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// Currently, there is no Node.js class for using PDFrePRO. Instead, we provide you some code snippets, which show you,
// how you could send requests to PDFrePRO, using Node.js. There are currently two examples available: one on how to
// retrieve the editor URL of one of your templates; and one on how to print a PDF of one of your templates.

// Note, that these examples have been written in and tested with Node.js version v9.11.1. Some functionalities may not
// be available in earlier versions; causing them - very probably - to throw some errors. Just adapt the examples to
// your Node.js version.

// Set the PDFrePRO-API URL in 'my_credentials.js' if you want to use a different one than the default:

global.host = "https://api.pdfrepro.de";

// Now set your personal 'api_key' and 'shared_key' (also in 'my_credentials.js'):

global.api_key     = "<your-api-key>";

global.shared_key  = "<your-shared-key>";

// You'll find these credentials in the PDFrePRO portal in menu 'Manage -> License Key'.
// Click then on the 'eye symbol' of the license key you want to use.
                        
                    

                        
// Open 'my_credentials.js' and adapt it according to your template id. In case of printing a PDF, you also have to
// adapt your data you want to merge into the template.

// One of your prepared templates, for which you want to retrieve the editor-url or print a PDF.
global.template_id = "<your-template-id>";

// Please, refer to the placeholder structure, which you've uploaded, using the PDFrePRO portal, and used in your chosen
// template.
function my_data() {
    // Get the content of your JSON file.
    var file_content = fs.readFileSync("./my_example_data_to_print.json");

    // Return the decoded JSON.
    return JSON.parse(file_content)
}
                        
                    

                        
// The "magic" part of PDFrePRO: merge template and (placeholder-)data and get returned a ready-to-use PDF:
try {
    // Send the request to PDFrePRO-API and get the response.
    send_request("/v3/templates/" + template_id + "/pdf", my_data(), function(response) {
        try {
            // Get the PDF.
            var pdf = response["data"]["pdf"];

            // Store the PDF as file on your desktop.
            var buffer    = new Buffer(pdf, "base64");
            var file_path = os.homedir() + path.sep + "Desktop" + path.sep + "my_first_print_result.pdf";

            fs.writeFileSync(file_path, buffer);

            // Get the command for your platform, which opens the PDF in your default PDF viewer. (This example doesn't
            // cover all platforms.)
            var start = ((process.platform === "darwin") ? "open" : ((process.platform === "win32") ? "start" : "xdg-open"));

            // Open the PDF file, which got just created.
            child_process.exec(start + " " + file_path);
        } catch(error) {
            // Print any occurring error.
            console.log("<pre>" + error.toString() + "</pre>")
        }
    });
} catch(error) {
    // Print any occurring error.
    console.log("<pre>" + error.toString() + "</pre>")
}

// Or retrieve an URL to open your template in the WYSIWYG editor of PDFrePRO:
try {
    // Send the request to PDFrePRO-API and get the response.
    send_request("/v3/templates/" + template_id + "/editor-url", function(response) {
        try {
            // Get the editor-url.
            var editor_url = response["data"]["url"];

            // Get the command for your platform, which opens the URL in your default browser. (This example doesn't
            // cover all platforms.)
            var start = ((process.platform === "darwin") ? "open" : ((process.platform === "win32") ? "start" : "xdg-open"));

            // Open the PDFrePRO editor by using the URL.
            child_process.exec(start + " " + editor_url);
        } catch(error) {
            // Print any occurring error.
            console.log("<pre>" + error.toString() + "</pre>")
        }
    });
} catch(error) {
    // Print any occurring error.
    console.log("<pre>" + error.toString() + "</pre>")
}