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Split PDF By Barcode From Uploaded File - Java

PDF Split sample in Java demonstrating ‘Split PDF By Barcode From Uploaded File’

Main.java
package com.company;

import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import okhttp3.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main
{
    // The authentication key (API Key).
    // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
    final static String API_KEY = "***********************************";

    // Source PDF file to split
    final static Path SourceFile = Paths.get(".\\sample.pdf");

    // Split by qr code or datamatrix with value search with regex
    final static String SplitText = "[[barcode:qrcode,datamatrix /bytescout\\.com/]]";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        // Create HTTP client instance
        OkHttpClient webClient = new OkHttpClient();

        // 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 = String.format(
                "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=%s",
                SourceFile.getFileName());

        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(query)
                .addHeader("x-api-key", API_KEY) // (!) Set API Key
                .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)
            {
                // Get URL to use for the file upload
                String uploadUrl = json.get("presignedUrl").getAsString();
                // Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls
                String uploadedFileUrl = json.get("url").getAsString();

                // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.

                if (uploadFile(webClient, API_KEY, uploadUrl, SourceFile))
                {
                    // 3. SPLIT UPLOADED PDF

                    SplitPdf(webClient, API_KEY, SplitText, uploadedFileUrl);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
        }
    }

    public static void SplitPdf(OkHttpClient webClient, String apiKey, String splitText, String uploadedFileUrl) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare URL for `Split PDF By Barcode` API call
        String query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split2";

        // 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("{\"searchString\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\"}",
                splitText,
                uploadedFileUrl);

        // 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)
            {
                // Download generated PDF files
                JsonArray urls = json.get("urls").getAsJsonArray();

                int part = 1;
                for (JsonElement element: urls)
                {
                    String resultFileUrl = element.getAsString();
                    String localFileName = String.format(".\\part%s.pdf", part);

                    downloadFile(webClient, resultFileUrl, Paths.get(localFileName).toFile());

                    System.out.println(String.format("Splitted part saved as \"%s\".", localFileName));
                    part++;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
        }
    }

    public static boolean uploadFile(OkHttpClient webClient, String apiKey, String url, Path sourceFile) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare request body
        RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/octet-stream"), sourceFile.toFile());

        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(url)
                .addHeader("x-api-key", apiKey) // (!) Set API Key
                .addHeader("content-type", "application/octet-stream")
                .put(body)
                .build();

        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        return (response.code() == 200);
    }

    public static void downloadFile(OkHttpClient webClient, String url, File destinationFile) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(url)
                .build();
        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        byte[] fileBytes = response.body().bytes();

        // Save downloaded bytes to file
        OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(destinationFile);
        output.write(fileBytes);
        output.flush();
        output.close();

        response.close();
    }
}

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