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Read Barcode From URL Asynchronously | C#
Program.cs:
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Threading; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Newtonsoft.Json; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; // Cloud API asynchronous "Barcode Reader" job example. // Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents. namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample { class Program { // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co const String API_KEY = "***********************************"; // Direct URL of source file (image or PDF) to search barcodes in. // You can also upload your own file into PDF.co and use it as url. Check "Upload File" samples for code snippets: https://github.com/bytescout/pdf-co-api-samples/tree/master/File%20Upload/ const string SourceFileURL = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf"; // Comma-separated list of barcode types to search. // See valid barcode types in the documentation https://apidocs.pdf.co const string BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13"; // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. const string Pages = ""; // (!) Make asynchronous job const bool Async = true; static void Main(string[] args) { // Create standard .NET web client instance WebClient webClient = new WebClient(); // Set API Key webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY); // Prepare requests params as JSON // See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co/?#barcode-reader Dictionary<string, string> parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>(); parameters.Add("url", SourceFileURL); parameters.Add("type", BarcodeTypes); parameters.Add("pages", Pages); parameters.Add("async", Async.ToString()); // Convert dictionary of params to JSON string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters); try { // URL of "Barcode Reader" endpoint string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url"; // Execute POST request with JSON payload string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload); // Parse JSON response JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Asynchronous job ID string jobId = json["jobId"].ToString(); // URL of generated JSON file with decoded barcodes that will available after the job completion string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // Check the job status in a loop. // If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code // to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion. do { string status = CheckJobStatus(jobId); // Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success". // Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes) Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ": " + status); if (status == "success") { // Download JSON results file as string string jsonFileString = webClient.DownloadString(resultFileUrl); JArray jsonFoundBarcodes = JArray.Parse(jsonFileString); // Display found barcodes in console foreach (JToken token in jsonFoundBarcodes) { Console.WriteLine("Found barcode:"); Console.WriteLine(" Type: " + token["TypeName"]); Console.WriteLine(" Value: " + token["Value"]); Console.WriteLine(" Document Page Index: " + token["Page"]); Console.WriteLine(" Rectangle: " + token["Rect"]); Console.WriteLine(" Confidence: " + token["Confidence"]); Console.WriteLine(); } break; } else if (status == "working") { // Pause for a few seconds Thread.Sleep(3000); } else { Console.WriteLine(status); break; } } while (true); } else { // Display service reported error Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } catch (WebException e) { // Display request error Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } finally { webClient.Dispose(); } Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } static string CheckJobStatus(string jobId) { using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient()) { // Set API Key webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY); string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/job/check?jobid=" + jobId; string response = webClient.DownloadString(url); JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); return Convert.ToString(json["status"]); } } } }