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Parse Simple Document - PHP

Document Parser sample in PHP demonstrating ‘Parse Simple Document’

AmazonAWS.yml
templateName: Amazon Web Services Invoice
templateVersion: 4
templatePriority: 0
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Amazon Web Services
  - ATTN
  - Invoice
objects:
- name: total
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: TOTAL AMOUNT DUE ON{{Anything}}{{Dollar}}({{Number}})
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: subTotal
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}Charges{{Spaces}}{{Dollar}}({{Number}})'
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: dateIssued
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: Invoice Date:{{Spaces}}({{Anything}}){{LineEnd}}
    regex: true
    dataType: date
    dateFormat: MMMM d , yyyy
- name: invoiceId
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: Invoice Number:{{Spaces}}({{Digits}})
    regex: true
- name: companyName
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: Amazon Web Services, Inc.
    regex: true
- name: companyWebsite
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: aws.amazon.com
    regex: true
- name: billTo
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: rectangle
    expression: Bill to Address:{{ToggleSingleLineMode}}({{AnythingGreedy}})
    regex: true
    rectangle:
    - 33
    - 115.5
    - 213.75
    - 72.75
    pageIndex: 0
- name: currency
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: USD
    regex: true
- name: table1
  objectType: table
  tableProperties:
    start:
      expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}Detail{{LineEnd}}'
      regex: true
    end:
      expression: '{{EndOfPage}}'
      regex: true
    row:
      expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}(?<description>{{SentenceWithSingleSpaces}}){{Spaces}}{{Dollar}}(?<unitPrice>{{Number}}){{LineEnd}}'
      regex: true
    columns:
    - name: unitPrice
      dataType: decimal


DigitalOcean.yml
templateName: DigitalOcean Invoice
templateVersion: 4
templatePriority: 0
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - DigitalOcean
  - 101 Avenue of the Americas
  - Invoice Number
objects:
- name: companyName
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: DigitalOcean
    regex: true
- name: invoiceId
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: 'Invoice Number: ({{Digits}})'
    regex: true
- name: dateIssued
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: 'Date Issued: ({{SmartDate}})'
    regex: true
    dataType: date
    dateFormat: auto-mdy
- name: total
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: 'Total: {{Dollar}}({{Number}})'
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: currency
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: USD
    regex: true
- name: table1
  objectType: table
  tableProperties:
    start:
      expression: Description{{Spaces}}Hours
      regex: true
    end:
      expression: 'Total:'
      regex: true
    row:
      expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}(?<description>{{SentenceWithSingleSpaces}}){{Spaces}}(?<hours>{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<start>{{2Digits}}{{Minus}}{{2Digits}}{{Space}}{{2Digits}}{{Colon}}{{2Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<end>{{2Digits}}{{Minus}}{{2Digits}}{{Space}}{{2Digits}}{{Colon}}{{2Digits}}){{Spaces}}{{Dollar}}(?<unitPrice>{{Number}})'
      regex: true
    columns:
    - name: hours
      dataType: integer
    - name: unitPrice
      dataType: decimal


Google.yml
templateName: Google Invoice
templateVersion: 4
templatePriority: 0
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Google
  - 77-0493581
  - Invoice
objects:
- name: invoiceId
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: Invoice number:{{Spaces}}({{Digits}})
    regex: true
- name: dateIssued
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: Issue date:{{Spaces}}({{SmartDate}})
    regex: true
    dataType: date
    dateFormat: MMM d, yyyy
- name: total
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: Amount due in USD:{{Spaces}}{{Number}}
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: subTotal
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: Subtotal in USD:{{Spaces}}{{Number}}
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: taxRate
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: State sales tax {{OpeningParenthesis}}{{Digits}}{{Percent}}{{ClosingParenthesis}}
    regex: true
    dataType: integer
- name: tax
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: State sales tax{{Anything}}{{Number}}{{LineEnd}}
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: companyName
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: Google LLC
    regex: true
- name: billTo
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: rectangle
    regex: true
    rectangle:
    - 0
    - 152
    - 280
    - 72
    pageIndex: 0
- name: billingId
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    expression: Billing ID:{{Spaces}}({{DigitsOrSymbols}})
    regex: true
- name: currency
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: static
    expression: USD
    regex: true
- name: table1
  objectType: table
  tableProperties:
    start:
      expression: Description{{Spaces}}Interval{{Spaces}}Quantity{{Spaces}}Amount
      regex: true
    end:
      expression: Subtotal in USD
      regex: true
    row:
      expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}(?<description>{{SentenceWithSingleSpaces}}){{Spaces}}(?<interval>{{3Letters}}{{Space}}{{Digits}}{{Space}}{{Minus}}{{Space}}{{3Letters}}{{Space}}{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<quantity>{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<amount>{{Number}})'
      regex: true
    columns:
    - name: quantity
      dataType: integer
    - name: amount
      dataType: decimal


program.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Document Parser API Example</title>
</head>

<body>

    <form name="form1" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="program.php">
        <p>
            <label>Authentication key (API Key). Get your own by registering at <a href="https://apidocs.pdf.co">https://apidocs.pdf.co</a>.</label>
            <br/>
            <input type="text" name="apiKey" placeholder="API Key"/>
        </p>
        <p>
            <label>Input File (*.pdf, *.jpg, *.png, *.tif, *.gif, *.bmp)</label>
            </br>
            <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="8000000"/>
            <input type="file" name="fileInput"/>
        </p>
        <p>
            <label>Input Template (*.yml)</label>
            </br>
            <input type="file" name="fileTemplate"/>
        </p>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Proceed" />
    </form>

</body>
</html>
program.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Document Parse Results</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php 


// Get submitted form data
$apiKey = $_POST["apiKey"]; // The authentication key (API Key). Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co


// 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE.
// * If you already have the direct PDF file link, go to the step 3.

// Create URL
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url" . 
    "?contenttype=application/octet-stream";
    
// Create request
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// Execute request
$result = curl_exec($curl);

if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
{
    $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    
    if ($status_code == 200)
    {
        $json = json_decode($result, true);
        
        // Get URL to use for the file upload
        $uploadFileUrl = $json["presignedUrl"];
        // Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls
        $uploadedFileUrl = $json["url"];
        
        // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.
        
        $localFile = $_FILES["fileInput"]["tmp_name"];
        $fileHandle = fopen($localFile, "r");
        
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $uploadFileUrl);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("content-type: application/octet-stream"));
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fileHandle);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, filesize($localFile));

        // Execute request
        curl_exec($curl);
        
        fclose($fileHandle);
        
        if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
        {
            $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
            
            if ($status_code == 200)
            {
                // Read all template texts
                $templateText = file_get_contents($_FILES["fileTemplate"]["tmp_name"]);

                // 3. PARSE UPLOADED PDF DOCUMENT
                ParseDocument($apiKey, $uploadedFileUrl, $templateText);
            }
            else
            {
                // Display request error
                echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
                echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display CURL error
            echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display service reported error
        echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
        echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
    }
    
    curl_close($curl);
}
else
{
    // Display CURL error
    echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}

function ParseDocument($apiKey, $uploadedFileUrl, $templateText) 
{
    // (!) Make asynchronous job
    $async = TRUE;

    // Prepare URL for Document parser API call.
    // See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co/?#1-pdfdocumentparser
    $url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/documentparser";

    // Prepare requests params
    $parameters = array();
    $parameters["url"] = $uploadedFileUrl;
    $parameters["template"] = $templateText;
    $parameters["async"] = $async;

    // Create Json payload
    $data = json_encode($parameters);

    // Create request
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

    // Execute request
    $result = curl_exec($curl);
    echo $result . "<br/>";

    if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
    {
        $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        
        if ($status_code == 200)
        {
            $json = json_decode($result, true);
        
            if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false)
            {
                // URL of generated JSON file that will available after the job completion
                $resultFileUrl = $json["url"];
                // Asynchronous job ID
                $jobId = $json["jobId"];
                
                // Check the job status in a loop
                do
                {
                    $status = CheckJobStatus($jobId, $apiKey); // Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".
                    
                    // Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
                    echo "<p>" . date(DATE_RFC2822) . ": " . $status . "</p>";
                    
                    if ($status == "success")
                    {
                        // Display link to JSON file with information about parsed fields
                        echo "<div><h2>Parsing Result:</h2><a href='" . $resultFileUrl . "' target='_blank'>" . $resultFileUrl . "</a></div>";
                        break;
                    }
                    else if ($status == "working")
                    {
                        // Pause for a few seconds
                        sleep(3);
                    }
                    else 
                    {
                        echo $status . "<br/>";
                        break;
                    }
                }
                while (true);
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>"; 
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
            echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display CURL error
        echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
    }
}

function CheckJobStatus($jobId, $apiKey)
{
    $status = null;
    
	// Create URL
    $url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/job/check";
    
    // Prepare requests params
    $parameters = array();
    $parameters["jobid"] = $jobId;

    // Create Json payload
    $data = json_encode($parameters);

    // Create request
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
    
    // Execute request
    $result = curl_exec($curl);
    
    if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
    {
        $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        
        if ($status_code == 200)
        {
            $json = json_decode($result, true);
        
            if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false)
            {
                $status = $json["status"];
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>"; 
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
            echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display CURL error
        echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
    }
    
    // Cleanup
    curl_close($curl);
    
    return $status;
}

?>

</body>
</html>

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