Split PDF By Text From Uploaded File Asynchronously - PHP
PDF Split sample in PHP demonstrating ‘Split PDF By Text From Uploaded File Asynchronously’
sample.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>PDF Splitting Cloud API Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form1" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="split-pdf-async.php">
<p>
<label>Authentication key (API Key). Get your own by registering at <a href="https://apidocs.pdf.co">https://apidocs.pdf.co</a>.</label>
<br/>
<input type="text" name="apiKey" placeholder="API Key"/>
</p>
<p>
<label>Input File (*.pdf)</label>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="8000000"/>
<input type="file" name="file"/>
</p>
<p>
<label>Split Search Text</label>
<input type="text" name="splitText" value="invoice number">
</p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Proceed" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
split-pdf-async.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>PDF Splitting Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// Get submitted form data
$apiKey = $_POST["apiKey"];
$splitText = $_POST["splitText"];
// Step 1: Retrieve the presigned URL to upload the file
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url" .
"?name=" . urlencode($_FILES["file"]["name"]) .
"&contenttype=application/octet-stream";
// Create CURL request
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
if (curl_errno($curl) == 0) {
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200) {
$json = json_decode($result, true);
$uploadFileUrl = $json["presignedUrl"];
$accessFileUrl = $json["url"];
// Step 2: Upload the file to the cloud
$localFile = $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
$fileHandle = fopen($localFile, "r");
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $uploadFileUrl);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("content-type: application/octet-stream"));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fileHandle);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, filesize($localFile));
curl_exec($curl);
fclose($fileHandle);
if (curl_errno($curl)) {
echo "Error uploading file: " . curl_error($curl);
} else {
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200) {
// Step 3: Split the PDF asynchronously
SplitPdf($apiKey, $accessFileUrl, $splitText);
} else {
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>Error uploading file: " . $result . "</p>";
}
}
} else {
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>Error retrieving presigned URL: " . $result . "</p>";
}
curl_close($curl);
} else {
echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}
function SplitPdf($apiKey, $fileUrl, $splitText) {
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split2";
$parameters = array(
"name" => "split.pdf",
"url" => $fileUrl,
"searchString" => $splitText,
"async" => true // Asynchronous mode
);
$data = json_encode($parameters);
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
if (curl_errno($curl) == 0) {
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200) {
$json = json_decode($result, true);
if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false) {
$jobId = $json["jobId"];
CheckJobStatus($jobId, $apiKey);
} else {
echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>";
}
} else {
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>Error splitting PDF: " . $result . "</p>";
}
} else {
echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}
curl_close($curl);
}
function CheckJobStatus($jobId, $apiKey) {
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/job/check";
do {
$parameters = array("jobid" => $jobId);
$data = json_encode($parameters);
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
if (curl_errno($curl) == 0) {
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200) {
$json = json_decode($result, true);
if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false) {
$status = $json["status"];
if ($status == "success") {
// Handle JSON file with URLs
$resultFileUrl = $json["url"]; // This is the JSON file containing URLs
$jsonFileContents = file_get_contents($resultFileUrl);
if ($jsonFileContents) {
$splitFiles = json_decode($jsonFileContents, true);
echo "<h3>Split PDF Results:</h3>";
if (is_array($splitFiles)) {
foreach ($splitFiles as $index => $pdfUrl) {
echo "<p>Part " . ($index + 1) . ": <a href='" . htmlspecialchars($pdfUrl) . "' target='_blank'>" . htmlspecialchars($pdfUrl) . "</a></p>";
}
} else {
echo "<p>Error: Invalid JSON structure in the result file.</p>";
}
} else {
echo "<p>Error: Unable to fetch the result JSON file.</p>";
}
break;
} elseif ($status == "working") {
sleep(3); // Wait and retry
} else {
echo "<p>Job status: " . htmlspecialchars($status) . "</p>";
break;
}
} else {
echo "<p>Error: " . htmlspecialchars($json["message"]) . "</p>";
break;
}
} else {
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>Error checking job status: " . htmlspecialchars($result) . "</p>";
break;
}
} else {
echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
break;
}
curl_close($curl);
} while (true);
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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