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Advanced Conversion Options | VB.NET
Module1.vb:
VB
Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports Newtonsoft.Json Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq Module Module1 ' The authentication key (API Key). ' Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co Const API_KEY As String = "***********************************" ' Direct URL of source file 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 SourceFileURL As String = "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 Pages As String = "" ' 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 ReadOnly Profiles = File.ReadAllText("profile.json") Sub Main() ' Create standard .NET web client instance Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient() ' Set API Key webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY) ' Set JSON content type webClient.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") ' Prepare URL for `Barcode Reader` API call Dim url As String = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url" ' Prepare requests params as JSON ' See documentation: https : //apidocs.pdf.co Dim parameters As New Dictionary(Of String, Object) parameters.Add("pages", Pages) parameters.Add("url", SourceFileURL) parameters.Add("profiles", Profiles) ' Convert dictionary of params to JSON Dim jsonPayload As String = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters) Try ' Execute POST request with JSON payload Dim response As String = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload) ' Parse JSON response Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response) If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then ' Display found barcodes in console For Each token As JToken In json("barcodes") Console.WriteLine("Found barcode:") Console.WriteLine(" Type: " + token("TypeName").ToString()) Console.WriteLine(" Value: " + token("Value").ToString()) Console.WriteLine(" Document Page Index: " + token("Page").ToString()) Console.WriteLine(" Rectangle: " + token("Rect").ToString()) Console.WriteLine(" Confidence: " + token("Confidence").ToString()) Console.WriteLine() Next Else Console.WriteLine(json("message").ToString()) End If Catch ex As WebException Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString()) End Try webClient.Dispose() Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Press any key...") Console.ReadKey() End Sub End Module