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Convert PDF To CSV From URL | C# | PDF To CSV API
Program.cs:
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; 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 const String API_KEY = "**************************************"; // Direct URL of source PDF file. // 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 string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-csv/sample.pdf"; // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. const string Pages = ""; // PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. const string Password = ""; // Destination CSV file name const string DestinationFile = @".\result.csv"; 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); // URL for `PDF To CSV` API call string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/csv"; // Prepare requests params as JSON Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>(); parameters.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile)); parameters.Add("password", Password); parameters.Add("pages", Pages); parameters.Add("url", SourceFileUrl); // Convert dictionary of params to JSON string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters); try { // Execute POST request with JSON payload string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload); // Parse JSON response JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["status"].ToString() != "error") { // Get URL of generated CSV file string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // Download CSV file webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile); Console.WriteLine("Generated CSV file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile); } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } catch (WebException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } webClient.Dispose(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } } }