Get Template

This REST API provides the functionality to retrieve templates that are used in Parse endpoint. Simply get the API response and use it as a template parameter in Parse by the Template method. The table below contains the full list of properties.

NameDescriptionComment
TemplatePathThe path of the template, located in the storage.Required.
FileInfo.StorageNameStorage nameIt could be omitted for default storage.

Resource

The following GroupDocs.Parser Cloud REST API resource has been used in the Get Template example.

cURL example

The following example demonstrates how to Get a Template.

# First get JSON Web Token
# Please get your Client Id and Client Secret from https://dashboard.groupdocs.cloud/applications.
# Kindly place Client Id in "client_id" and Client Secret in "client_secret" argument.
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/connect/token" \
-X POST \
-d "grant_type#client_credentials&client_id#xxxx&client_secret#xxxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-H "Accept: application/json"
   
# cURL example to join several documents into one
curl -v "https://api.groupdocs.cloud/v1.0/parser/template" \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer 
<jwt token>" \
-d "{
    "TemplatePath": "templates/template_1.json"
}"

Response will contain raw json template

{
    "fields": [
        {
            "fieldName": "Address",
            "fieldPosition": {
                "fieldPositionType": "Fixed",
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 13.0,
                        "y": 35.0
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 10.0,
                        "width": 100.0
                    }
                },
                "matchCase": false,
                "isLeftLinked": false,
                "isRightLinked": false,
                "isTopLinked": false,
                "isBottomLinked": false,
                "autoScale": false
            }
        },
        {
            "fieldName": "Company",
            "fieldPosition": {
                "fieldPositionType": "Linked",
                "matchCase": false,
                "linkedFieldName": "Address",
                "isLeftLinked": false,
                "isRightLinked": false,
                "isTopLinked": false,
                "isBottomLinked": true,
                "searchArea": {
                    "height": 15.0,
                    "width": 100.0
                },
                "autoScale": true
            }
        }
    ],
    "tables": [
        {
            "tableName": "Totals",
            "detectorParameters": {
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 300.0,
                        "y": 385.0
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 220.0,
                        "width": 65.0
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

SDK examples

Using an SDK (API client) is the quickest way for a developer to speed up the development. An SDK takes care of a lot of low-level details of making requests and handling responses and lets you focus on writing code specific to your particular project. Check out our GitHub repository for a complete list of GroupDocs.Parser Cloud SDKs along with working examples, to get you started in no time. Please check Available SDKs article to learn how to add an SDK to your project.