How to generate barcode for barcode generator API in PowerShell using PDF.co Web API

How to generate barcode for barcode generator API in PowerShell: How To Tutorial

The documentation is designed to help you to implement the features on your side. PDF.co Web API was made to help with barcode generator API in PowerShell. PDF.co Web API is the Rest API that provides set of data extraction functions, tools for documents manipulation, splitting and merging of pdf files. Includes built-in OCR, images recognition, can generate and read barcodes from images, scans and pdf.

Fast application programming interfaces of PDF.co Web API for PowerShell plus the instruction and the code below will help to learn how to generate barcode. Follow the instruction and copy – paste code for PowerShell into your project’s code editor. Use of PDF.co Web API in PowerShell is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.

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GenerateBarcode.ps1

      
# The authentication key (API Key).
# Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api
$API_KEY = "***********************************"

# Result file name
$ResultFile = ".\barcode.png"
# Barcode type. See valid barcode types in the documentation https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api/1.0/barcode/generate.html
$BarcodeType = "Code128"
# Barcode value
$BarcodeValue = "qweasd123456"


$resultFileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($ResultFile)
$query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/generate"

# Prepare request body (will be auto-converted to JSON by Invoke-RestMethod)
# See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
$body = @{
    "name" = $resultFileName
    "type" = $BarcodeType
    "value" = $BarcodeValue
} | ConvertTo-Json

try {
    # 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 barcode image file
        $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url
        
        # Download the image file
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $resultFileUrl -OutFile $ResultFile

        Write-Host "Generated barcode saved to '$($ResultFile)' file."
    }
    else {
        # Display service reported error
        Write-Host $jsonResponse.message
    }
}
catch {
    # Display request error
    Write-Host $_.Exception
}

run.bat

      
@echo off

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\GenerateBarcode.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%

pause

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