ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To JSON API – JavaScript – Convert PDF To JSON in JQuery – Async API

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How to convert PDF to JSON in jquery async API for PDF to JSON API in JavaScript using ByteScout Cloud API Server

How to convert PDF to JSON in jquery async API for PDF to JSON API in JavaScript: Step By Step Instructions

The sample source codes on this page will show you how to create PDF to JSON API in JavaScript. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with PDF to JSON API in JavaScript. 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!.

If you want to speed up the application’s code writing then JavaScript code samples for JavaScript developers help to implement using ByteScout Cloud API Server. Follow the tutorial and copy – paste code for JavaScript into your project’s code editor. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample JavaScript codes to implement PDF to JSON API using ByteScout Cloud API Server.

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converter.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  formData, toType, isInline;

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#resultBlock").hide();
    $("#errorBlock").hide();
    $("#result").attr("href", '').html('');
});

$(document).on("click", "#submit", function () {
    $("#resultBlock").hide();
    $("#errorBlock").hide();
    $("#inlineOutput").text(''); // inline output div
    $("#status").text(''); // status div

    formData = $("#form input[type=file]")[0].files[0]; // file to upload
    toType = $("#convertType").val(); // output type
    isInline = $("#outputType").val() == "inline"; // if we need output as inline content or link to output file

    $("#status").html('Requesting presigned url for upload... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

    $.ajax({
        url: 'https://localhost/file/upload/get-presigned-url?name=test.pdf&contenttype=application/pdf&encrypt=true',
        type: 'GET',
        
        success: function (result) {

            if (result['error'] === false) {

                var presignedUrl = result['presignedUrl']; // reading provided presigned url to put our content into
                $("#status").html('Uploading... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

                $.ajax({
                    url: presignedUrl, // no api key is required to upload file
                    type: 'PUT',
                    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/pdf' }, // setting to pdf type as we are uploading pdf file
                    data: formData,
                    processData: false,
                    success: function (result) {

                        $("#status").html('Processing... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

                        $.ajax({
                            url: 'https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/' + toType + '?url=' + presignedUrl + '&encrypt=true&inline=' + isInline + '&async=True',
                            type: 'POST',
                            
                            success: function (result) {
                                if (result.error) {
                                    $("#status").text('Error uploading file.');
                                }
                                else {
                                    checkIfJobIsCompleted(result.jobId, result.url);
                                }
                            }
                        });
                    },
                    error: function () {
                        $("#status").text('error');
                    }
                });
            }
        }
    });
});

function checkIfJobIsCompleted(jobId, resultFileUrl) {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'https://localhost/job/check?jobid=' + jobId,
        type: 'GET',
        
        success: function (jobResult) {

            $("#status").html(jobResult.status + ' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

            if (jobResult.status == "working") {
                // Check again after 3 seconds
                setTimeout(function () { checkIfJobIsCompleted(jobId, resultFileUrl) }, 3000);
            }
            else if (jobResult.status == "success") {

                $("#status").text('Done converting.');

                $("#resultBlock").show();

                if (isInline && toType != "xls" && toType != "xlsx") {
                    $.ajax({
                        url: resultFileUrl,
                        dataType: 'text',
                        success: function (respText) {
                            $("#inlineOutput").text(respText);
                        }
                    });
                }
                else {
                    $("#result").attr("href", resultFileUrl).html(resultFileUrl);
                }
            }
        }
    });
}