ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To Text API – JavaScript – Convert PDF To Text From File (Node.js)

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How to convert PDF to text from file (node for PDF to text API in JavaScript with ByteScout Cloud API Server

How to convert PDF to text from file (node in JavaScript with easy ByteScout code samples to make PDF to text API. Step-by-step tutorial

This page displays the step-by-step instructions and algorithm of how to convert PDF to text from file (node and how to apply it in your application. ByteScout Cloud API Server was designed to assist PDF to text 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. This JavaScript sample code can be used by copying and pasting into your project. Once done,just compile your project and click Run. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

Our website provides free trial version of ByteScout Cloud API Server that gives source code samples to assist with your JavaScript project.

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app.js

      /*jshint esversion: 6 */

// 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");

// `request` module is required for file upload.
// Use "npm install request" command to install.
var request = require("request");

// Source PDF file
const SourceFile = "./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 TXT file name
const DestinationFile = "./result.txt";

// Prepare URL for `PDF To Text` API endpoint
var query = `https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/text`;
let reqOptions = {
    uri: query,
    formData: {
        name: path.basename(DestinationFile),
        password: Password,
        pages: Pages,
        file: fs.createReadStream(SourceFile)
    }
};

// Send request
request.post(reqOptions, function (error, response, body) {
    if (error) {
        return console.error("Error: ", error);
    }

    // Parse JSON response
    let data = JSON.parse(body);
    if (data.error == false) {
        // Download TXT file
        var file = fs.createWriteStream(DestinationFile);
        https.get(data.url, (response2) => {
            response2.pipe(file)
                .on("close", () => {
                    console.log(`Generated TXT file saved as "${DestinationFile}" file.`);
                });
        });
    }
    else {
        // Service reported error
        console.log("Error: " + data.message);
    }
});

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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"
  }
}