Convert PDF to Excel

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Convert PDF to Excel with C# .NET

Let's explore the details on how we can easily extract tabular data from PDF documents and manipulate it in Excel for analysis, reporting, and further processing using GroupDocs.Conversion Cloud SDK for .NET.

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PDF to Excel conversion

Learn how to convert PDF to Excel workbook with .NET REST API

pdf-to-excel.cs

// More examples over  https://github.com/groupdocs-conversion-cloud/groupdocs-conversion-cloud-dotnet
// Obtain your API credentials 
string clientId = "4bdefca3-f08c-4088-9ca0-55c38f4b7f22";
string clientSecret1 = "a43c8b4365246a062688a259abe5b469";

// Create an instance of the Configuration class and initialize it with the Client ID & Client Secret. 
var configurations = new GroupDocs.Conversion.Cloud.Sdk.Client.Configuration(clientId, clientSecret1);
// Define the value of ApiBaseUrl to set the base url of PDF to XLS conversion API.
configuration.ApiBaseUrl = "https://api.groupdocs.cloud";

// Initialize an instance of the ConvertApi class with the object of the Configuration class.
var apiInstance = new GroupDocs.Conversion.Cloud.Sdk.Api.ConvertApi(configurations);
             
// read the content of input PDF file from local drive             
using (var stream = System.IO.File.OpenRead("marketing.pdf"))
{
    // create an instance of FileApi
    var fileUpload = new FileApi(configurations);
    // upload the input PDF to cloud storage
    fileUpload.UploadFile(new UploadFileRequest("marketing.pdf", stream));

    // create ConvertSettings where we define the input PDF file and the name for resultant Excel worksheet
    var settings = new ConvertSettings
    {
        StorageName = "internal",
        FilePath = "marketing.pdf",
        Format = "xls",
        OutputPath = "myResultant.xls"
    };
    
    // Invoke the ConvertDocument method to initiate PDF to Excel conversion.
    var response = apiInstance.ConvertDocument(new ConvertDocumentRequest(settings));
    if (response != null && response.Equals("OK"))
    {
        // print success message
        Console.WriteLine("The PDF to Excel conversion completed successfully !");
    }
}