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How to convert PDF to text from URL asynchronously for PDF to text API in VB.NET using ByteScout Cloud API Server

Learn in simple ways: How to convert PDF to text from URL asynchronously for PDF to text API in VB.NET

On this page, you will find sample source codes which show you how to handle a complex task, such as, PDF to text API in VB.NET. ByteScout Cloud API Server was designed to assist PDF to text API in VB.NET. 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..

Use the code displayed below in your application to save a lot of time on writing and testing code. Follow the tutorial and copy – paste code for VB.NET into your project’s code editor. Easy to understand tutorials are available along with installed ByteScout Cloud API Server if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

Trial version of ByteScout is available for free download from our website. This and other source code samples for VB.NET and other programming languages are available.

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Module1.vb
      
Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports System.Threading Imports 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. ' Cloud API asynchronous "PDF To Text" job example. ' Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents. Module Module1 ' Direct URL of source PDF file. Const SourceFileUrl As String = "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 Pages As String = "" ' PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. Const Password As String = "" ' Destination TXT file name Const DestinationFile As String = ".\result.txt" ' (!) Make asynchronous job Const Async As Boolean = True Sub Main() ' Create standard .NET web client instance Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient() ' Prepare URL for `PDF To TXT` API call Dim query As String = Uri.EscapeUriString(String.Format( "https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/text?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}&async={4}", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile), Password, Pages, SourceFileUrl, Async)) Try ' Execute request Dim response As String = webClient.DownloadString(query) ' Parse JSON response Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response) If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then ' Asynchronous job ID Dim jobId As String = json("jobId").ToString() ' URL of generated TXT file that will available after the job completion Dim resultFileUrl As String = json("url").ToString() ' Check the job status in a loop. ' If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code ' to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion. Do Dim status As String = CheckJobStatus(jobId) ' Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success". ' Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes) Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ": " + status) If status = "success" Then ' Download TXT file webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile) Console.WriteLine("Generated TXT file saved as ""{0}"" file.", DestinationFile) Exit Do ElseIf status = "working" Then ' Pause for a few seconds Thread.Sleep(3000) Else Console.WriteLine(status) Exit Do End If Loop Else Console.WriteLine(json("message").ToString()) End If Catch ex As WebException Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString()) End Try webClient.Dispose() Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Press any key...") Console.ReadKey() End Sub Function CheckJobStatus(jobId As String) As String Using webClient As WebClient = New WebClient() Dim url As String = "https://localhost/job/check?jobid=" + jobId Dim response As String = webClient.DownloadString(url) Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response) Return Convert.ToString(json("status")) End Using End Function End Module

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packages.config
      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <packages> <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" /> </packages>

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