Split By Barcode

Splits pages of a document based on the text inside barcode

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var splitByBarcodeReq = new SplitByBarcodeReq()
{
    Document = new Document
    {
        DocData = File.ReadAllBytes("mypdf.pdf")
    },
    SplitByBarcodeAction = new SplitByBarcodeAction
    {
        BarcodeString = "ara",
        BarcodeFilter = SplitByBarcodeActionBarcodeFilter.StartsWith,
        BarcodeType = SplitByBarcodeActionBarcodeType.Any,
        SplitBarcodePage = SplitByBarcodeActionSplitBarcodePage.Before
    }
};

var res = await Pdf4me.Instance.BarcodeClient.SplitByBarcodeAsync(splitByBarcodeReq).ConfigureAwait(false);

int i = 0;
foreach (var doc in res.SplittedDocuments)
    File.WriteAllBytes("pdf_" + i + ".pdf", doc.DocData);

import fs from "fs";
import path from "path";
import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
import pdf4me from "pdf4me";

const PDF4ME_API_KEY = 'YOUR API KEY'
// Setup the pdf4meClient
const pdf4meClient = pdf4me.createClient(PDF4ME_API_KEY)

const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));

const splitByBarcode = async () => {
  try {
    // Create the Split object
    const splitReq = {
      // Document
      document: {
        name: "myPdf.pdf",
        docData: fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'barcode_pdf.pdf')).toString('base64')
      },
      // Action
      splitByBarcodeAction: {
        barcodeString: "ara",
        barcodeFilter: "startsWith",
        barcodeType: "any",
        splitBarcodePage: "before",
        pdfRenderDpi: 150,
        combinePagesWithSameConsecutiveBarcodes: false,
      },
    };
    const splitRes = await pdf4meClient.splitByBarcode(splitReq);
    const { splittedDocuments } = splitRes;

    // Extract the resulting documents and write them to disk
    const length = splittedDocuments?.length || 0;
    if (length) {
      if (length >= 2) {
        const pdf1 = Buffer.from(splittedDocuments[0].docData, 'base64')
        const pdf2 = Buffer.from(splittedDocuments[1].docData, 'base64')
        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'splitByBarcode_pdf1_result.pdf'), pdf1)
        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'splitByBarcode_pdf2_result.pdf'), pdf2)
      } else {
        const pdf1 = Buffer.from(splittedDocuments[0].docData, 'base64')
        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'splitByBarcode_pdf1_result.pdf'), pdf1)
      }
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
};
splitByBarcode();

Important Links

Swagger - Split By Barcode