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

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

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

These simple tutorials explain the code material for beginners and advanced programmers who are using JavaScript. PDF to text API in JavaScript can be applied with ByteScout Cloud API Server. ByteScout Cloud API Server is API server that is ready to use and can be installed and deployed in less than 30 minutes on your own Windows server or server in a cloud. It can save data and files on your local server-based file storage or in Amazon AWS S3 storage. Data is processed solely on the API server and is powered by ByteScout engine, no cloud services or Internet connection is required for data processing..

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. This JavaScript sample code can be used by copying and pasting into your project. Once done,just compile your project and click Run. This basic programming language sample code for JavaScript will do the whole work for you in implementing PDF to text API in your app.

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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);
                }
            }
        }
    });
}