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Want to learn quickly? These fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Cloud API Server for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help to learn how to convert PDF to text from URL. For implementation of this functionality, please copy and paste the code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your app. Writing C# application mostly includes various stages of the software development so even if the functionality works please check it with your data and the production environment.
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using 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.
namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
class Program
{
// Direct URL of source PDF file.
const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-text/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
const string Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const string Password = "";
// Destination TXT file name
const string DestinationFile = @".\result.txt";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Prepare URL for `PDF To TXT` API call
string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/text?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
Password,
Pages,
SourceFileUrl));
try
{
// Execute request
string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Get URL of generated TXT file
string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();
// Download TXT file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);
Console.WriteLine("Generated TXT file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
</packages>
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