How to convert CSV to PDF from URL for CSV to PDF API in C# using PDF.co Web API
How to convert CSV to PDF from URL for CSV to PDF API in C#: How To Tutorial
Here you may find thousands pre-made source code pieces for easy implementation in your own programming projects. CSV to PDF API in C# can be implemented with PDF.co Web API. 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.
You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the code below and use it in your application. This C# sample code should be copied and pasted into your project. After doing this just compile your project and click Run. Use of PDF.co Web API in C# is also explained in the documentation included along with the product.
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ByteScoutWebApiExample.csproj
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ByteScoutWebApiExample.sln
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Program.cs
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; using Newtonsoft.Json; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample { class Program { // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api const String API_KEY = "***********************************"; // Direct URL of source CSV file. const string SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/csv-to-pdf/sample.csv"; // Destination PDF file const string DestinationFile = @".\result.pdf"; static void Main(string[] args) { // Create standard .NET web client instance WebClient webClient = new WebClient(); // Set API Key webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY); // Prepare requests params as JSON // See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co/#1-json-pdfconvertfromcsv Dictionary<string, string> parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>(); parameters.Add("url", SourceFileUrl); parameters.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile)); // Convert dictionary of params to JSON string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters); try { // URL of "CSV to PDF" endpoint string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/from/csv"; // Execute POST request with JSON payload string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload); // Parse JSON response JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Get URL of generated PDF file string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); // Download PDF file webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile); Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF file saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile); } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } catch (WebException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } webClient.Dispose(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); } } }
packages.config
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <packages> <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net40" /> </packages>
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