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PDF invoice parsing with PDF extractor SDK in C#

The documentation is crafted to assist you to apply the features on your side easily. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite was created to assist PDF invoice parsing with PDF extractor SDK in C#. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the set that includes 3 SDK products for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK.

This rich and prolific sample source code in C# for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite contains various functions and options you should do calling the API to implement PDF invoice parsing with PDF extractor SDK. Follow the steps-by-step instructions from the scratch to work and copy and paste code for C# into your editor. Use of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite in C# is also described in the documentation included along with the product.

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using System; using System.Drawing; using Bytescout.PDFExtractor; namespace InvoiceParsing { /// <summary> /// This example demonstrates parsing and data extraction from typical invoice. /// </summary> class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { // Create TextExtractor instance TextExtractor textExtractor = new TextExtractor("demo", "demo"); textExtractor.WordMatchingMode = WordMatchingMode.ExactMatch; // Set exact search (default is SmartSearch that works like in Adobe Reader) // Create XMLExtractor instance XMLExtractor xmlExtractor = new XMLExtractor("demo", "demo"); // Load document textExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("Invoice.pdf"); xmlExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile("Invoice.pdf"); // Results string invoiceNo = string.Empty; string invoiceDate = string.Empty; string total = string.Empty; string tableData = string.Empty; // Iterate pages for (int i = 0; i < textExtractor.GetPageCount(); i++) { RectangleF pageRectangle = textExtractor.GetPageRectangle(i); RectangleF tableRect = new RectangleF(0, 0, pageRectangle.Width, 0); // Search for "Invoice No." if (textExtractor.Find(i, "Invoice No.", false)) { // Get the found text rectangle RectangleF textRect = textExtractor.FoundText.Bounds; // Assume the text at right is the invoice number. // Shift the rectangle to the right: textRect.X = textRect.Right; textRect.Width = pageRectangle.Right - textRect.Left; // Set the extraction region and extract the text textExtractor.SetExtractionArea(textRect); invoiceNo = textExtractor.GetTextFromPage(i).Trim(); } // Search for "Invoice Date" and extract text at right if (textExtractor.Find(i, "Invoice Date", false)) { RectangleF textRect = textExtractor.FoundText.Bounds; textRect.X = textRect.Right; textRect.Width = pageRectangle.Right - textRect.Left; textExtractor.SetExtractionArea(textRect); invoiceDate = textExtractor.GetTextFromPage(i).Trim(); } // Search for "Quantity" keyword to detect the top of the tabular data rectangle if (textExtractor.Find(i, "Quantity", false)) { // Keep the top table coordinate tableRect.Y = textExtractor.FoundText.Bounds.Top; // use textRect.Bottom if you want to skip column headers } // Search for "TOTAL" (it will be also the bottom of tabular data rectangle) if (textExtractor.Find(i, "TOTAL", true /* case sensitive! */)) { RectangleF textRect = textExtractor.FoundText.Bounds; textRect.X = textRect.Right; textRect.Width = pageRectangle.Right - textRect.Left; textExtractor.SetExtractionArea(textRect); total = textExtractor.GetTextFromPage(i).Trim(); // Calculate the table height tableRect.Height = textRect.Top - tableRect.Top; } // Extract tabular data using XMLExtractor if (tableRect.Height > 0) { xmlExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableRect); tableData = xmlExtractor.GetXMLFromPage(i); } } // Display extracted data Console.WriteLine("Invoice No.: " + invoiceNo); Console.WriteLine("Invoice Date: " + invoiceDate); Console.WriteLine("TOTAL: " + total); Console.WriteLine("Table Data: "); Console.WriteLine(tableData); // Cleanup textExtractor.Dispose(); xmlExtractor.Dispose(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } } }

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