How to add text and images to PDF in JavaScript and PDF.co Web API

PDF.co Web API: the flexible Web API that includes full set of functions from e-signature requests to data extraction, OCR, images recognition, pdf splitting and pdf splitting. Can also generate barcodes and read barcodes from images, scans and pdf.

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app.js

      
var https = require("https"); var path = require("path"); var fs = require("fs"); // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api const 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 SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-edit/sample.pdf"; // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. const Pages = ""; // PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. const Password = ""; // Destination PDF file name const DestinationFile = "./result.pdf"; // Text annotation params const Type = "annotation"; const X = 400; const Y = 600; const Text = "APPROVED"; const FontName = "Times New Roman"; const FontSize = 24; const Color = "FF0000"; // * Add Text * // Prepare request to `PDF Edit` API endpoint var queryPath = `/v1/pdf/edit/add`; // JSON payload for api request var jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({ name: path.basename(DestinationFile), url: SourceFileUrl, password: Password, annotations:[ { pages: Pages, x: X, y: Y, text: Text, fontname: FontName, size: FontSize, color: Color } ] }); var reqOptions = { host: "api.pdf.co", method: "POST", path: encodeURI(queryPath), headers: { "x-api-key": API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json", "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(jsonPayload, 'utf8') } }; // Send request var postRequest = https.request(reqOptions, (response) => { response.on("data", (d) => { // Parse JSON response var data = JSON.parse(d); if (data.error == false) { // Download the output file var file = fs.createWriteStream(DestinationFile); https.get(data.url, (response2) => { response2.pipe(file).on("close", () => { console.log(`Generated PDF file saved to '${DestinationFile}' file.`); }); }); } else { // Service reported error console.log(data.message); } }); }).on("error", (e) => { // Request error console.error(e); }); // Write request data postRequest.write(jsonPayload); postRequest.end();

package.json

      
{ "name": "test", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "PDF.co", "main": "app.js", "scripts": { }, "keywords": [ "pdf.co", "web", "api", "bytescout", "api" ], "author": "ByteScout & PDF.co", "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { "request": "^2.88.2" } }

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