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RPA Robotic Process Automation – PDF Invoices to Google Sheets – VB.NET

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PDF invoices to google sheets in VB.NET using ByteScout Robotic Process Automation

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InvoicesToGoogleSheets.VS2015.sln

      
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00 # Visual Studio Version 16 VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.29001.49 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1 Project("{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}") = "InvoicesToGoogleSheets.VS2015", "InvoicesToGoogleSheets.VS2015.vbproj", "{3035D0B9-6453-4C07-9D4E-638B1052E70C}" EndProject Global GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution {3035D0B9-6453-4C07-9D4E-638B1052E70C}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU {3035D0B9-6453-4C07-9D4E-638B1052E70C}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU {3035D0B9-6453-4C07-9D4E-638B1052E70C}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU {3035D0B9-6453-4C07-9D4E-638B1052E70C}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution HideSolutionNode = FALSE EndGlobalSection GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution SolutionGuid = {6F15AB4A-3A3B-44A6-9B5C-38447C2756CE} EndGlobalSection EndGlobal

Module1.vb

      
Imports System.Drawing Imports System.IO Imports System.Threading Imports Bytescout.PDFExtractor Imports Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2 Imports Google.Apis.Sheets.v4 Imports Google.Apis.Sheets.v4.Data Imports Google.Apis.Util.Store Module Module1 Sub Main() ' If modifying these scopes, delete your previously saved credentials ' at ~/.credentials/sheets.googleapis.com-dotnet-quickstart.json Dim Scopes As String() = {SheetsService.Scope.Spreadsheets} Dim ApplicationName As String = "Google Sheets Demo" Dim allInputFiles As String() = {"Sample_Files\InvoiceMar.pdf", "Sample_Files\InvoiceApr.pdf"} ' Google Sheet data to write Dim reqRowData As New List(Of RowData) ' Set page index Dim pageIndex = 0 ' Loop through all input files For Each itmFile In allInputFiles Dim invName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(itmFile) ' Create TextExtractor instance Using tableExtractor As New StructuredExtractor("demo", "demo") Dim tableExtractionArea = GetTableExtractionArea(itmFile, pageIndex) If tableExtractionArea.HasValue Then ' Load document from file tableExtractor.LoadDocumentFromFile(itmFile) ' Set extraction area tableExtractor.SetExtractionArea(tableExtractionArea) ' Prepare table structure tableExtractor.PrepareStructure(pageIndex) Dim rowCount As Int32 = tableExtractor.GetRowCount(pageIndex) ' Ignoring first title row For row As Int32 = 1 To rowCount - 1 ' Google Sheet RowData Input Dim itmRowData As New RowData() ' Google Sheet CellData Input Dim lstCellData As New List(Of CellData) ' Add invName to CellData Collection lstCellData.Add(New CellData With {.UserEnteredValue = New ExtendedValue With {.StringValue = invName}}) Dim columnCount As Int32 = tableExtractor.GetColumnCount(pageIndex, row) ' Write Invoice Data For column As Int32 = 0 To columnCount - 1 ' Get table cell value Dim tableCellValue = tableExtractor.GetCellValue(pageIndex, row, column) ' Google Sheet CellData Input Dim itmCellData As New CellData With {.UserEnteredValue = New ExtendedValue With {.StringValue = tableCellValue}} ' Add to CellData Collection lstCellData.Add(itmCellData) Next ' Add to Google Sheet RowData Request reqRowData.Add(New RowData With {.Values = lstCellData}) Next End If End Using Next ' Proceed with writing to Google Sheets Dim credential As UserCredential ' Follow article "https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/dotnet" to generate credentials.json Using stream As New FileStream("credentials.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) ' The file token.json stores the user's access and refresh tokens, and is created ' automatically when the authorization flow completed for the first time. Dim credPath As String = "token.json" credential = GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync( GoogleClientSecrets.Load(stream).Secrets, Scopes, "user", CancellationToken.None, New FileDataStore(credPath, True)).Result Console.WriteLine({code}quot;Credential file saved to : {credPath}") End Using ' Create Google Sheets API Service Dim service As New SheetsService( New Google.Apis.Services.BaseClientService.Initializer With { .HttpClientInitializer = credential, .ApplicationName = ApplicationName }) ' Fill following parameter with your google spreadsheet Id ' Usually find at url of spreadsheet: https : //docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/...ThisIsSpreadsheetId.../edit Dim spreadsheetId As String = "xxxxxxSpreadsheetIdxxxxxxxxxx" ' Get exising row counts Dim existingRowCount As Int32 = service.Spreadsheets.Values.Get(spreadsheetId, "A1:D").Execute().Values.Count Dim lstRequests As New List(Of Request) lstRequests.Add(New Request With { .UpdateCells = New UpdateCellsRequest With { .Range = New GridRange With { .StartRowIndex = existingRowCount, .StartColumnIndex = 0 }, .Rows = reqRowData, .Fields = "*" } }) ' Prepare batch update spreadsheet request Dim batchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest As New BatchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest With { .Requests = lstRequests } Dim batchUpdateRequest = service.Spreadsheets.BatchUpdate(batchUpdateSpreadsheetRequest, spreadsheetId) ' Perform google sheet updation batchUpdateRequest.Execute() Console.WriteLine("Google spreadsheet updated!") Console.ReadLine() End Sub ''' <summary> ''' Gets table extraction area ''' </summary> Private Function GetTableExtractionArea(ByVal inputFile As String, ByVal Optional pageIndex As Int32 = 0) As Nullable(Of RectangleF) ' Create Bytescout.PDFExtractor.TableDetector instance Using tableDetector As New TableDetector("demo", "demo") ' Set table detection mode to "bordered tables" - best for tables with closed solid borders. tableDetector.ColumnDetectionMode = ColumnDetectionMode.BorderedTables ' We should define what kind of tables we should detect. ' So we set min required number of columns to 2 ... tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfColumns = 2 ' ... And we set min required number of rows to 2 tableDetector.DetectionMinNumberOfRows = 2 tableDetector.LoadDocumentFromFile(inputFile) If Not tableDetector.FindTable(pageIndex) Then Return Nothing End If ' Getting first found table location Return tableDetector.FoundTableLocation End Using End Function End Module

app.config

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <runtime> <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1"> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name="System.Runtime" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral" /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.6.10.0" newVersion="2.6.10.0" /> </dependentAssembly> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name="System.Threading.Tasks" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral" /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.6.10.0" newVersion="2.6.10.0" /> </dependentAssembly> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name="System.Net.Http" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral" /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.2.29.0" newVersion="2.2.29.0" /> </dependentAssembly> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity name="System.Net.Http.Primitives" publicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11d50a3a" culture="neutral" /> <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.2.29.0" newVersion="2.2.29.0" /> </dependentAssembly> </assemblyBinding> </runtime> </configuration>

credentials.json

      
/* ===================================================== Follow article https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/dotnet to get credentials.json ===================================================== */

packages.config

      
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <packages> <package id="BouncyCastle" version="1.7.0" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Google.Apis" version="1.10.0" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Google.Apis.Auth" version="1.10.0" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Google.Apis.Core" version="1.10.0" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Google.Apis.Sheets.v4" version="1.45.0.1930" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="log4net" version="2.0.3" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Microsoft.Bcl" version="1.1.10" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Async" version="1.0.168" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Microsoft.Bcl.Build" version="1.0.21" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Microsoft.Net.Http" version="2.2.29" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="7.0.1" targetFramework="net40" /> <package id="Zlib.Portable.Signed" version="1.11.0" targetFramework="net40" /> </packages>

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