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Advanced Conversion Options With Rotated Input | PowerShell | PDF To Excel API
run.bat:
@echo off powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\ConvertPdfToXlsFromUploadedFile.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause
ConvertPdfToXlsFromUploadedFile.ps1:
# The authentication key (API Key). # Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api $API_KEY = "********************************" # Source PDF file $SourceFile = ".\sample-rotated.pdf" # Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. $Pages = "" # PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. $Password = "" # Destination XLS file name $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/87ce5fa6-3143-167d-abbd-bc7b5e160fe5.htm # Valid RotationAngle values: # 0 - no rotation # 1 - 90 degrees # 2 - 180 degrees # 3 - 270 degrees $Profiles = '{ "profiles": [{ "profile1": { "RotationAngle": 1 } } ] }' # 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 $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=" + ` [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($SourceFile) $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) try { # 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 # 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD. $r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Put -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY; "content-type" = "application/octet-stream" } -InFile $SourceFile -Uri $uploadUrl if ($r.StatusCode -eq 200) { # 3. CONVERT UPLOADED PDF FILE TO XLS # Prepare URL for `PDF To XLS` API call $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/xls" # Prepare request body (will be auto-converted to JSON by Invoke-RestMethod) # See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co $body = @{ "name" = $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf) "password" = $Password "pages" = $Pages "url" = $uploadedFileUrl "profiles" = $Profiles } | 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 XLS file $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url; # Download XLS file Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl Write-Host "Generated XLS file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file." } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } else { # Display request error status Write-Host $r.StatusCode + " " + $r.StatusDescription } } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }