Why use PDF to XML API?
With our PDF to XML API, you can convert PDF to XML with information about text value, tables, fonts, images, object positions.
Our API engine resides and runs from the secure Amazon AWS infrastructure. Furthermore, all data transfers from your devices to our servers are secure by SSL/TLS. Check this link for more details about our security: https://pdf.co/security.
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Support for damaged and scanned text
PDF.co engine provides automated support for damaged text and images from text recognition. Built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) supports PDF files with mixed content and multiple languages.
Web API Supports Multiple Languages
Javascript, PHP, Java, .NET and ASP.NET, C#, and Visual Basic are the main programming languages that can be used on the PDF.co API platform. You can check this Github page for detailed code samples and syntax.
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- Automation Anywhere – https://pdf.co/automation-anywhere
- Programming languages: Javascript, PHP, Python, C#, and Java
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PDF to XML API Sample & Demo
Take a look at the Sample PDF File for this demo.
The code snippets below are in different programming languages. They can convert the Sample PDF File above into XML.
The final result will look like this.
Before we proceed with the code. Let us first check the /v1/pdf/convert/to/xml parameters and its uses.
Endpoint
| URL: | https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/xml |
| Method: | POST |
| Parameter | Description |
| url | required. Link to the source file. |
| lang | optional. english by default. Sets OCR (image to text extraction) language to be used for scanned PDF when a scanned document is detected or input is PNG, JPG images. Other supported values: eng, spa, deu, fra, jpn, chi_sim, chi_tra, kor. You can also specify two languages to be used on the same page, for example: eng+deu, jpn+kor or other combinations. |
| inline | optional. Must be one of: true to return data as inline or false to return link to an output file (default). |
| unwrap | optional. Unwrap lines to a single line within table cells when lineGrouping is enabled. Must be one of true or false. |
| pages | optional. Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. IMPORTANT: the very first page starts with 0 (zero). To set a range use the dash –, for example: 0, 2-5, 7-. |
| rect | optional. Defines coordinates for extraction, e.g. 51.8, 114.8, 235.5, 204.0. Must be a string. |
| encrypt | optional. Enable encryption for the output file: true or false |
| async | optional. Runs processing asynchronously. Returns jobId to use with job/check: true or false |
| name | optional. Output file name. |
| profiles | optional. Must be a String. Set custom configuration. See profiles examples here |
| lineGrouping | optional. Line grouping with table cells. Set to 1 to enable the grouping. Must be a string. |
Now we are ready to write some codes.
cURL Code Snippet
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/xml' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"url": "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/49e77ae7473e47d1a32eac28ffd0c161/sample.pdf"
}'
This sample code and other cURL source code samples are available here.
Now let’s see this program in action.
The PDF to XML sample code in JavaScript is available here.
The PDF to XML sample code in PHP is available here.
The sample code for PDF to XML in Python is here.
The PDF to XML sample code in Java is available here.
The PDF to XML sample code in C# is available here.
NOTE: Use PDF.co Document Classifier to know the source of the document. You can easily create and maintain classification rules with the desktop-based Classifier Testing Tool (see the details here)
