Read Barcode From URL - Java
Barcode Reader sample in Java demonstrating ‘Read Barcode From URL’
Main.java
package com.company;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import okhttp3.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class Main
{
// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
final static String API_KEY = "***********************************";
// Direct URL of source file to search barcodes in.
// 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/
final static String SourceFileURL = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of barcode types to search.
// See valid barcode types in the documentation https://apidocs.pdf.co
final static String BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
final static String Pages = "";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
// Create HTTP client instance
OkHttpClient webClient = new OkHttpClient();
// Prepare URL for `Barcode Reader` API call
String query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url";
// 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("{\"types\": \"%s\", \"pages\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\"}",
BarcodeTypes,
Pages,
SourceFileURL);
// 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)
{
// Display found barcodes in console
for (JsonElement element : json.get("barcodes").getAsJsonArray())
{
JsonObject barcode = (JsonObject) element;
System.out.println("Found barcode:");
System.out.println(" Type: " + barcode.get("TypeName").getAsString());
System.out.println(" Value: " + barcode.get("Value").getAsString());
System.out.println(" Document Page Index: " + barcode.get("Page").getAsString());
System.out.println(" Rectangle: " + barcode.get("Rect").getAsString());
System.out.println(" Confidence: " + barcode.get("Confidence").getAsString());
System.out.println();
}
}
else
{
// Display service reported error
System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
}
}
else
{
// Display request error
System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
}
}
}
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