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This page displays the step-by-step instructions and algorithm of how to convert PDF to XML from URL and how to apply it in your application. ByteScout Cloud API Server helps with PDF to XML API in C#. 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!.
Want to learn quickly? These fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout Cloud API Server for C# plus the instruction and the code below will help to learn how to convert PDF to XML from URL. For implementation of this functionality, please copy and paste the code below into your app using code editor. Then compile and run your app. Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using 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.
namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
class Program
{
// Direct URL of source PDF file.
const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-xml/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
const string Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const string Password = "";
// Destination XML file name
const string DestinationFile = @".\result.xml";
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Create standard .NET web client instance
WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
// Prepare URL for `PDF To XML` API call
string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
"https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/xml?name={0}&password={1}&pages={2}&url={3}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile),
Password,
Pages,
SourceFileUrl));
try
{
// Execute request
string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Get URL of generated XML file
string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();
// Download XML file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);
Console.WriteLine("Generated XML file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
<package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" />
</packages>
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