PDF.co Web API – PDF Merging API – Python – Merge PDF Documents From Uploaded Files Asynchronously

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MergePDFDocumentsFromUploadedFileAsynchronously.py

      
""" Cloud API asynchronous "PDF To Text" job example.
    Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.
"""
import os
import requests # pip install requests
import time
import datetime

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

# Base URL for PDF.co Web API requests
BASE_URL = "https://api.pdf.co/v1"

# Source PDF files
SourceFile_1 = ".\\sample1.pdf"
SourceFile_2 = ".\\sample2.pdf"

# Destination PDF file name
DestinationFile = ".\\result.pdf"

# (!) Make asynchronous job
Async = True


def main(args = None):
    UploadedFileUrl_1 = uploadFile(SourceFile_1)
    UploadedFileUrl_2 = uploadFile(SourceFile_2)

    if (UploadedFileUrl_1 != None and UploadedFileUrl_2!= None):
        uploadedFileUrls = "{},{}".format(UploadedFileUrl_1, UploadedFileUrl_2)
        mergeFiles(uploadedFileUrls, DestinationFile)


def mergeFiles(uploadedFileUrls, destinationFile):
    """Perform Merge using PDF.co Web API"""

    # Prepare requests params as JSON
    # See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
    parameters = {}
    parameters["async"] = Async
    parameters["name"] = os.path.basename(destinationFile)
    parameters["url"] = uploadedFileUrls

    # Prepare URL for 'Merge PDF' API request
    url = "{}/pdf/merge".format(BASE_URL)

    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.post(url, data=parameters, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()

        if json["error"] == False:
            # Asynchronous job ID
            jobId = json["jobId"]
            #  URL of the result file
            resultFileUrl = json["url"]
            
            # Check the job status in a loop. 
            # If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code 
            # to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion.
            while True:
                status = checkJobStatus(jobId) # Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".
                
                # Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
                print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M.%S") + ": " + status)
                
                if status == "success":
                    # Download result file
                    r = requests.get(resultFileUrl, stream=True)
                    if (r.status_code == 200):
                        with open(destinationFile, 'wb') as file:
                            for chunk in r:
                                file.write(chunk)
                        print(f"Result file saved as \"{destinationFile}\" file.")
                    else:
                        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")
                    break
                elif status == "working":
                    # Pause for a few seconds
                    time.sleep(3)
                else:
                    print(status)
                    break
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")


def checkJobStatus(jobId):
    """Checks server job status"""

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/job/check?jobid={jobId}"
    
    response = requests.get(url, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()
        return json["status"]
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

    return None


def uploadFile(fileName):
    """Uploads file to the cloud"""
    
    # 1. RETRIEVE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD FILE.

    # Prepare URL for 'Get Presigned URL' API request
    url = "{}/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={}".format(
        BASE_URL, os.path.basename(fileName))
    
    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.get(url, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()
        
        if json["error"] == False:
            # URL to use for file upload
            uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"]
            # URL for future reference
            uploadedFileUrl = json["url"]

            # 2. UPLOAD FILE TO CLOUD.
            with open(fileName, 'rb') as file:
                requests.put(uploadUrl, data=file, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY, "content-type": "application/octet-stream" })

            return uploadedFileUrl
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])    
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

    return None


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
    

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