Get PDF Info From Uploaded File - PHP
PDF Info Reader sample in PHP demonstrating ‘Get PDF Info From Uploaded File’
get-pdf-info.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>PDF Information 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
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url" .
"?name=" . urlencode($_FILES["file"]["name"]) .
"&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["file"]["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 ($status_code == 200)
{
// 3. GET INFORMATION ABOUT UPLOADED PDF DOCUMENT
ExtractInfo($apiKey, $uploadedFileUrl);
}
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($curl);
}
function ExtractInfo($apiKey, $uploadedFileUrl)
{
// Create URL
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/info";
// Prepare requests params
$parameters = array();
$parameters["url"] = $uploadedFileUrl;
// 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)
{
$documentInfo = $json["info"];
// Display the document info
echo "<div><h2>Document Info:</h2><p>";
foreach ($documentInfo as $key => $value)
{
if(is_array($value)){
echo $key . ' = ' . json_encode($value) . '<br/>';
}
else{
echo $key . ' = ' . $value . '<br/>';
}
}
echo "</p></div>";
}
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);
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>
sample.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>PDF Information Cloud API Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="get-pdf-info.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)</label>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="8000000"/>
<input type="file" name="file"/>
</p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Proceed" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
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