PDF Text Search from URL - Java
PDF Search Text sample in Java demonstrating ‘PDF Text Search from URL’
Main.java
package com.company;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import okhttp3.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class Main
{
// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
final static String API_KEY = "***********************************";
// Direct URL of source PDF file.
// You can also upload your own file into PDF.co and use it as url. Check "Upload File" samples for code snippets: https://github.com/bytescout/pdf-co-api-samples/tree/master/File%20Upload/
final static String SourceFileURL = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-text/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
final static String Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
final static String Password = "";
// Search string.
final static 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)
final static boolean RegexSearch = true;
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
// Create HTTP client instance
OkHttpClient webClient = new OkHttpClient();
// Prepare URL for PDF text search API call.
// See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
String query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/find";
// Make correctly escaped (encoded) URL
URL url = null;
try
{
url = new URI(null, query, null).toURL();
}
catch (URISyntaxException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
// Create JSON payload
String jsonPayload = String.format("{\"password\": \"%s\", \"pages\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\", \"searchString\": \"%s\", \"regexSearch\": \"%s\"}",
Password,
Pages,
SourceFileURL,
SearchString,
RegexSearch);
// Prepare request body
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"), jsonPayload);
// Prepare request
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url(url)
.addHeader("x-api-key", API_KEY) // (!) Set API Key
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.post(body)
.build();
// Execute request
Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();
if (response.code() == 200)
{
// Parse JSON response
JsonObject json = new JsonParser().parse(response.body().string()).getAsJsonObject();
boolean error = json.get("error").getAsBoolean();
if (!error)
{
// Display found items in console
for (JsonElement element : json.get("body").getAsJsonArray())
{
JsonObject item = (JsonObject) element;
System.out.println("Found text " + item.get("text") + " at coordinates " + item.get("left") + ", "+ item.get("top"));
}
}
else
{
// Display service reported error
System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
}
}
else
{
// Display request error
System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
}
}
}
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