PDF Text Search from URL (Node js) - JavaScript
PDF Search Text sample in JavaScript demonstrating ‘PDF Text Search from URL (Node js)’
app.js
// `request` module is required for file upload.
// Use "npm install request" command to install.
var request = require("request");
// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
const 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/
const 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-'.
const Pages = "";
// PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
const Password = "";
// Search string.
const SearchString = '[4-9][0-9].[0-9][0-9]'; // Regular expression to find numbers in format dd.dd and between 40.00 to 99.99
// Enable regular expressions (Regex)
const RegexSearch = 'True';
// Prepare URL for PDF text search API call.
// See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
var query = `https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/find`;
let reqOptions = {
uri: query,
headers: { "x-api-key": API_KEY },
formData: {
password: Password,
pages: Pages,
url: SourceFileUrl,
searchString: SearchString,
regexSearch: RegexSearch
}
};
// Send request
request.post(reqOptions, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) {
return console.error("Error: ", error);
}
// Parse JSON response
let data = JSON.parse(body);
for (let index = 0; index < data.body.length; index++) {
const element = data.body[index];
console.log("Found text " + element["text"] + " at coordinates " + element["left"] + ", " + element["top"]);
}
});
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