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Advanced Conversion Options | PowerShell
run.bat:
@echo off echo (Get-Location).Path powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\ReadBarcodeFromURL.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause
ReadBarcodeFromURL.ps1:
# The authentication key (API Key). # Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co $API_KEY = "***********************************" # Direct URL of source file to search barcodes in. $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 $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-'. $Pages = "" # Some of advanced options available through profiles: # (JSON can be single/double-quoted and contain comments.) # { # "profiles": [ # { # "profile1": { # "ScanArea": "WholePage", // Values: "TopLeftQuarter", "TopRightQuarter", "BottomRightQuarter", "BottomLeftQuarter", "TopHalf", "BottomHalf", "WholePage". # "RequireQuietZones": true, // Whether the quite zone is obligatory for 1D barcodes. Values: true / false # "MaxNumberOfBarcodesPerPage": 0, // 0 - unlimited. # "MaxNumberOfBarcodesPerDocument": 0, // 0 - unlimited. # "ScanStep": 1, // Scan interval for linear (1-dimensional) barcodes. # "MinimalDataLength": 0, // Minimal acceptable length of decoded data. # } # } # ] # } # Sample profile that sets advanced conversion options # Advanced options are properties of Reader class from Bytescout BarCodeReader used in the back-end: # https://cdn.bytescout.com/help/BytescoutBarCodeReaderSDK/html/ba101d21-3db7-eb54-d112-39cadc023d02.htm $Profiles = '{ "profiles": [ { "profile1": { "FastMode": true } } ] }' # Prepare URL for `Barcode Reader` API call $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url" # Prepare request body (will be auto-converted to JSON by Invoke-RestMethod) # See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co $body = @{ "types" = $BarcodeTypes "pages" = $Pages "url" = $SourceFileURL "profiles" = $Profiles } | ConvertTo-Json try { # Execute request $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY; "Content-Type" = "application/json" } -Body $body -Uri $query $jsonResponse = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Display found barcodes in console foreach ($barcode in $jsonResponse.barcodes) { Write-Host "Found barcode:" Write-Host " Type: " $barcode.TypeName Write-Host " Value: " $barcode."Value" Write-Host " Document Page Index: " $barcode."Page" Write-Host " Rectangle: " $barcode."Rect" Write-Host " Confidence: " $barcode."Confidence" Write-Host "" } } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }