PDF to PDF Ruby Examples

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/cover.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/proposal.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/price.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/contact.pdf")

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertToFile("offer.pdf")
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/cover.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/proposal.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/price.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/contact.pdf")

    # run the conversion and store the result into the "pdf" variable
    pdf = client.convert()

    # at this point the "pdf" variable contains PDF raw data and
    # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc.
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/cover.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/proposal.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/price.pdf")
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/contact.pdf")

    # create an output stream for the conversion result
    output_stream = open("offer.pdf", "wb")

    # run the conversion and write the result into the output stream
    client.convertToStream(output_stream)

    # close the output stream
    output_stream.close()
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/cover.pdf', 'rb').read())
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/proposal.pdf', 'rb').read())
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/price.pdf', 'rb').read())
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/contact.pdf', 'rb').read())

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertToFile("offer.pdf")
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/cover.pdf', 'rb').read())
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/proposal.pdf")
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/price.pdf', 'rb').read())
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/contact.pdf")

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertToFile("offer.pdf")
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/proposal.pdf")
    client.setPageWatermark("/path/to/watermark.pdf")

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertToFile("company_offer.pdf")
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.addPdfFile("/path/to/not_linearized.pdf")
    client.setLinearize(true)

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertToFile("linearized.pdf")
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end

require "pdfcrowd"

begin
    # create the API client instance
    client = Pdfcrowd::PdfToPdfClient.new("demo", "ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d")

    # configure the conversion
    client.setDebugLog(true)
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/cover.pdf', 'rb').read())
    client.addPdfRawData(open('/path/to/proposal.pdf', 'rb').read())

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertToFile("offer.pdf")
    
    # print URL to the debug log
    puts "Debug log url: #{client.getDebugLogUrl()}"
    
    # print the number of available conversion credits in your account
    puts "Remaining credit count: #{client.getRemainingCreditCount()}"
    
    # print the number of credits consumed by the conversion
    puts "Consumed credit count: #{client.getConsumedCreditCount()}"
    
    # print the unique ID of the conversion
    puts "Job id: #{client.getJobId()}"
    
    # print the total number of pages in the output document
    puts "Page count: #{client.getPageCount()}"
    
    # print the size of the output in bytes
    puts "Output size: #{client.getOutputSize()}"
rescue Pdfcrowd::Error => why
    # report the error
    STDERR.puts "Pdfcrowd Error: #{why}"

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise
end