Document Parser Java Cloud REST API

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GroupDocs.Parser Cloud SDK for Java helps you build cloud Document Parser Java Apps that work without installing any 3rd party software. It is a wrapper around GroupDocs.Parser Cloud REST APIs.

Cloud Document Parsing SDK Features

• Create user-defined data extraction templates to extract data from the cloud documents.
• Retrieve user-defined templates created for parsing cloud data.
• Supports various ways of extracting text from cloud hosted files:
  • Extract text in simple form
  • Extract text by keeping the formatting intact
  • Extract text from the specific pages only by providing the page range.
• Extract images from files hosted on the cloud:
  • Image extraction of all images from the whole cloud document
  • Extraction of images from specific pages based on desired page range.
• Get a list of all supported file formats.
• Fetch useful information regarding cloud document, such as:
  • Cloud document file extension
  • Cloud document size in Bytes
  • Cloud document page count
• Retrieve information about the items within a container, such as, a Zipped archive, PDF portfolio, etc.
• Built-in cloud storage API to work with files & folders on the cloud storage.

Supported Document Parsing File Formats

Microsoft Word®: DOC, DOT, DOCX, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM, TXT, RTF
OpenOffice Writer®: ODT, OTT
Microsoft Excel®: XLS, XLT, XLSX, XLSM, XLSB, XLTX, XLTM, CSV, XLA, XLAM
OpenOffice Calc®: ODS, OTS
Apple® iWork: NUMBERS Microsoft PowerPoint®: PPT, PPS, POT, PPTX, PPTM, POTX, POTM, PPSX, PPSM
OpenOffice Impress®: ODP, OTP
Microsoft Outlook®: PST, OST, EML, MSG
Apple® Mail EMLX
Microsoft OneNote®: ONE
Markup: HTML, XHTML, MHTML, MD (Markdown), XML
eBooks: CHM, EPUB, FB2
Fixed Layout: PDF
Archives: ZIP

Requirements

Building the API client library requires:

1. Java 1.7+
2. Maven

Prerequisites

To use GroupDocs.Parser Cloud SDK for Java you need to register an account with GroupDocs Cloud and lookup/create Client ID and Client Secret at Cloud Dashboard. There is free quota available. For more details, see GroupDocs Cloud Pricing.

Install GroupDocs.Parser-Cloud from Maven

Add GroupDocs Cloud repository to your application pom.xml

<repository>
    <id>repository.groupdocs.cloud</id>
    <name>repository.groupdocs.cloud</name>
    <url>https://releases.groupdocs.cloud/java/repo/</url>
</repository>

Install from source

To install the API client library to your local Maven repository, simply execute:

mvn clean install

To deploy it to a remote Maven repository instead, configure the settings of the repository and execute:

mvn clean deploy

Refer to the OSSRH Guide for more information.

Maven users

Add this dependency to your project’s POM:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.groupdocs</groupId>
    <artifactId>groupdocs-parser-cloud</artifactId>
    <version>22.3</version>
</dependency>

Others

At first generate the JAR by executing:

mvn clean package

Then manually install the following JARs:

• target/groupdocs-parser-cloud-22.3.jar
• target/lib/*.jar

Get Started

Please follow the Quick Start instructions.

Extract Text by a Page Number Range via Java Cloud SDK

/ For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/groupdocs-parser-cloud/groupdocs-parser-cloud-java-samples
String MyAppKey = ""; // Get AppKey and AppSID from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud
String MyAppSid = ""; // Get AppKey and AppSID from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud
    
Configuration configuration = new Configuration(MyAppSid, MyAppKey);
ParseApi apiInstance = new ParseApi(configuration);
 
 
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo();
fileInfo.setFilePath("pdf/four-pages.pdf");
TextOptions options = new TextOptions();
options.setStartPageNumber(1);
options.setCountPagesToExtract(1);
options.setFileInfo(fileInfo);
 
TextRequest request = new TextRequest(options);
TextResult response = apiInstance.text(request);

Authorization & Authentication

Authentication schemes defined for the API is as follows:

JWT

• Type: OAuth 2.0
• Flow: application
• Authorization URL: https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token
• Token Lifetime: 1 day (Default)

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