Convert Web Page To PDF From Link - C#
PDF from URL (URL to PDF) sample in C# demonstrating ‘Convert Web Page To PDF From Link’
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 = "***********************************";
// URL of web page to convert to PDF document.
const string SourceUrl = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page";
// Destination PDF file name
const string DestinationFile = @".\result.pdf";
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);
// URL for `Web Page to PDF` API call
string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/from/url";
// Prepare requests params as JSON
Dictionary<string, object> requestBody = new Dictionary<string, object>();
requestBody.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile));
requestBody.Add("url", SourceUrl);
// Convert dictionary of params to JSON
string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(requestBody);
try
{
// Execute POST request
var response = webClient.UploadString(url, "POST", jsonPayload);
// Parse JSON response
JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);
if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
{
// Get URL of generated PDF file
string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();
// Download PDF file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile);
Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF document saved as \"{0}\" file.", DestinationFile);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
}
webClient.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
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