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Merge PDF Documents From Uploaded Files | PowerShell | PDF Merging API
run.bat:
@echo off powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\MergePdfDocumentsFromUploadedFiles.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause
MergePdfDocumentsFromUploadedFiles.ps1:
# The authentication key (API Key). # Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co $API_KEY = "***********************************" # Source PDF files $SourceFiles = ".\sample1.pdf", ".\sample2.pdf" # Destination PDF file name $DestinationFile = ".\result.pdf" $uploadedFiles = @() try { foreach ($pdfFile in $SourceFiles ) { # 1a. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE. # Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=" + ` [IO.Path]::GetFileName($pdfFile) $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) # Execute request $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -Uri $query if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Get URL to use for the file upload $uploadUrl = $jsonResponse.presignedUrl # Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls $uploadedFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url # 1b. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD. $r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Put -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY; "content-type" = "application/octet-stream" } -InFile $pdfFile -Uri $uploadUrl if ($r.StatusCode -eq 200) { # Keep uploaded file URL $uploadedFiles += $uploadedFileUrl } else { # Display request error status Write-Host $r.StatusCode + " " + $r.StatusDescription } } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } if ($uploadedFiles.length -gt 0) { # 2. MERGE UPLOADED PDF DOCUMENTS # Prepare URL for `Merge PDF` API call $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/merge" # Prepare request body (will be auto-converted to JSON by Invoke-RestMethod) # See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co $body = @{ "name" = $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf) "url" = $uploadedFiles -join "," } | ConvertTo-Json # 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) { # Get URL of generated PDF file $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url; # Download PDF file Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl Write-Host "Generated PDF file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file." } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }