Export PDF Form Data
Extract structured data from PDF forms with ease. Retrieve form field data as a JSON file, where field names serve as keys and corresponding inputs as values. Simplify data processing from PDF forms for seamless integration into your workflows.
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REST API
.Net
Java
Python
Copied to your clipboard// Please refer our Rest API docs for more information// https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/apis/#tag/Export-PDF-Form-Datacurl --location --request POST 'https://pdf-services.adobe.io/operation/getformdata' \--header 'x-api-key: {{Placeholder for client_id}}' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{Placeholder for token}}' \--data-raw '{"assetID": "urn:aaid:AS:UE1:23c30ee0-2e4d-46d6-87f2-087832fca718"}'
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_net_samples// Run the sample:// cd ExportPDFFormData/// dotnet run ExportPDFFormData.csprojnamespace ExportPDFFormData{class Program{private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program));static void Main(){//Configure the loggingConfigureLogging();try{// Initial setup, create credentials instanceICredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));// Creates a PDF Services instancePDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadusing Stream inputStream = File.OpenRead(@"exportPdfFormDataInput.pdf");IAsset asset = pdfServices.Upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.GetMIMETypeValue());// Creates a new job instanceExportPDFFormDataJob exportPDFFormDataJob = new ExportPDFFormDataJob(asset);// Submits the job and gets the job resultString location = pdfServices.Submit(exportPDFFormDataJob);PDFServicesResponse<ExportPDFFormDataResult> pdfServicesResponse =pdfServices.GetJobResult<ExportPDFFormDataResult>(location, typeof(ExportPDFFormDataResult));// Get content from the resulting asset(s)IAsset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.Result.Asset;StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.GetContent(resultAsset);// Creating output streams and copying stream asset's content to itString outputFilePath = "/output/ExportPDFFormData.json";new FileInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath).Directory.Create();Stream outputStream = File.OpenWrite(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath);streamAsset.Stream.CopyTo(outputStream);outputStream.Close();}catch (ServiceUsageException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (ServiceApiException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (SDKException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (IOException ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}catch (Exception ex){log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}}static void ConfigureLogging(){ILoggerRepository logRepository = LogManager.GetRepository(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly());XmlConfigurator.Configure(logRepository, new FileInfo("log4net.config"));}}}
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples// Run the sample:// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.exportpdfformdata.ExportPDFFormDatapublic class ExportPDFFormData {// Initialize the loggerprivate static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExportPDFFormData.class);public static void main(String[] args) {try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/exportPdfFormDataInput.pdf").toPath())) {// Initial setup, create credentials instanceCredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));// Creates a PDF Services instancePDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadAsset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());// Creates a new job instanceExportPDFFormDataJob exportPDFFormDataJob = new ExportPDFFormDataJob(asset);// Submit the job and gets the job resultString location = pdfServices.submit(exportPDFFormDataJob);PDFServicesResponse<ExportPDFFormDataResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, ExportPDFFormDataResult.class);// Get content from the resulting asset(s)Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAsset();StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/ExportPDFFormData.json").toPath());LOGGER.info(String.format("Saving asset at output/ExportPDFFormData.json", outputFilePath));IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);outputStream.close();} catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);}}}
Copied to your clipboard# Get the samples https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-python-sdk-samples# Run the sample:# python src/exportpdfformdata/export_pdf_form_data.py# Initialize the loggerlogging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)class ExportPDFFormData:def __init__(self):try:file = open('src/resources/exportPdfFormDataInput.pdf', 'rb')input_stream = file.read()file.close()# Initial setup, create credentials instancecredentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(client_id=os.getenv('PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID'),client_secret=os.getenv('PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET'))# Creates a PDF Services instancepdf_services = PDFServices(credentials=credentials)# Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadinput_asset = pdf_services.upload(input_stream=input_stream,mime_type=PDFServicesMediaType.PDF)# Creates a new job instanceexport_pdf_form_data_job = ExportPDFFormDataJob(input_asset=input_asset)# Submit the job and gets the job resultlocation = pdf_services.submit(export_pdf_form_data_job)pdf_services_response = pdf_services.get_job_result(location, ExportPDFFormDataResult)# Get content from the resulting asset(s)result_asset = pdf_services_response.get_result().get_asset()stream_asset = pdf_services.get_content(result_asset)# Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itoutput_file_path = self.create_output_file_path()with open(output_file_path, "wb") as file:file.write(stream_asset.get_input_stream())except (ServiceApiException, ServiceUsageException, SdkException) as e:logging.exception(f'Exception encountered while executing operation: {e}')# Generates a string containing a directory structure and file name for the output file@staticmethoddef create_output_file_path() -> str:now = datetime.now()time_stamp = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%S")os.makedirs("output/ExportPDFFormData", exist_ok=True)return f"output/ExportPDFFormData/export{time_stamp}.json"if __name__ == "__main__":ExportPDFFormData()

