PDF Text Search from URL - PowerShell
PDF Search Text sample in PowerShell demonstrating ‘PDF Text Search from URL’
GetPdfTextSearchFromUrl.ps1
# The authentication key (API Key).
# Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
$API_KEY = "***********************************"
# Direct URL of PDF file to get information
$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-'.
$Pages = ""
# PDF document password. Leave empty for unprotected documents.
$Password = ""
# Search string.
$SearchString = '\d{1,}\.\d\d' #Regular expression to find numbers like '100.00'
# Enable regular expressions (Regex)
$RegexSearch = 'True'
# Prepare URL for PDF text search API call.
# See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
$query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/find"
# Prepare request body (will be auto-converted to JSON by Invoke-RestMethod)
# See documentation: https://apidocs.pdf.co
$body = @{
"password" = $Password
"pages" = $Pages
"url" = $SourceFileURL
"searchString" = $SearchString
"regexSearch" = $RegexSearch
} | ConvertTo-Json
try {
# Execute request
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Method Post -Headers @{ "x-api-key" = $API_KEY; "Content-Type" = "application/json" } -Body $body -Uri $query
$jsonResponse = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
if ($jsonResponse.error -eq $false) {
# Display search information
foreach ($item in $jsonResponse.body) {
Write-Host "Found text $($item.text) at coordinates $($item.left), $($item.top)"
}
}
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 "& .\GetPdfTextSearchFromUrl.ps1"
echo Script finished with errorlevel=%errorlevel%
pause
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