ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – Powershell – Convert PDF To JSON with PDF Extractor SDK

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How to convert PDF to JSON with PDF extractor SDK in Powershell and ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

This code in Powershell shows how to convert PDF to JSON with PDF extractor SDK with this how to tutorial

Every ByteScout tool includes simple example Powershell source codes that you can get here or in the folder with installed ByteScout product. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite is the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can be applied to convert PDF to JSON with PDF extractor SDK using Powershell.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do convert PDF to JSON with PDF extractor SDK in Powershell with the help of ByteScout Data Extraction Suite. Follow the instructions from scratch to work and copy the Powershell code. Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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pdf-to-json.bat

      @echo off

if "%~1"=="" (
    echo -----------------------------------------------------
    echo Invalid parameter!
    echo -----------------------------------------------------
    echo Usage: pdf-to-json.bat folder_path
    echo Example: pdf-to-json.bat "c:\documents"
    echo -----------------------------------------------------
    if not "%NOPAUSE%"=="1" pause
    exit /b 1
)

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\pdf-to-json.ps1" "%1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%

pause

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pdf-to-json.ps1

      Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string] $InputFolder = ""
)

# Add reference to Bytescout.PDFExtractor.dll assembly
Add-Type -Path "c:\Program Files\Bytescout PDF Extractor SDK\net4.00\Bytescout.PDFExtractor.dll"

# Check input folder exists
if ((Test-Path $InputFolder) -eq $false) {
    Write-Host "Target folder does not exist." -ForegroundColor Red
    exit 0
}

# Create and activate JSONExtractor instance
$jsonExtractor = New-Object Bytescout.PDFExtractor.JSONExtractor
$jsonExtractor.RegistrationName = "demo"
$jsonExtractor.RegistrationKey = "demo"

try {
    # Get PDF files from input folder
    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $InputFolder -Recurse -Include "*.pdf"
    foreach ($file in $files) {
        Write-Host "Input file" $file.FullName
        # Construct output file name
        $jsonFileName = [System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($file.FullName, "json")
        Write-Host "  Output file" $jsonFileName
        # Load PDF document
        $jsonExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile($file.FullName)
        # Disable the formatting reconstruction
        $jsonExtractor.PreserveFormattingOnTextExtraction = $false
        # Extract first page to JSON
        $jsonExtractor.SaveJSONToFile(0, $jsonFileName)
        # Reset extractor
        $jsonExtractor.Reset()
    }
}
catch {
    Write-Host $_.Exception.Message
}

$jsonExtractor.Dispose()