Parse by Template Stored in User Storage

This REST API allows extracting document’s fields and tables defined in a template file saved in user storage and specified by template path.

The following example demonstrates how to extract data from a source document by a saved template. Here you can see how to parse text fields by regular expressions and a table inside the document.

Resource

The following GroupDocs.Parser Cloud REST API resource has been used in the Parse by Template Store in User Storage example.

cURL example

# 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/parse" \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer 
<jwt token>" \
-d "{
    "FileInfo": {
        "FilePath": "words\docx\template-document.docx",
        "TemplatePath": "templates\template-for-companies.json"
    }
}"
{
    "count": 5,
    "fieldsData": [
        {
            "name": "ADDRESS",
            "pageIndex": 0,
            "pageArea": {
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 85.050003051757813,
                        "y": 79.191001892089844
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 13.428000450134277,
                        "width": 82.430992126464844
                    },
                    "coordinates": {
                        "top": 79.191001892089844,
                        "bottom": 92.619002342224121,
                        "left": 85.050003051757813,
                        "right": 167.48099517822266
                    }
                },
                "page": {
                    "index": 0,
                    "size": {
                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                    }
                },
                "pageTextArea": {
                    "text": "Company address:",
                    "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                    "areas": []
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "COMPANYADDRESS",
            "pageIndex": 0,
            "pageArea": {
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 169.96800231933594,
                        "y": 79.191001892089844
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 13.428000450134277,
                        "width": 98.3180046081543
                    },
                    "coordinates": {
                        "top": 79.191001892089844,
                        "bottom": 92.619002342224121,
                        "left": 169.96800231933594,
                        "right": 268.28600692749023
                    }
                },
                "page": {
                    "index": 0,
                    "size": {
                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                    }
                },
                "pageTextArea": {
                    "text": "address of the Aspose",
                    "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                    "areas": [
                        {
                            "text": "address",
                            "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                            "areas": []
                        },
                        {
                            "text": "of",
                            "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                            "areas": []
                        },
                        {
                            "text": "the",
                            "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                            "areas": []
                        },
                        {
                            "text": "Aspose",
                            "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                            "areas": []
                        }
                    ]
                }
            },
            "linkedField": {
                "name": "ADDRESS",
                "pageIndex": 0,
                "pageArea": {
                    "rectangle": {
                        "position": {
                            "x": 85.050003051757813,
                            "y": 79.191001892089844
                        },
                        "size": {
                            "height": 13.428000450134277,
                            "width": 82.430992126464844
                        },
                        "coordinates": {
                            "top": 79.191001892089844,
                            "bottom": 92.619002342224121,
                            "left": 85.050003051757813,
                            "right": 167.48099517822266
                        }
                    },
                    "page": {
                        "index": 0,
                        "size": {
                            "height": 841.9000244140625,
                            "width": 595.29998779296875
                        }
                    },
                    "pageTextArea": {
                        "text": "Company address:",
                        "baseLine": 92.619002342224121,
                        "areas": []
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "COMPANY",
            "pageIndex": 0,
            "pageArea": {
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 85.050003051757813,
                        "y": 56.700000762939453
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 13.428000450134277,
                        "width": 72.998994827270508
                    },
                    "coordinates": {
                        "top": 56.700000762939453,
                        "bottom": 70.12800121307373,
                        "left": 85.050003051757813,
                        "right": 158.04899787902832
                    }
                },
                "page": {
                    "index": 0,
                    "size": {
                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                    }
                },
                "pageTextArea": {
                    "text": "Company name:",
                    "baseLine": 70.12800121307373,
                    "areas": []
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "COMPANYNAME",
            "pageIndex": 0,
            "pageArea": {
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 160.53599548339844,
                        "y": 56.700000762939453
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 13.428000450134277,
                        "width": 32.021999359130859
                    },
                    "coordinates": {
                        "top": 56.700000762939453,
                        "bottom": 70.12800121307373,
                        "left": 160.53599548339844,
                        "right": 192.5579948425293
                    }
                },
                "page": {
                    "index": 0,
                    "size": {
                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                    }
                },
                "pageTextArea": {
                    "text": "Aspose",
                    "baseLine": 70.12800121307373,
                    "areas": [
                        {
                            "text": "Aspose",
                            "baseLine": 70.12800121307373,
                            "areas": []
                        }
                    ]
                }
            },
            "linkedField": {
                "name": "COMPANY",
                "pageIndex": 0,
                "pageArea": {
                    "rectangle": {
                        "position": {
                            "x": 85.050003051757813,
                            "y": 56.700000762939453
                        },
                        "size": {
                            "height": 13.428000450134277,
                            "width": 72.998994827270508
                        },
                        "coordinates": {
                            "top": 56.700000762939453,
                            "bottom": 70.12800121307373,
                            "left": 85.050003051757813,
                            "right": 158.04899787902832
                        }
                    },
                    "page": {
                        "index": 0,
                        "size": {
                            "height": 841.9000244140625,
                            "width": 595.29998779296875
                        }
                    },
                    "pageTextArea": {
                        "text": "Company name:",
                        "baseLine": 70.12800121307373,
                        "areas": []
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "COMPANIES",
            "pageIndex": 0,
            "pageArea": {
                "rectangle": {
                    "position": {
                        "x": 90.699996948242188,
                        "y": 124.67299652099609
                    },
                    "size": {
                        "height": 27.356001853942871,
                        "width": 331.91801071166992
                    },
                    "coordinates": {
                        "top": 124.67299652099609,
                        "bottom": 152.02899837493896,
                        "left": 90.699996948242188,
                        "right": 422.61800765991211
                    }
                },
                "page": {
                    "index": 0,
                    "size": {
                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                    }
                },
                "pageTableArea": {
                    "rowCount": 1,
                    "columnCount": 2,
                    "pageTableAreaCells": [
                        {
                            "columnIndex": 0,
                            "columnSpan": 1,
                            "pageArea": {
                                "rectangle": {
                                    "position": {
                                        "x": 90.699996948242188,
                                        "y": 124.67299652099609
                                    },
                                    "size": {
                                        "height": 27.356001853942871,
                                        "width": 32.021999359130859
                                    },
                                    "coordinates": {
                                        "top": 124.67299652099609,
                                        "bottom": 152.02899837493896,
                                        "left": 90.699996948242188,
                                        "right": 122.72199630737305
                                    }
                                },
                                "page": {
                                    "index": 0,
                                    "size": {
                                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                                    }
                                },
                                "pageTextArea": {
                                    "text": "Name\r\nAspose",
                                    "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                    "areas": [
                                        {
                                            "text": "Name",
                                            "baseLine": 138.10099697113037,
                                            "areas": []
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "text": "Aspose",
                                            "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                            "areas": []
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            "rowIndex": 0,
                            "rowSpan": 1
                        },
                        {
                            "columnIndex": 1,
                            "columnSpan": 1,
                            "pageArea": {
                                "rectangle": {
                                    "position": {
                                        "x": 324.29998779296875,
                                        "y": 124.67299652099609
                                    },
                                    "size": {
                                        "height": 27.356001853942871,
                                        "width": 98.318019866943359
                                    },
                                    "coordinates": {
                                        "top": 124.67299652099609,
                                        "bottom": 152.02899837493896,
                                        "left": 324.29998779296875,
                                        "right": 422.61800765991211
                                    }
                                },
                                "page": {
                                    "index": 0,
                                    "size": {
                                        "height": 841.9000244140625,
                                        "width": 595.29998779296875
                                    }
                                },
                                "pageTextArea": {
                                    "text": "Address\r\naddress of the Aspose",
                                    "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                    "areas": [
                                        {
                                            "text": "Address",
                                            "baseLine": 138.10099697113037,
                                            "areas": []
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "text": "address",
                                            "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                            "areas": []
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "text": "of",
                                            "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                            "areas": []
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "text": "the",
                                            "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                            "areas": []
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "text": "Aspose",
                                            "baseLine": 152.02899837493896,
                                            "areas": []
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            "rowIndex": 0,
                            "rowSpan": 1
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

SDK examples

Our API is completely independent of your operating system, database system or development language. You can use any language and platform that supports HTTP to interact with our API. However, manually writing client code can be difficult, error-prone and time-consuming. Therefore, we have provided and support API SDKs in many development languages in order to make it easier to integrate with us. If you use SDK, it hides the Parser API calls and lets you use GroupDocs Cloud features in a native way for your preferred language.