSON API in JavaScript with ByteScout Cloud API Server

Step By Step Instructions on how to convert PDF to JSON from URL (node for PDF to JSON API in JavaScript

Quick guide:Learn how to convert PDF to JSON from URL (node in JavaScript. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with PDF to JSON 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!.

JavaScript code snippet like this for ByteScout Cloud API Server works best when you need to quickly implement PDF to JSON API in your JavaScript application. This sample code in JavaScript 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! Check JavaScript sample code examples to see if they respond to your needs and requirements for the project.

Trial version of ByteScout is available for free download from our website. This and other source code samples for JavaScript and other programming languages are available.

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app.js

      // 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");

// Direct URL of source PDF file.
const SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-json/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 JSON file name
const DestinationFile = "./result.json";

// Prepare request to `PDF To JSON` API endpoint
var queryPath = `/pdf/convert/to/json?name=${path.basename(DestinationFile)}&password=${Password}&pages=${Pages}&url=${SourceFileUrl}`;
var reqOptions = {
    host: "localhost",
    path: encodeURI(queryPath)
};
// Send request
https.get(reqOptions, (response) => {
    response.on("data", (d) => {
        // Parse JSON response
        var data = JSON.parse(d);        
        if (data.error == false) {
            // Download JSON file
            var file = fs.createWriteStream(DestinationFile);
            https.get(data.url, (response2) => {
                response2.pipe(file)
                .on("close", () => {
                    console.log(`Generated JSON file saved as "${DestinationFile}" file.`);
                });
            });
        }
        else {
            // Service reported error
            console.log(data.message);
        }
    });
}).on("error", (e) => {
    // Request error
    console.log(e);
});

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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"
  }
}