How to read barcode from URL (node for barcode reader API in JavaScript using PDF.co Web API
PDF.co Web API: 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.
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app.js
var https = require("https"); // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api const API_KEY = "***********************************"; // Direct URL of source file to search barcodes in. const SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf"; // Comma-separated list of barcode types to search. // See valid barcode types in the documentation https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api/1.0/barcode/read_from_url.html const BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13"; // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. const Pages = ""; // Prepare request to `Barcode Reader` API endpoint var queryPath = `/v1/barcode/read/from/url`; // JSON payload for api request var jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({ types: BarcodeTypes, pages: Pages, url: SourceFileUrl }); var reqOptions = { host: "api.pdf.co", method: "POST", path: 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) { // Display found barcodes in console data.barcodes.forEach((element) => { console.log("Found barcode:"); console.log(" Type: " + element.TypeName); console.log(" Value: " + element.Value); console.log(" Document Page Index: " + element.Page); console.log(" Rectangle: " + element.Rect); console.log(" Confidence: " + element.Confidence); console.log(""); }, this); } 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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