Load any file for conversion from a remote URL in C#
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To load any supported file for conversion from a remote URL, use the LoadFromHttp method from the GdPictureDocumentConverter class.
LoadFromHttp accepts:
HttpUri— AUripointing to the source file.DocumentFormat(optional) — A member of theDocumentFormatenumeration. You can also passDocumentFormat.DocumentFormatUNKNOWNfor auto-detection.
LoadFromHttp returns a GdPictureStatus, which should always be checked before conversion.
To load and convert a file from a remote URL (example: Excel to PDF), use the following code:
using GdPicture14;using System;
using GdPictureDocumentConverter converter = new GdPictureDocumentConverter();
// Create a Uri variable.Uri fileUri = new Uri("https://pspdfkit.com/downloads/load-a-file/source.xlsx");
GdPictureStatus status = converter.LoadFromHttp(fileUri, DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatXLSX);if (status != GdPictureStatus.OK){ Console.WriteLine($"LoadFromHttp failed: {status}"); return;}
status = converter.SaveAsPDF(@"C:\temp\output.pdf");if (status != GdPictureStatus.OK){ Console.WriteLine($"SaveAsPDF failed: {status}");}Imports GdPicture14
Using converter As New GdPictureDocumentConverter() ' Create a Uri variable. Dim fileUri As New Uri("https://pspdfkit.com/downloads/load-a-file/source.xlsx")
Dim status As GdPictureStatus = converter.LoadFromHttp(fileUri, DocumentFormat.DocumentFormatXLSX) If status <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then Console.WriteLine($"LoadFromHttp failed: {status}") Return End If
status = converter.SaveAsPDF("C:\temp\output.pdf") If status <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then Console.WriteLine($"SaveAsPDF failed: {status}") End IfEnd Using