PDF to CSV API in PowerShell and PDF.co Web API
Learn to code in PowerShell to make PDF to CSV API with this simple How-To tutorial
This page explains the steps and algorithm of implementing PDF to CSV API and how to make it work in your application. PDF.co Web API was made to help with PDF to CSV 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.
The below SDK samples describe how to quickly make your application do PDF to CSV API in PowerShell with the help of PDF.co Web API. Follow the steps-by-step instructions from the scratch to work and copy and paste code for PowerShell into your editor. These PowerShell sample examples can be used in one or many applications.
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ConvertPdfToCsvFromUploadedFile.ps1
# The authentication key (API Key). # Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api $API_KEY = "********************************" # Source PDF file $SourceFile = ".\sample-rotated.pdf" # Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'. $Pages = "" # PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents. $Password = "" # Destination CSV file name $DestinationFile = ".\result.csv" # Some of advanced options available through profiles: # (JSON can be single/double-quoted and contain comments.) # { # "profiles": [ # { # "profile1": { # "CSVSeparatorSymbol": ",", // Separator symbol. # "CSVQuotaionSymbol": "\"", // Quotation symbol. # "ExtractInvisibleText": true, // Invisible text extraction. Values: true / false # "ExtractShadowLikeText": true, // Shadow-like text extraction. Values: true / false # "LineGroupingMode": "None", // Values: "None", "GroupByRows", "GroupByColumns", "JoinOrphanedRows" # "ColumnDetectionMode": "ContentGroupsAndBorders", // Values: "ContentGroupsAndBorders", "ContentGroups", "Borders", "BorderedTables" # "Unwrap": false, // Unwrap grouped text in table cells. Values: true / false # "ShrinkMultipleSpaces": false, // Shrink multiple spaces in table cells that affect column detection. Values: true / false # "DetectNewColumnBySpacesRatio": 1, // Spacing ratio that affects column detection. # "CustomExtractionColumns": [ 0, 50, 150, 200, 250, 300 ], // Explicitly specify columns coordinates for table extraction. # "CheckPermissions": true, // Ignore document permissions. Values: true / false # } # } # ] # } # Sample profile that sets advanced conversion options # Advanced options are properties of CSVExtractor class from ByteScout PDF Extractor SDK used in the back-end: # https://cdn.bytescout.com/help/BytescoutPDFExtractorSDK/html/87ce5fa6-3143-167d-abbd-bc7b5e160fe5.htm # Valid RotationAngle values: # 0 - no rotation # 1 - 90 degrees # 2 - 180 degrees # 3 - 270 degrees $Profiles = '{ "profiles": [{ "profile1": { "RotationAngle": 1 } } ] }' # 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE. # * If you already have a direct file URL, skip to the step 3. # Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=" + ` [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($SourceFile) $query = [System.Uri]::EscapeUriString($query) try { # Execute request $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method Get -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -Uri $query if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) { # Get URL to use for the file upload $uploadUrl = $jsonResponse.presignedUrl # Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls $uploadedFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url # 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD. $r = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Put -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY; "content-type" = "application/octet-stream" } -InFile $SourceFile -Uri $uploadUrl if ($r.StatusCode -eq 200) { # 3. CONVERT UPLOADED PDF FILE TO CSV # Prepare URL for `PDF To CSV` API call $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/csv" # Prepare request body (will be auto-converted to JSON by Invoke-RestMethod) # See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co $body = @{ "name" = $(Split-Path $DestinationFile -Leaf) "password" = $Password "pages" = $Pages "url" = $uploadedFileUrl "profiles" = $Profiles } | ConvertTo-Json # 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 CSV file $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url; # Download CSV file Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl Write-Host "Generated CSV file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file." } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } else { # Display request error status Write-Host $r.StatusCode + " " + $r.StatusDescription } } else { # Display service reported error Write-Host $jsonResponse.message } } catch { # Display request error Write-Host $_.Exception }
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@echo off powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\ConvertPdfToCsvFromUploadedFile.ps1" echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel% pause
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