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

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

Learn in simple ways: How to convert PDF to text from uploaded file (node for PDF to text API in JavaScript

Writing of the code to convert PDF to text from uploaded file (node in JavaScript can be done by developers of any level using ByteScout Cloud API Server. PDF to text API in JavaScript can be applied with ByteScout Cloud API Server. 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!.

The SDK samples displayed below below explain how to quickly make your application do PDF to text API in JavaScript with the help of ByteScout Cloud API Server. For implementation of this functionality, please copy and paste the code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your app. You can use these JavaScript sample examples in one or many applications.

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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";


// 1. RETRIEVE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD FILE.
getPresignedUrl(SourceFile)
.then(([uploadUrl, uploadedFileUrl]) => {
    // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.
    uploadFile(SourceFile, uploadUrl)
    .then(() => {
        // 3. CONVERT UPLOADED PDF FILE TO TEXT
        convertPdfToText(uploadedFileUrl, Password, Pages, DestinationFile);
    })
    .catch(e => {
        console.log(e);
    });
})
.catch(e => {
    console.log(e);
});


function getPresignedUrl(localFile) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        // Prepare request to `Get Presigned URL` API endpoint
        let queryPath = `/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=${path.basename(SourceFile)}`;
        let reqOptions = {
            host: "localhost",
            path: encodeURI(queryPath)
        };
        // Send request
        https.get(reqOptions, (response) => {
            response.on("data", (d) => {
                let data = JSON.parse(d);
                if (data.error == false) {
                    // Return presigned url we received
                    resolve([data.presignedUrl, data.url]);
                }
                else {
                    // Service reported error
                    console.log("getPresignedUrl(): " + data.message);
                }
            });
        })
        .on("error", (e) => {
            // Request error
            console.log("getPresignedUrl(): " + e);
        });
    });
}

function uploadFile(localFile, uploadUrl) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        fs.readFile(SourceFile, (err, data) => {
            request({
                method: "PUT",
                url: uploadUrl,
                body: data,
                headers: {
                    "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"
                }
            }, (err, res, body) => {
                if (!err) {
                    resolve();
                }
                else {
                    console.log("uploadFile() request error: " + e);
                }
            });
        });
    });
}

function convertPdfToText(uploadedFileUrl, password, pages, destinationFile) {
    // Prepare request to `PDF To Text` API endpoint
    var queryPath = `/pdf/convert/to/text?name=${path.basename(destinationFile)}&password=${password}&pages=${pages}&url=${uploadedFileUrl}`;
    let reqOptions = {
        host: "localhost",
        path: encodeURI(queryPath),
        method: "GET" 
    };
    // Send request
    https.get(reqOptions, (response) => {
        response.on("data", (d) => {
            response.setEncoding("utf8");
            // Parse JSON response
            let data = JSON.parse(d);
            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("convertPdfToText(): " + data.message);
            }
        });
    })
    .on("error", (e) => {
        // Request error
        console.log("convertPdfToText(): " + 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"
  }
}