Split PDF by Text Search

Split a PDF into multiple files at every page that matches a text search or barcode pattern.

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POST /v1/pdf/split2

When splitting a document the pages parameter controls which pages to split out into individual documents. The page limit should not exceed the number of pages in the document - for example, you cannot split a 100 page document into 200 individual documents, however you can split it into 100 individual documents.

The pages parameter is 1-based, meaning the first page is 1 and not 0.

Attributes

Attributes are case-sensitive and should be inside JSON for POST request. for example: { "url": "https://example.com/file1.pdf" }

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
url	string	Yes	-	URL to the source file url attribute
callback	string	No	-	The callback URL (or Webhook) used to receive the POST data. see Webhooks & Callbacks. This is only applicable when async is set to true.
httpusername	string	No	-	HTTP auth user name if required to access source URL.
httppassword	string	No	-	HTTP auth password if required to access source URL.
pages	string	No	all pages	Specify page indices as comma-separated values or ranges to process (e.g. “0, 1, 2-” or “1, 2, 3-7”). The first-page index is 0. Use ”!” before a number for inverted page numbers (e.g. “!0” for the last page). If not specified, the default configuration processes all pages. The input must be in string format.
inline	boolean	No	false	Set to true to return results inside the response. Otherwise, the endpoint will return a URL to the output file generated.
async	boolean	No	false	Set async to true for long processes to run in the background, API will then return a jobId which you can use with the Background Job Check endpoint. Also see Webhooks & Callbacks
name	string	No	-	File name for the generated output, the input must be in string format.
expiration	integer	No	60	Set the expiration time for the output link in minutes. After this specified duration, any generated output file(s) will be automatically deleted from PDF.co Temporary Files Storage. The maximum duration for link expiration varies based on your current subscription plan. To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf templates, documents) consider using PDF.co Built-In Files Storage.
searchString	string	Yes	-	Text to search for on pages. Must be a string.
regexSearch	boolean	No	false	Set to true to enable regular expression search for the searchString(s) parameter.
caseSensitive	boolean	No	true	Set to false to don’t use case-sensitive search.
lang	string	No	eng	Set the language for OCR (text from image) to use for scanned PDF, PNG, and JPG documents input when extracting text. see Language Support. You can also use 2 languages simultaneously like this: eng+deu (any combination).
excludeKeyPages	boolean	No	false	Set to true to exclude pages where the searchString text was found.
profiles	object	No	-	See Profiles for more information.
outputDataFormat	string	No	-	If you require your output as base64 format, set this to base64
DataEncryptionAlgorithm	string	No	-	Controls the encryption algorithm used for data encryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information. The available algorithms are: AES128, AES192, AES256.
DataEncryptionKey	string	No	-	Controls the encryption key used for data encryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.
DataEncryptionIV	string	No	-	Controls the encryption IV used for data encryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.
DataDecryptionAlgorithm	string	No	-	Controls the decryption algorithm used for data decryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information. The available algorithms are: AES128, AES192, AES256.
DataDecryptionKey	string	No	-	Controls the decryption key used for data decryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.
DataDecryptionIV	string	No	-	Controls the decryption IV used for data decryption. See User-Controlled Encryption for more information.

Query parameters

No query parameters accepted.

Responses

Parameter	Type	Description
urls	array[string]	List of URLs to the final PDF file stored in S3.
outputLinkValidTill	string	Timestamp indicating when the output link will expire
pageCount	integer	Number of pages in the PDF document.
error	boolean	Indicates whether an error occurred (false means success)
status	string	Status code of the request (200, 404, 500, etc.). For more information, see Response Codes.
name	string	Name of the output file
credits	integer	Number of credits consumed by the request
remainingCredits	integer	Number of credits remaining in the account
duration	integer	Time taken for the operation in milliseconds

searchString

Text to search for on pages. Must be a string.

To search for a barcode use the following macros string: [[barcode:<barcodeTypesSeparatedByComma> <barcodeValue>]].

To search for barcode type without analyzing its value, use this notation instead: [[barcode:<barcodeTypesSeparatedByComma>]].

Example #1, split by QR code: “searchString”: “[[barcode:qrcode]]”.

Example #2, split by QR code with value: “searchString”: “[[barcode:qrcode pdfco]]”.

Example #3, split by QR code with value search with regex: “searchString”: “[[barcode:qrcode /pdf.co/]]”.

Example #4, split by QR code or datamatrix with value search with regex: “searchString”: “[[barcode:qrcode,datamatrix /pdf.co/]]”.

Example Payload

To see the request size limits, please refer to the Request Size Limits.

{
  "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pdf-split/split_by_barcode.pdf",
  "searchString": "[[barcode:qrcode,datamatrix /pdf\\.co/]]",
  "excludeKeyPages": true,
  "regexSearch": false,
  "caseSensitive": false,
  "inline": true,
  "name": "output-split-by-barcode",
  "async": false
}

Example Response

To see the main response codes, please refer to the Response Codes page.

{
  "urls": [
    "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/A2WX2GR0PX4818EIKW96VR3BZTK5FWT2/output-split-by-barcode_page1.pdf?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=FwoGZXIvYXdzEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDH1Gv1Q88EtgGpfAYiKCAaQTLV5ot8KMblEXIEFzeznT8mOeGKylp0uktJk2Se8SK5r3nfQTJKa8JqJE0GcW9vOtcBPPqHcPZXf2iQkvSk3yvFJv6cDj8%2B6kck0Eadz4BOXz0ljrE1Vt%2BX2gItx86Fd8rldFG3TL7u99FKiuc1rN9OaBRJpPHL12fVP2gjuVUUIomqShmQYyKHbhGDuLKoCWq%2BdLkggz2eTJna6w9eWR7QMvpIJxc8sBGFT1WEm%2FsyA%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA4NRRSZPHORHIVCFW/20220919/us-west-2/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220919T114402Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=8241ad05ecb5555cbbd4998b5c334104f2849bf4177384e86fbb5cc5d7e81ce8",
    "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/B6Z9J274GZ5BK5QYK547ST4T5WF61LNQ/output-split-by-barcode_page3-5.pdf?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=FwoGZXIvYXdzEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDH1Gv1Q88EtgGpfAYiKCAaQTLV5ot8KMblEXIEFzeznT8mOeGKylp0uktJk2Se8SK5r3nfQTJKa8JqJE0GcW9vOtcBPPqHcPZXf2iQkvSk3yvFJv6cDj8%2B6kck0Eadz4BOXz0ljrE1Vt%2BX2gItx86Fd8rldFG3TL7u99FKiuc1rN9OaBRJpPHL12fVP2gjuVUUIomqShmQYyKHbhGDuLKoCWq%2BdLkggz2eTJna6w9eWR7QMvpIJxc8sBGFT1WEm%2FsyA%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA4NRRSZPHORHIVCFW/20220919/us-west-2/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220919T114402Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=94764cfb37819f2a4885ba064dd1ae20f38f42d6bc6c1a208010637fca74a591",
    "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/XT5TD1BDBFDNKX0LM6N5GLFLOAF1UC0Y/output-split-by-barcode_page7-9.pdf?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Security-Token=FwoGZXIvYXdzEK3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaDH1Gv1Q88EtgGpfAYiKCAaQTLV5ot8KMblEXIEFzeznT8mOeGKylp0uktJk2Se8SK5r3nfQTJKa8JqJE0GcW9vOtcBPPqHcPZXf2iQkvSk3yvFJv6cDj8%2B6kck0Eadz4BOXz0ljrE1Vt%2BX2gItx86Fd8rldFG3TL7u99FKiuc1rN9OaBRJpPHL12fVP2gjuVUUIomqShmQYyKHbhGDuLKoCWq%2BdLkggz2eTJna6w9eWR7QMvpIJxc8sBGFT1WEm%2FsyA%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIA4NRRSZPHORHIVCFW/20220919/us-west-2/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20220919T114402Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=0a7c90a05fd159659451d29273284fbf422d34bd204c07fbc9abdf7a36a84294"
  ],
  "pageCount": 10,
  "error": false,
  "status": 200,
  "name": "output-split-by-barcode.pdf",
  "credits": 350,
  "duration": 4456,
  "remainingCredits": 98221710
}

Inconsistent URL Encoding in cURL Output: When using cURL to make API requests, the output JSON may show URL characters encoded as Unicode escape sequences. For example, the ampersand character (&) may appear as \u0026 in the cURL output. This is normal JSON encoding behavior and does not affect the validity of the URL. The URL will function correctly when used, as JSON parsers automatically decode these escape sequences. If you’re parsing the response programmatically, your JSON parser will handle this conversion automatically.

Code Samples

CURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split2' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: *******************' \
--data-raw '{
"url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pdf-split/split_by_barcode.pdf",
"searchString": "[[barcode:qrcode,datamatrix /pdf\\.co/]]",
"excludeKeyPages": true,
"regexSearch": false,
"caseSensitive": false,
"inline": true,
"name": "output-split-by-barcode",
"async": false
}'

JavaScript/Node.js

var https = require("https");
var path = require("path");
var fs = require("fs");

// `request` module is required for file upload.
// Use "npm install request" command to install.
var request = require("request");

// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
const API_KEY = "***********************************";


// Source PDF file to split
const SourceFile = "./sample.pdf";
// Split Search String
const SplitText = "invoice number";


// 1. RETRIEVE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD FILE.
getPresignedUrl(API_KEY, SourceFile)
    .then(([uploadUrl, uploadedFileUrl]) => {
        // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.
        uploadFile(API_KEY, SourceFile, uploadUrl)
            .then(() => {
                // 3. SPLIT UPLOADED PDF
                splitPdf(API_KEY, uploadedFileUrl, SplitText);
            })
            .catch(e => {
                console.log(e);
            });
    })
    .catch(e => {
        console.log(e);
    });


function getPresignedUrl(apiKey, localFile) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        // Prepare request to `Get Presigned URL` API endpoint
        let queryPath = `/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=${path.basename(SourceFile)}`;
        let reqOptions = {
            host: "api.pdf.co",
            path: encodeURI(queryPath),
            headers: { "x-api-key": API_KEY }
        };
        // Send request
        https.get(reqOptions, (response) => {
            response.on("data", (d) => {
                let data = JSON.parse(d);
                if (data.error == false) {
                    // Return presigned url we received
                    resolve([data.presignedUrl, data.url]);
                }
                else {
                    // Service reported error
                    console.log("getPresignedUrl(): " + data.message);
                }
            });
        })
            .on("error", (e) => {
                // Request error
                console.log("getPresignedUrl(): " + e);
            });
    });
}

function uploadFile(apiKey, localFile, uploadUrl) {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        fs.readFile(SourceFile, (err, data) => {
            request({
                method: "PUT",
                url: uploadUrl,
                body: data,
                headers: {
                    "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"
                }
            }, (err, res, body) => {
                if (!err) {
                    resolve();
                }
                else {
                    console.log("uploadFile() request error: " + err);
                }
            });
        });
    });
}

function splitPdf(apiKey, uploadedFileUrl, splitText) {
    // Prepare request to `Split PDF By Text` API endpoint
    var queryPath = `/v1/pdf/split2`;

    // JSON payload for api request
    var jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({
        searchString: splitText, url: uploadedFileUrl, async: true
    });

    var reqOptions = {
        host: "api.pdf.co",
        method: "POST",
        path: queryPath,
        headers: {
            "x-api-key": apiKey,
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
            "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(jsonPayload, 'utf8')
        }
    };
    // Send request
    var postRequest = https.request(reqOptions, (response) => {
        response.on("data", (d) => {
            response.setEncoding("utf8");
            // Parse JSON response
            let data = JSON.parse(d);
            if (data.error == false) {
                console.log(`Job #${data.jobId} has been created!`);
                checkIfJobIsCompleted(data.jobId, data.url);
            }
            else {
                // Service reported error
                console.log("splitPdf(): " + data.message);
            }
        });
    })
        .on("error", (e) => {
            // Request error
            console.log("splitPdf(): " + e);
        });
    // Write request data
    postRequest.write(jsonPayload);
    postRequest.end();
}

function checkIfJobIsCompleted(jobId, resultFileUrlJson) {
    let queryPath = `/v1/job/check`;

    // JSON payload for api request
    let jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({
        jobid: jobId
    });

    let reqOptions = {
        host: "api.pdf.co",
        path: queryPath,
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
            "x-api-key": API_KEY,
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
            "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(jsonPayload, 'utf8')
        }
    };

    // Send request
    var postRequest = https.request(reqOptions, (response) => {
        response.on("data", (d) => {
            response.setEncoding("utf8");

            // Parse JSON response
            let data = JSON.parse(d);
            console.log(`Checking Job #${jobId}, Status: ${data.status}, Time: ${new Date().toLocaleString()}`);

            if (data.status == "working") {
                // Check again after 3 seconds
                setTimeout(function () { checkIfJobIsCompleted(jobId, resultFileUrlJson) }, 3000);
            }
            else if (data.status == "success") {

                request({ method: 'GET', uri: resultFileUrlJson, gzip: true },
                    function (error, response, body) {

                        // Parse JSON response
                        let respJsonFileArray = JSON.parse(body);
                        let part = 1;

                        respJsonFileArray.forEach((url) => {
                            var localFileName = `./part${part}.pdf`;
                            var file = fs.createWriteStream(localFileName);
                            https.get(url, (response2) => {
                                response2.pipe(file)
                                    .on("close", () => {
                                        console.log(`Generated PDF file saved as "${localFileName} file."`);
                                    });
                            });
                            part++;
                        }, this);

                    });
            }
            else {
                console.log(`Operation ended with status: "${data.status}".`);
            }
        })
    });

    // Write request data
    postRequest.write(jsonPayload);
    postRequest.end();
}

Python

import os
import requests # pip install requests
import time
import datetime

# The authentication key (API Key).
# Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
API_KEY = "******************************************"

# Base URL for PDF.co Web API requests
BASE_URL = "https://api.pdf.co/v1"

# Source PDF file
SourceFile = ".\\sample.pdf"
# Split by Text
SplitText = "invoice number"
# (!) Make asynchronous job
Async = True

def main(args = None):
    uploadedFileUrl = uploadFile(SourceFile)
    if (uploadedFileUrl != None):
        splitPDF(uploadedFileUrl)


def splitPDF(uploadedFileUrl):
    """Split PDF using PDF.co Web API"""

    # Prepare requests params as JSON
    # See documentation: https://docs.pdf.co/
    parameters = {}
    parameters["async"] = Async
    parameters["searchString"] = SplitText
    parameters["url"] = uploadedFileUrl

    # Prepare URL for 'Split PDF By Text' API request
    url = "{}/pdf/split2".format(BASE_URL)

    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.post(url, data=parameters, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()

        if json["error"] == False:
            # Asynchronous job ID
            jobId = json["jobId"]
            #  URL of the result file
            resultFilePlaceholder = json["url"]

            # Check the job status in a loop. 
            # If you don't want to pause the main thread you can rework the code 
            # to use a separate thread for the status checking and completion.
            while True:
                status = checkJobStatus(jobId) # Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".
                
                # Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
                print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%H:%M.%S") + ": " + status)
                
                if status == "success":

                    resJsonImgFiles = requests.get(resultFilePlaceholder)

                    # Download generated files
                    part = 1

                    for resultFileUrl in resJsonImgFiles.json():
                        # Download Result File
                        r = requests.get(resultFileUrl, stream=True)

                        localFileUrl = f"Page{part}.pdf"

                        if r.status_code == 200:
                            with open(localFileUrl, 'wb') as file:
                                for chunk in r:
                                    file.write(chunk)
                            print(f"Result file saved as \"{localFileUrl}\" file.")
                        else:
                            print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

                        part = part + 1

                    break
                elif status == "working":
                    # Pause for a few seconds
                    time.sleep(3)
                else:
                    print(status)
                    break
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")


def checkJobStatus(jobId):
    """Checks server job status"""

    url = f"{BASE_URL}/job/check?jobid={jobId}"
    
    response = requests.get(url, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()
        return json["status"]
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

    return None


def uploadFile(fileName):
    """Uploads file to the cloud"""
    
    # 1. RETRIEVE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD FILE.

    # Prepare URL for 'Get Presigned URL' API request
    url = "{}/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={}".format(
        BASE_URL, os.path.basename(fileName))
    
    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.get(url, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()
        
        if json["error"] == False:
            # URL to use for file upload
            uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"]
            # URL for future reference
            uploadedFileUrl = json["url"]

            # 2. UPLOAD FILE TO CLOUD.
            with open(fileName, 'rb') as file:
                requests.put(uploadUrl, data=file, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY, "content-type": "application/octet-stream" })

            return uploadedFileUrl
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])    
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")

    return None


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace PDFcoApiExample
{
  class Program
  {
    // The authentication key (API Key).
    // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
    const String API_KEY = "***********************************";
    
    // Source PDF file to split
    const string SourceFile = @".\sample.pdf";
    
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      // Create standard .NET web client instance
      WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

      // Set API Key
      webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY);

      // 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE.
      // * If you already have a direct file URL, skip to the step 3.
      
      // Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call
      string query = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format(
        "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name={0}", 
        Path.GetFileName(SourceFile)));

      try
      {
        // Execute request
        string response = webClient.DownloadString(query);

        // Parse JSON response
        JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);

        if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
        {
          // Get URL to use for the file upload
          string uploadUrl = json["presignedUrl"].ToString();
          string uploadedFileUrl = json["url"].ToString();

          // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.

          webClient.Headers.Add("content-type", "application/octet-stream");
          webClient.UploadFile(uploadUrl, "PUT", SourceFile); // You can use UploadData() instead if your file is byte[] or Stream
          webClient.Headers.Remove("content-type");

          // 3. SPLIT UPLOADED PDF By Text

          // URL for `Split PDF By Text` API call
          var url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split2";

          // Prepare requests params as JSON
          Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
          parameters.Add("searchString", "invoice number");
          parameters.Add("url", uploadedFileUrl);

          // Convert dictionary of params to JSON
          string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters);

          // Execute POST request with JSON payload
          response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload);

          // Parse JSON response
          json = JObject.Parse(response);

          if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
          {
            // Download generated PDF files
            int part = 1;
            foreach (JToken token in json["urls"])
            {
              string resultFileUrl = token.ToString();
              string localFileName = String.Format(@".\part{0}.pdf", part);

              webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, localFileName);

              Console.WriteLine("Downloaded \"{0}\".", localFileName);
              part++;
            }
          }
          else
          {
            Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
          }
        }
        else
        {
          Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
        }
      }
      catch (WebException e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
      }

      webClient.Dispose();


      Console.WriteLine();
      Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
      Console.ReadKey();
    }
  }
}

Java

package com.company;

import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import okhttp3.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main
{
    // The authentication key (API Key).
    // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
    final static String API_KEY = "***********************************";

    // Source PDF file to split
    final static Path SourceFile = Paths.get(".\\sample.pdf");

    // Split By Text
    final static String SplitText = "invoice number";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        // Create HTTP client instance
        OkHttpClient webClient = new OkHttpClient();

        // 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE.
        // * If you already have a direct file URL, skip to the step 3.

        // Prepare URL for `Get Presigned URL` API call
        String query = String.format(
                "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url?contenttype=application/octet-stream&name=%s",
                SourceFile.getFileName());

        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(query)
                .addHeader("x-api-key", API_KEY) // (!) Set API Key
                .build();
        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        if (response.code() == 200)
        {
            // Parse JSON response
            JsonObject json = new JsonParser().parse(response.body().string()).getAsJsonObject();

            boolean error = json.get("error").getAsBoolean();
            if (!error)
            {
                // Get URL to use for the file upload
                String uploadUrl = json.get("presignedUrl").getAsString();
                // Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls
                String uploadedFileUrl = json.get("url").getAsString();

                // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.

                if (uploadFile(webClient, API_KEY, uploadUrl, SourceFile))
                {
                    // 3. SPLIT UPLOADED PDF

                    SplitPdf(webClient, API_KEY, SplitText, uploadedFileUrl);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
        }
    }

    public static void SplitPdf(OkHttpClient webClient, String apiKey, String splitText, String uploadedFileUrl) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare URL for `Split PDF By Text` API call
        String query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split2";

        // Make correctly escaped (encoded) URL
        URL url = null;
        try
        {
            url = new URI(null, query, null).toURL();
        }
        catch (URISyntaxException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        // Create JSON payload
    String jsonPayload = String.format("{\"searchString\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\"}",
                splitText,
                uploadedFileUrl);

        // Prepare request body
        RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"), jsonPayload);
        
        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url(url)
            .addHeader("x-api-key", API_KEY) // (!) Set API Key
            .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .post(body)
            .build();
        
        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();
        

        if (response.code() == 200)
        {
            // Parse JSON response
            JsonObject json = new JsonParser().parse(response.body().string()).getAsJsonObject();

            boolean error = json.get("error").getAsBoolean();
            if (!error)
            {
                // Download generated PDF files
                JsonArray urls = json.get("urls").getAsJsonArray();

                int part = 1;
                for (JsonElement element: urls)
                {
                    String resultFileUrl = element.getAsString();
                    String localFileName = String.format(".\\part%s.pdf", part);

                    downloadFile(webClient, resultFileUrl, Paths.get(localFileName).toFile());

                    System.out.println(String.format("Splitted part saved as \"%s\".", localFileName));
                    part++;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
        }
    }

    public static boolean uploadFile(OkHttpClient webClient, String apiKey, String url, Path sourceFile) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare request body
        RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/octet-stream"), sourceFile.toFile());

        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(url)
                .addHeader("x-api-key", apiKey) // (!) Set API Key
                .addHeader("content-type", "application/octet-stream")
                .put(body)
                .build();

        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        return (response.code() == 200);
    }

    public static void downloadFile(OkHttpClient webClient, String url, File destinationFile) throws IOException
    {
        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(url)
                .build();
        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        byte[] fileBytes = response.body().bytes();

        // Save downloaded bytes to file
        OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(destinationFile);
        output.write(fileBytes);
        output.flush();
        output.close();

        response.close();
    }
}

PHP

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>PDF Splitting Results</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php 
// Note: If you have input files large than 200kb we highly recommend to check "async" mode example.

// Get submitted form data
$apiKey = $_POST["apiKey"]; // The authentication key (API Key). Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
$splitText = $_POST["splitText"];


// 1. RETRIEVE THE PRESIGNED URL TO UPLOAD THE FILE.
// * If you already have a direct PDF file link, go to the step 3.

// Create URL
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/file/upload/get-presigned-url" .
    "?name=" . urlencode($_FILES["file"]["name"]) .
    "&contenttype=application/octet-stream";
    
// Create request
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// Execute request
$result = curl_exec($curl);

if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
{
    $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
    
    if ($status_code == 200)
    {
        $json = json_decode($result, true);
        
        // Get URL to use for the file upload
        $uploadFileUrl = $json["presignedUrl"];
        // Get URL of uploaded file to use with later API calls
        $accessFileUrl = $json["url"];
        
        // 2. UPLOAD THE FILE TO CLOUD.
        
        $localFile = $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
        $fileHandle = fopen($localFile, "r");
        
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $uploadFileUrl);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("content-type: application/octet-stream"));
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fileHandle);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, filesize($localFile));

        // Execute request
        curl_exec($curl);
        
        fclose($fileHandle);
        
        if (curl_errno($curl))
        {
            // Display request error
            echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
        }
        else
        {
            $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
            
            if ($status_code == 200)
            {
                // 3. SPLIT UPLOADED PDF DOCUMENT
                SplitPdf($apiKey, $accessFileUrl, $splitText);
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
                echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display service reported error
        echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
        echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
    }
    
    curl_close($curl);
}
else
{
    // Display CURL error
    echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}


function SplitPdf($apiKey, $fileUrl, $splitText) 
{
    // Prepare URL for `Split PDF By Text` API call
    $url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/split2";
        
    // Prepare requests params
    $parameters = array();
    $parameters["name"] = "part.pdf";
    $parameters["url"] = $fileUrl;
    $parameters["searchString"] = $splitText;

    // Create Json payload
    $data = json_encode($parameters);

    // Create request
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

    // Execute request
    $result = curl_exec($curl);
    
    if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
    {
        $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        
        if ($status_code == 200)
        {
            $json = json_decode($result, true);
            
            if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false)
            {
                // Display links to splitted parts
                $resultFiles = $json["urls"];
                foreach ($resultFiles as &$resultFileUrl) 
                    echo "<p><a href=" . $resultFileUrl . ">" . $resultFileUrl . "</p>"; 
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>"; 
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>"; 
            echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>"; 
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display request error
        echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
    }
    
    // Cleanup
    curl_close($curl);
}

?>

</body>
</html>