ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To Text API – PowerShell – Convert PDF To Text From URL

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ByteScout Cloud API Server – PDF To Text API – PowerShell – Convert PDF To Text From URL

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How to convert PDF to text from URL for PDF to text API in PowerShell and ByteScout Cloud API Server

Learn to write code convert PDF to text from URL for PDF to text API in PowerShell: Simple How To Tutorial

We regularly create and update our sample code library so you may quickly learn PDF to text API and the step-by-step process in PowerShell. ByteScout Cloud API Server was designed to assist PDF to text API in PowerShell. 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 PowerShell with the help of ByteScout Cloud API Server. This PowerShell sample code can be used by copying and pasting into your project. Once done,just compile your project and click Run. Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample PowerShell codes to add PDF to text API functions using ByteScout Cloud API Server in PowerShell.

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ConvertPdfToTextFromUrl.ps1

      # 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.

# Direct URL of source PDF file.
$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-'.
$Pages = ""
# PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
$Password = ""
# Destination TXT file name
$DestinationFile = ".\result.txt"

# Prepare URL for `PDF To Text` API call
$query = "https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/text?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}" -f `
    $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf), $Password, $Pages, $SourceFileUrl
$query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query)

try {
    # Execute request
    $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get  -Uri $query

    if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) {
        # Get URL of generated TXT file
        $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url;
        
        # Download TXT file
        Invoke-WebRequest  -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl

        Write-Host "Generated TXT file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file."
    }
    else {
        # Display service reported error
        Write-Host $jsonResponse.message
    }
}
catch {
    # Display request error
    Write-Host $_.Exception
}

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run.bat

      @echo off

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\ConvertPdfToTextFromUrl.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%

pause