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Advanced Conversion Options | C# | PDF To Excel 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/documentation/api const String API_KEY = "***********************************"; // Direct URL of source PDF file. const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-excel/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 XLS file name const string DestinationFile = @".\result.xls"; /* Some of advanced options available through profiles: (JSON can be single/double-quoted and contain comments.) { "profiles": [ { "profile1": { "NumberDecimalSeparator": "", // Allows to customize decimal separator in numbers. "NumberGroupSeparator": "", // Allows to customize thousands separator. "AutoDetectNumbers": true, // Whether to detect numbers. Values: true / false "RichTextFormatting": true, // Whether to keep text style and fonts. Values: true / false "PageToWorksheet": true, // Whether to create separate worksheet for each page of PDF document. Values: true / false "ExtractInvisibleText": true, // Invisible text extraction. Values: true / false "ExtractShadowLikeText": true, // Shadow-like text extraction. Values: true / false "LineGroupingMode": "None", // Values: "None", "GroupByRows", "GroupByColumns", "JoinOrphanedRows" "ColumnDetectionMode": "ContentGroupsAndBorders", // Values: "ContentGroupsAndBorders", "ContentGroups", "Borders", "BorderedTables" "Unwrap": false, // Unwrap grouped text in table cells. Values: true / false "ShrinkMultipleSpaces": false, // Shrink multiple spaces in table cells that affect column detection. Values: true / false "DetectNewColumnBySpacesRatio": 1, // Spacing ratio that affects column detection. "CustomExtractionColumns": [ 0, 50, 150, 200, 250, 300 ], // Explicitly specify columns coordinates for table extraction. "CheckPermissions": true, // Ignore document permissions. Values: true / false } } ] } */ // Sample profile that sets advanced conversion options. // Advanced options are properties of XLSExtractor class from ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK used in the back-end: // https://cdn.bytescout.com/help/BytescoutPDFExtractorSDK/html/2712c05b-9674-5253-df76-2a31ed055afd.htm static string Profiles = File.ReadAllText("profile.json"); 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 XLS` API call string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/xls"; // 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); parameters.Add("profiles", Profiles); // 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["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Get URL of generated XLS file string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // Download XLS file webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile); Console.WriteLine("Generated XLS 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(); } } }