How to Convert PDF to Text in jQuery for PDF to Text API in JavaScript and PDF.co Web API

Step-By-Step Tutorial: How to Convert PDF to Text in jQuery for PDF to Text API in JavaScript

On this page you will learn from code samples for programming in JavaScript. PDF to text API in JavaScript can be implemented with PDF.co Web API. PDF.co Web API is the Web API with a set of tools for document manipulation, data conversion, data extraction, splitting, and merging of documents. Includes image recognition, built-in OCR, barcode generation, and barcode decoders to decode bar codes from scans, pictures, and PDFs.

JavaScript code snippet like this for PDF.co Web API works best when you need to quickly implement PDF to text API in your JavaScript application. Open your JavaScript project and simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

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converter.js

      
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#resultBlock").hide();
    $("#errorBlock").hide();
    $("#result").attr("href", '').html('');
});
 
$(document).on("click", "#submit", function () {
    $("#resultBlock").hide();
    $("#errorBlock").hide();
    $("#inlineOutput").text(''); // inline output div
    $("#status").text(''); // status div
 
    var apiKey = $("#apiKey").val().trim(); //Get your API key at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api
 
    var formData = $("#form input[type=file]")[0].files[0]; // file to upload
    var toType = $("#convertType").val(); // output type
    var isInline = $("#outputType").val() == "inline"; // if we need output as inline content or link to output file

    $("#status").html('Requesting presigned url for upload... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

    $.ajax({
        url: 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?name=test.pdf&contenttype=application/pdf&encrypt=true',
        type: 'GET',
        headers: {'x-api-key': apiKey}, // passing our api key
        success: function (result) {    

            if (result['error'] === false) {
                var presignedUrl = result['presignedUrl']; // reading provided presigned url to put our content into
                var accessUrl = result['url']; // reading output url that will indicate uploaded file

                $("#status").html('Uploading... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

                $.ajax({
                    url: presignedUrl, // no api key is required to upload file
                    type: 'PUT',
                    headers: {'content-type': 'application/pdf'}, // setting to pdf type as we are uploading pdf file
                    data: formData,
                    processData: false,
                    success: function (result) {                               
                        
                        $("#status").html('Processing... &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ajax-loader.gif" />');

                        $.ajax({
                            url: 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/'+toType+'?url='+ presignedUrl + '&encrypt=true&inline=' + isInline,
                            type: 'POST',
                            headers: {'x-api-key': apiKey},
                            success: function (result) { 

                                $("#status").text('done converting.');

                                // console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
                                
                                $("#resultBlock").show();

                                if (isInline)
                                {                                    
                                    $("#inlineOutput").text(result['body']);
                                }
                                else {
                                    $("#result").attr("href", result['url']).html(result['url']);
                                }
                                
                            }
                        });
                

                    },
                    error: function () {
                        $("#status").text('error');
                    }
                  });                
        

                }
            }
        });
});

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