How to Split PDF Pages with Barcode using PDF.co and Zapier

Setup

Create a Zap and link Google Drive:

Let’s set up the trigger.

• In the Drive field, select My Google Drive.
• In the Folder field, choose the specific folder where your file is located. ( note the barcode file cited in the introduction should be uploaded here)
• Test the trigger and check we have the PDF file as a result in the data:

Add PDF.co App

• Let’s add another app and select PDF.co. Then, choose the Custom API Call. This tool will make a custom call to PDF.co API.

Setup the action

Let’s set up the action.

• For the PDF.co API Endpoint field, click on Custom and add v1/pdf/split2 as endpoint path.
• For the URL input parameter override field, select the Web Content Link from Google Drive.
• Under the Input JSON, add your JSON code as input parameters. For the JSON code sample please use the following:

{
    "searchString": "[[barcode:qrcode,datamatrix /bytescout\\.com/]]",
    "excludeKeyPages": true,
    "regexSearch": false,
    "caseSensitive": false,
    "inline": true,
    "name": "output-split-by-barcode",
    "async": false
}

Test & Check

• After setting up, click on the test and review buttons to test the action.

• Once the test is successful, copy the URLs and paste them into your browser to view the output.

You should receive 10 URLs to 10 PDF files split by barcode in the data set.