SelectPdf Online REST API is a professional solution for managing PDF documents online. It now has a dedicated, easy to use, Java client library that can be setup in minutes.
Download selectpdf-api-java-client-1.4.0.zip, unzip it and copy selectpdf-api-java-client-1.4.0.jar to your CLASSPATH.
OR
Install SelectPdf Java Client for Online API via Maven: SelectPdf on Maven.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.selectpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>selectpdf-api-client</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>
OR
Install the client library by Gradle (e.g. for Android Studio) from Maven by adding the following line to your Gradle dependencies:
implementation 'com.selectpdf:selectpdf-api-client:1.4.0'
OR
Clone selectpdf-api-java-client from Github and build the library.
git clone https://github.com/selectpdf/selectpdf-api-java-client
cd selectpdf-api-java-client
mvn install
SelectPdf HTML To PDF Online REST API is a professional solution that lets you create PDF from web pages and raw HTML code in your applications. The API is easy to use and the integration takes only a few lines of code.
- Create PDF from any web page or html string.
- Full html5/css3/javascript support.
- Set PDF options such as page size and orientation, margins, security, web page settings.
- Set PDF viewer options and PDF document information.
- Create custom headers and footers for the pdf document.
- Hide web page elements during the conversion.
- Automatically generate bookmarks during the html to pdf conversion.
- Support for partial page conversion.
- Easy integration, no third party libraries needed.
- Works in all programming languages.
- No installation required.
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package com.selectpdf;
public class HtmlToPdfMain {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String url = "https://selectpdf.com";
String localFile = "Test.pdf";
String apiKey = "Your API key here";
System.out.println(String.format("This is SelectPdf-%s.", ApiClient.CLIENT_VERSION));
try {
HtmlToPdfClient client = new HtmlToPdfClient(apiKey);
// set parameters - see full list at https://selectpdf.com/html-to-pdf-api/
client
// main properties
.setPageSize(ApiEnums.PageSize.A4) // PDF page size
.setPageOrientation(ApiEnums.PageOrientation.Portrait) // PDF page orientation
.setMargins(0) // PDF page margins
.setRenderingEngine(ApiEnums.RenderingEngine.WebKit) // rendering engine
.setConversionDelay(1) // conversion delay
.setNavigationTimeout(30) // navigation timeout
.setShowPageNumbers(false) // page numbers
.setPageBreaksEnhancedAlgorithm(true) // enhanced page break algorithm
// additional properties
// .setUseCssPrint(true) // enable CSS media print
// .setDisableJavascript(true) // disable javascript
// .setDisableInternalLinks(true) // disable internal links
// .setDisableExternalLinks(true) // disable external links
// .setKeepImagesTogether(true) // keep images together
// .setScaleImages(true) // scale images to create smaller pdfs
// .setSinglePagePdf(true) // generate a single page PDF
// .setUserPassword("password") // secure the PDF with a password
// generate automatic bookmarks
// .setPdfBookmarksSelectors("H1, H2") // create outlines (bookmarks) for the specified elements
// .setViewerPageMode(ApiEnums.PageMode.UseOutlines) // display outlines (bookmarks) in viewer
;
System.out.println("Starting conversion...");
// convert url to file
client.convertUrlToFile(url, localFile);
// convert url to memory
// byte[] pdf = client.convertUrl(url);
// convert html string to file
// client.convertHtmlStringToFile("This is some <b>html</b>.", localFile);
// convert html string to memory
// byte[] pdf = client.convertHtmlString("This is some <b>html</b>.");
System.out.println(String.format("Finished! Number of pages: %d.", client.getNumberOfPages()));
// get API usage
UsageClient usageClient = new UsageClient(apiKey);
String usage = usageClient.getUsage(false);
System.out.printf("Usage details: %s.\r\n", usage);
// org.json.JSONObject usageObject = new org.json.JSONObject(usage);
// int available = usageObject.getInt("available");
// System.out.printf("Conversions remained this month: %d.\r\n", available);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("An error occured: " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
}SelectPdf Pdf Merge REST API is an online solution that lets you merge local or remote PDFs into a final PDF document.
- Merge local PDF document.
- Merge remote PDF from public url.
- Set PDF viewer options and PDF document information.
- Secure generated PDF with a password.
- Works in all programming languages.
See PDF Merge API page for full list of parameters.
package com.selectpdf;
public class PdfMerge {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String testUrl = "https://selectpdf.com/demo/files/selectpdf.pdf";
String testPdf = "Input.pdf";
String localFile = "Result.pdf";
String apiKey = "Your API key here";
System.out.println(String.format("This is SelectPdf-%s.", ApiClient.CLIENT_VERSION));
try {
PdfMergeClient client = new PdfMergeClient(apiKey);
// set parameters - see full list at https://selectpdf.com/pdf-merge-api/
client
// specify the pdf files that will be merged (order will be preserved in the final pdf)
.addFile(testPdf) // add PDF from local file
.addUrlFile(testUrl) // add PDF From public url
// .addFile(testPdf, "pdf_password") // add PDF (that requires a password) from local file
// .addUrlFile(testUrl, "pdf_password") // add PDF (that requires a password) from public url
;
System.out.println("Starting pdf merge...");
// merge pdfs to local file
client.saveToFile(localFile);
// merge pdfs to memory
// byte[] pdf = client.save();
System.out.println(String.format("Finished! Number of pages: %d.", client.getNumberOfPages()));
// get API usage
UsageClient usageClient = new UsageClient(apiKey);
String usage = usageClient.getUsage(false);
System.out.printf("Usage details: %s.\r\n", usage);
// org.json.JSONObject usageObject = new org.json.JSONObject(usage);
// int available = usageObject.getInt("available");
// System.out.printf("Conversions remained this month: %d.\r\n", available);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("An error occured: " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
}SelectPdf Pdf To Text REST API is an online solution that lets you extract text from your PDF documents or search your PDF document for certain words.
- Extract text from PDF.
- Search PDF.
- Specify start and end page for partial file processing.
- Specify output format (plain text or html).
- Use a PDF from an online location (url) or upload a local PDF document.
See Pdf To Text API page for full list of parameters.
package com.selectpdf;
public class PdfToText {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String testUrl = "https://selectpdf.com/demo/files/selectpdf.pdf";
String testPdf = "Input.pdf";
String localFile = "Result.txt";
String apiKey = "Your API key here";
System.out.println(String.format("This is SelectPdf-%s.", ApiClient.CLIENT_VERSION));
try {
PdfToTextClient client = new PdfToTextClient(apiKey);
// set parameters - see full list at https://selectpdf.com/pdf-to-text-api/
client
.setStartPage(1) // start page (processing starts from here)
.setEndPage(0) // end page (set 0 to process file til the end)
.setOutputFormat(ApiEnums.OutputFormat.Text) // set output format (0-Text or 1-HTML)
;
System.out.println("Starting pdf to text...");
// convert local pdf to local text file
client.getTextFromFileToFile(testPdf, localFile);
// extract text from local pdf to memory
// String text = client.getTextFromFile(testPdf);
// print text
// System.out.println(text);
// convert pdf from public url to local text file
// client.getTextFromUrlToFile(testUrl, localFile);
// extract text from pdf from public url to memory
// String text = client.getTextFromUrl(testUrl);
// print text
// System.out.println(text);
System.out.println(String.format("Finished! Number of pages: %d.", client.getNumberOfPages()));
// get API usage
UsageClient usageClient = new UsageClient(apiKey);
String usage = usageClient.getUsage(false);
System.out.printf("Usage details: %s.\r\n", usage);
// org.json.JSONObject usageObject = new org.json.JSONObject(usage);
// int available = usageObject.getInt("available");
// System.out.printf("Conversions remained this month: %d.\r\n", available);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("An error occured: " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
}package com.selectpdf;
public class SearchPdf {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String testUrl = "https://selectpdf.com/demo/files/selectpdf.pdf";
String testPdf = "Input.pdf";
String apiKey = "Your API key here";
System.out.println(String.format("This is SelectPdf-%s.", ApiClient.CLIENT_VERSION));
try {
PdfToTextClient client = new PdfToTextClient(apiKey);
// set parameters - see full list at https://selectpdf.com/pdf-to-text-api/
client
.setStartPage(1) // start page (processing starts from here)
.setEndPage(0) // end page (set 0 to process file til the end)
.setOutputFormat(ApiEnums.OutputFormat.Text) // set output format (0-Text or 1-HTML)
;
System.out.println("Starting search pdf...");
// search local pdf
String results = client.searchFile(testPdf, "pdf");
// search pdf from public url
// String results = client.searchUrl(testUrl, "pdf");
System.out.printf("Search results:\r\n%s\r\n", results);
// org.json.JSONArray textPositions = new org.json.JSONArray(results);
// System.out.printf("Search results count: %d\r\n", textPositions.length());
System.out.println(String.format("Finished! Number of pages processed: %d.", client.getNumberOfPages()));
// get API usage
UsageClient usageClient = new UsageClient(apiKey);
String usage = usageClient.getUsage(false);
System.out.printf("Usage details: %s.\r\n", usage);
// org.json.JSONObject usageObject = new org.json.JSONObject(usage);
// int available = usageObject.getInt("available");
// System.out.printf("Conversions remained this month: %d.\r\n", available);
}
catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("An error occured: " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
}