PDF.co Web API - Document Parser API - Java - Parse Multipage Table

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How to parse multipage table for document parser API in Java and PDF.co Web API

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ByteScoutWebApiExample.iml

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
    <exclude-output />
    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR{code}quot;>
      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
    </content>
    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
    <orderEntry type="library" name="com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.1" level="project" />
    <orderEntry type="library" name="com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.8.1" level="project" />
  </component>
</module>

MultiPageTable-template1.yml

      ---
# Template that demonstrates parsing of multi-page table using only 
# macro expressions for the table start, end, and rows.
# If macro expression cannot be written for every table row (for example, 
# if the table contains empty cells), try the second method demonstrated 
# in `MultiPageTable-template2.yml` template.
templateVersion: 3
templatePriority: 0
sourceId: Multipage Table Test
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Sample document with multi-page table
fields:
  total:
    expression: 'TOTAL{{Spaces}}({{Number}})'
    dataType: decimal
tables:
- name: table1
  start:
    # macro expression to find the table start in document
    expression: 'Item{{Spaces}}Description{{Spaces}}Price'
  end:
    # macro expression to find the table end in document
    expression: 'TOTAL{{Spaces}}{{Number}}'
  row:
    # macro expression to find table rows
    expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}(?<itemNo>{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<description>{{SentenceWithSingleSpaces}}){{Spaces}}(?<price>{{Number}}){{Spaces}}(?<qty>{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<extPrice>{{Number}})'
  # output data types for columns
  columns: 
  - name: itemNo
    type: integer
  - name: description
    type: string
  - name: price
    type: decimal
  - name: qty
    type: integer
  - name: extPrice
    type: decimal
  multipage: true

MultiPageTable-template2.yml

      ---
# Template that demonstrates parsing of multi-page table without using 
# macro expression for table rows. Rows and cells are extracted automatically 
# by specified column coordinates. Use `Template Editor` app to find the coordinates 
# (coordinates of the mouse cursor are displayed in the toolbar).
templateVersion: 3
templatePriority: 0
sourceId: Multipage Table Test
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Sample document with multi-page table
fields:
  total:
    type: regex
    expression: 'TOTAL{{Spaces}}({{Number}})'
    dataType: decimal
tables:
- name: table1
  # coordinate OR macro expression to find the table start on each document page
  start:
    #y: 136
    expression: 'Item{{Spaces}}Description{{Spaces}}Price'
  # coordinate OR macro expression to find the table end on each document page
  end:
    #y: 787
    expression: (Page {{Digits}} of {{Digits}})|(TOTAL{{Spaces}}{{Number}})
  # left coordinate of the table (optional)
  left: 51
  # right coordinate of the table (optional)
  right: 528
  # column names, output data types and coordinates (left column edge)
  columns: 
  - name: itemNo
    x: 51
    type: integer
  - name: description
    x: 102
    type: string
  - name: price
    x: 324
    type: decimal
  - name: qty
    x: 396
    type: integer
  - name: extPrice
    x: 441
    type: decimal
  multipage: true