PDF.co Web API - PDF Splitting API - Java - Split PDF From URL - ByteScout
Announcement
Our ByteScout SDK products are sunsetting as we focus on expanding new solutions.
Learn More Open modal
Close modal
Announcement Important Update
ByteScout SDK Sunsetting Notice
Our ByteScout SDK products are sunsetting as we focus on our new & improved solutions. Thank you for being part of our journey, and we look forward to supporting you in this next chapter!

PDF.co Web API – PDF Splitting API – Java – Split PDF From URL

  • Home
  • /
  • Articles
  • /
  • PDF.co Web API – PDF Splitting API – Java – Split PDF From URL

PDF.co Web API – PDF Splitting API – Java – Split PDF From URL

Main.java

package com.company;

import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import okhttp3.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main
{
    // The authentication key (API Key).
    // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api
    final static String API_KEY = "***********************************";

    // Source PDF file to split
	final static String SourceFileUrl = "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bytescout-com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-split/sample.pdf";
    // Comma-separated list of page numbers (or ranges) to process. Example: '1,3-5,7-'.
    final static String Pages = "1-2,3-";


    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        // Create HTTP client instance
        OkHttpClient webClient = new OkHttpClient();

        // Prepare URL for `Split PDF` API call
        String query = String.format(
                "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split?&pages=%s&url=%s",
                Pages,
                SourceFileUrl);

        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(query)
                .addHeader("x-api-key", API_KEY) // (!) Set API Key
                .build();
        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        if (response.code() == 200)
        {
            // Parse JSON response
            JsonObject json = new JsonParser().parse(response.body().string()).getAsJsonObject();

            boolean error = json.get("error").getAsBoolean();
            if (!error)
            {
                // Download generated PDF files
                JsonArray urls = json.get("urls").getAsJsonArray();

                int part = 1;
                for (JsonElement element: urls)
                {
                    String resultFileUrl = element.getAsString();
                    String localFileName = String.format(".\\part%s.pdf", part);

                    downloadFile(webClient, resultFileUrl, Paths.get(localFileName).toFile());

                    System.out.println(String.format("Splitted part saved as \"%s\".", localFileName));
                    part++;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
        }
    }

    public static void downloadFile(OkHttpClient webClient, String url, File destinationFile) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(url)
                .build();
        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        byte[] fileBytes = response.body().bytes();

        // Save downloaded bytes to file
        OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(destinationFile);
        output.write(fileBytes);
        output.flush();
        output.close();

        response.close();
    }
}


  Click here to get your Free Trial version of the SDK

Tutorials:

prev
next