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ByteScoutWebApiExample.sln

      

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ByteScoutWebApiExample.vbproj

      
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Module1.vb

      
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq

Module Module1

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

	' Source PDF file
	const SourceFile as String = ".\sample.pdf"
	' Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
	const Pages as String = ""
	' PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
	const Password As String = ""
	' Destination HTML file name
	const DestinationFile as String = ".\result.html"
	' Set to `true` to get simplified HTML without CSS. Default is the rich HTML keeping the document design.
	const PlainHtml as Boolean = False
	' Set to `true` if your document has the column layout like a newspaper.
	const ColumnLayout as Boolean = False

	Sub Main()

		' Create standard .NET web client instance
		Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()

		' Set API Key
		webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY)

		' 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE.
		' * If you already have the direct file URL, skip to the step 3.

		' Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call
		Dim query As string = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
			"https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={0}", 
			Path.GetFileName(SourceFile)))

		Try
			' Execute request
			Dim response As string = webClient.DownloadString(query)

			' Parse JSON response
			Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)

			If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then
				' Get URL to use for the file upload
				Dim uploadUrl As string = json("presignedUrl").ToString()
				' Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls
				Dim uploadedFileUrl As string = json("url").ToString()

				' 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.

				webClient.Headers.Add("content-type", "application/octet-stream")
				webClient.UploadFile(uploadUrl, "PUT", SourceFile) ' You can use UploadData() instead if your file is byte array or Stream

				' Set JSON content type
				webClient.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

				' 3. CONVERT UPLOADED PDF FILE TO HTML

				' Prepare URL for `PDF To HTML` API call
				Dim url As String = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/html"

				' Prepare requests params as JSON
				' See documentation: https : //apidocs.pdf.co
				Dim parameters As New Dictionary(Of String, Object)
				parameters.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile))
				parameters.Add("password", Password)
				parameters.Add("pages", Pages)
				parameters.Add("simple", PlainHtml)
				parameters.Add("columns", ColumnLayout)
				parameters.Add("url", uploadedFileUrl)

				' Convert dictionary of params to JSON
				Dim jsonPayload As String = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters)

				' Execute POST request with JSON payload
				response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload)
				
				' Parse JSON response
				json = JObject.Parse(response)

				If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then
				
					' Get URL of generated HTML file
					Dim resultFileUrl As string = json("url").ToString()

					' Download HTML file
					webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile)

					Console.WriteLine("Generated HTML file saved as ""{0}"" file.", DestinationFile)

				Else 
					Console.WriteLine(json("message").ToString())
				End If

			End If
			
		Catch ex As WebException
			Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
		End Try

		webClient.Dispose()


		Console.WriteLine()
		Console.WriteLine("Press any key...")
		Console.ReadKey()

	End Sub

End Module

    

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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