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Parse From Url - Powershell

Document Parser sample in Powershell demonstrating ‘Parse From Url’

MultiPageTable-template1.yml
templateName: Multipage Table Test
templateVersion: 4
templatePriority: 0
detectionRules:
  keywords:
  - Sample document with multi-page table
objects:
- name: total
  objectType: field
  fieldProperties:
    fieldType: macros
    expression: TOTAL{{Spaces}}({{Number}})
    regex: true
    dataType: decimal
- name: table1
  objectType: table
  tableProperties:
    start:
      expression: Item{{Spaces}}Description{{Spaces}}Price
      regex: true
    end:
      expression: TOTAL{{Spaces}}{{Number}}
      regex: true
    row:
      expression: '{{LineStart}}{{Spaces}}(?<itemNo>{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<description>{{SentenceWithSingleSpaces}}){{Spaces}}(?<price>{{Number}}){{Spaces}}(?<qty>{{Digits}}){{Spaces}}(?<extPrice>{{Number}})'
      regex: true
    columns:
    - name: itemNo
      dataType: integer
    - name: description
      dataType: string
    - name: price
      dataType: decimal
    - name: qty
      dataType: integer
    - name: extPrice
      dataType: decimal
    multipage: true


ParseFromUrl.ps1
# The authentication key (API Key).
# Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
$API_KEY = "***********************************"

# Source PDF file url
$SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/document-parser/MultiPageTable.pdf"

# Destination JSON file name
$DestinationFile = ".\result.json"


try {
    # Parse url
    // Template text. Use Document Parser (https://pdf.co/document-parser, https://app.pdf.co/document-parser)
    # to create templates.
    # Read template from file:
    $templateContent = [IO.File]::ReadAllText(".\MultiPageTable-template1.yml")

    # Prepare URL for `Document Parser` API call
    $query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/documentparser"

    # Content
    $Body = @{
        "url" = $SourceFileUrl;
        "template" = $templateContent;
    }
    
    # Execute request
    $jsonResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Method 'Post' -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -Uri $query -Body ($Body|ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json"
    if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) {
        # Get URL of generated HTML file
        $resultFileUrl = $jsonResponse.url;
        
        # Download output file
        Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY } -OutFile $DestinationFile -Uri $resultFileUrl
        Write-Host "Generated output file saved as `"$($DestinationFile)`" file."
    }
    else {
        # Display service reported error
        Write-Host $jsonResponse.message
    }
}
catch {
    # Display request error
    Write-Host $_.Exception
}

run.bat
@echo off

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "& .\ParseFromUrl.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%

pause

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