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PDF Text Search from Uploaded File - C#

PDF Search Text sample in C# demonstrating ‘PDF Text Search from Uploaded File’

Program.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
    class Program
    {
        // The authentication key (API Key).
        // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
        const String API_KEY = "*********************************";

        // Source PDF file
        const string SourceFile = @".\sample.pdf";

        // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
        const string Pages = "";

        // PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
        const string Password = "";

        // Search string. 
        const string SearchString = @"\d{1,}\.\d\d"; // Regular expression to find numbers like '100.00'
                                                     // Note: do not use `+` char in regex, but use `{1,}` instead.
                                                     // `+` char is valid for URL and will not be escaped, and it will become a space char on the server side.

        // Enable regular expressions (Regex) 
        const bool RegexSearch = true;


        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create standard .NET web client instance
            WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

            // Set API Key
            webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY);

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

            // Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call
            string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
                "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={0}",
                Path.GetFileName(SourceFile)));

            try
            {
                // Execute request
                string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);

                // Parse JSON response
                JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);

                if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
                {
                    // Get URL to use for the file upload
                    string uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"].ToString();
                    string uploadedFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();

                    // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.
                    webClient.Headers.Add("content-type", "application/octet-stream");
                    webClient.UploadFile(uploadUrl, "PUT", SourceFile); // You can use UploadData() instead if your file is byte[] or Stream

                    // 3. MAKE UPLOADED PDF FILE SEARCHABLE

                    // URL for `PDF Text Search` API call
                    // See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
                    string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/find";

                    // Prepare requests params as JSON
                    Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
                    parameters.Add("password", Password);
                    parameters.Add("pages", Pages);
                    parameters.Add("url", uploadedFileUrl);
                    parameters.Add("searchString", SearchString);
                    parameters.Add("regexSearch", RegexSearch);

                    // Convert dictionary of params to JSON
                    string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters);

                    // Execute POST request with JSON payload
                    response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload);

                    // Parse JSON response
                    json = JObject.Parse(response);

                    if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
                    {
                        foreach (JToken item in json["body"])
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine($"Found text \"{item["text"]}\" at coordinates {item["left"]}, {item["top"]}");
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
                }
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
            }

            webClient.Dispose();

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

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