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Async file upload and async Split PDF | C# | PDF Splitting API
Program.cs:
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Threading; using Newtonsoft.Json; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample { class Program { // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api const String API_KEY = "***********************************"; // Source PDF file to split const string SourceFile = @".\sample.pdf"; // Comma-separated list of page numbers (or ranges) to process. Example: '1,3-5,7-'. const string Pages = "1-2,3-"; // (!) 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); // 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE. // * If you already have a direct file URL, skip to the step 3. // Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format( "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={0}", Path.GetFileName(SourceFile))); try { // Execute request string response = webClient.DownloadString(query); // Parse JSON response JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Get URL to use for the file upload string uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"].ToString(); string uploadedFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD. webClient.Headers.Add("content-type", "application/octet-stream"); webClient.UploadFile(uploadUrl, "PUT", SourceFile); // You can use UploadData() instead if your file is byte[] or Stream webClient.Headers.Remove("content-type"); // 3. SPLIT UPLOADED PDF // URL for `Split PDF` API call var url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split"; // Prepare requests params as JSON Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>(); parameters.Add("pages", Pages); parameters.Add("url", uploadedFileUrl); parameters.Add("async", Async); // Convert dictionary of params to JSON string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters); // Execute POST request with JSON payload response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload); // Parse JSON response json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Asynchronous job ID string jobId = json["jobId"].ToString(); // URL of generated JSON file available after the job completion; it will contain URLs of result PDF files. string resultJsonFileUrl = 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 file as string string jsonFileString = webClient.DownloadString(resultJsonFileUrl); JArray resultFilesUrls = JArray.Parse(jsonFileString); // Download generated PDF files int part = 1; foreach (JToken token in resultFilesUrls) { string resultFileUrl = token.ToString(); string localFileName = String.Format(@".\part{0}.pdf", part); webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, localFileName); Console.WriteLine("Downloaded \"{0}\".", localFileName); part++; } break; } else if (status == "working") { // Pause for a few seconds Thread.Sleep(3000); } else { Console.WriteLine(status); break; } } while (true); } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } catch (WebException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } webClient.Dispose(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } /// <summary> /// Check Job Status /// </summary> 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"]); } } } }