Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Threading
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq


' Cloud API asynchronous "Split PDF" job example.
' Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.

Module Module1

    ' The authentication key (API Key).
    ' Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api
    Const API_KEY As String = "***********************************"

    ' Source PDF file to split
    Const SourceFileUrl As String = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-split/sample.pdf"
    ' Comma-separated list of page numbers (or ranges) to process. Example: '1,3-5,7-'.
    Const Pages As String = "1-2,3-"
    ' (!) Make asynchronous job
    Const Async As Boolean = True


    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 `Split PDF` API call
        Dim url As String = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split"

        ' 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("async", Async)

        ' 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

                ' Asynchronous job ID
                Dim jobId As String = json("jobId").ToString()
                ' URL of generated JSON file available after the job completion; it will contain URLs of result PDF files.
                Dim resultJsonFileUrl As String = 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
                    Dim status As String = CheckJobStatus(jobId) ' Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".

                    ' Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
                    Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + ": " + status)

                    If status = "success" Then

                        ' Download JSON file as string
                        Dim jsonFileString As String = webClient.DownloadString(resultJsonFileUrl)

                        Dim resultFilesUrls As JArray = JArray.Parse(jsonFileString)

                        ' Download generated PDF files
                        Dim part As Integer = 1
                        For Each token As JToken In resultFilesUrls

                            Dim resultFileUrl As String = token.ToString()
                            Dim localFileName As String = String.Format(".\part{0}.pdf", part)

                            webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, localFileName)

                            Console.WriteLine("Downloaded ""{0}"".", localFileName)
                            part = part + 1

                        Next

                        Exit Do

                    ElseIf status = "working" Then

                        ' Pause for a few seconds
                        Thread.Sleep(3000)

                    Else

                        Console.WriteLine(status)
                        Exit Do

                    End If

                Loop

            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

    Function CheckJobStatus(jobId As String) As String

        Using webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()

            ' Set API Key
            webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY)

            Dim url As String = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/job/check?jobid=" + jobId

            Dim response As String = webClient.DownloadString(url)
            Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)

            Return Convert.ToString(json("status"))

        End Using

    End Function

End Module