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How to convert PDF to XML from uploaded file for PDF to XML API
in PHP using ByteScout Cloud API Server
How to convert PDF to XML from uploaded file in PHP with easy ByteScout code samples
to make PDF to XML API. Step-by-step tutorial
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Source Code Files:
pdf-to-xml.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>PDF To XML Extraction Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// Please NOTE: In this sample we're assuming Cloud Api Server is hosted at "https://localhost".
// If it's not then please replace this with with your hosting url.
// Get submitted form data
$pages = $_POST["pages"];
// 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE.
// * If you already have the direct PDF file link, go to the step 3.
// Create URL
$url = "https://localhost/file/upload/get-presigned-url" .
"?name=" . $_FILES["file"]["name"] .
"&contenttype=application/octet-stream";
// Create request
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// Execute request
$result = curl_exec($curl);
if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
{
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200)
{
$json = json_decode($result, true);
// Get URL to use for the file upload
$uploadFileUrl = $json["presignedUrl"];
// Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls
$uploadedFileUrl = $json["url"];
// 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO 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($localFile));
// Execute request
curl_exec($curl);
fclose($fileHandle);
if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
{
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200)
{
// 3. CONVERT UPLOADED PDF FILE TO XML
ExtractXML($uploadedFileUrl, $pages);
}
else
{
// Display request error
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>";
}
}
else
{
// Display CURL error
echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}
}
else
{
// Display service reported error
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>";
}
curl_close($curl);
}
else
{
// Display CURL error
echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}
function ExtractXML($uploadedFileUrl, $pages)
{
// Create URL
$url = "https://localhost/pdf/convert/to/xml" .
"?url=" . $uploadedFileUrl .
"&pages=" . $pages;
// Create request
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// Execute request
$result = curl_exec($curl);
if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
{
$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
if ($status_code == 200)
{
$json = json_decode($result, true);
if ($json["error"] == false)
{
$resultFileUrl = $json["url"];
// Display link to the file with conversion results
echo "<div><h2>Conversion Result:</h2><a href='" . $resultFileUrl . "' target='_blank'>"
}
else
{
// Display service reported error
echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>";
}
}
else
{
// Display request error
echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>";
}
}
else
{
// Display CURL error
echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}
// Cleanup
curl_close($curl);
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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