How to Merge Word Documents in Ruby using REST API

How to Merge Word Documents in Ruby using REST API

You can combine word documents into a single word file programmatically on the cloud using REST API. It can be useful in sharing or printing multiple documents combined in a single file instead of processing all files one by one. As a Ruby developer, you can merge two or more Word files into a single file in your Ruby applications. In this article, you will learn how to merge Word Documents in Ruby using REST API.

The following topics shall be covered in this article:

Word Merger REST API and Ruby SDK

For merging two or more Word files, I will be using the Ruby SDK of GroupDocs.Merger Cloud API. It allows you to combine two or more documents into a single document, or split up one source document into multiple resultant documents. It also enables you to shift, delete, exchange, rotate or change the page orientation either as portrait or landscape for the whole or preferred range of pages. The SDK supports merging and splitting of all popular document formats such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, OneNote, PDF, HTML, etc.

You can install GroupDocs.Merger Cloud to your Ruby application using the following command in the console:

gem install groupdocs_merger_cloud

Please get your Client ID and Secret from the dashboard before following the mentioned steps. Once you have your ID and secret, add in the code as shown below:

Merge Multiple Word Documents using REST API in Ruby

You can combine two or more Word files programmatically on the cloud by following the simple steps mentioned below. It is secure and fast way to merge multiple Word documents into a single file programmatically by following the steps mentioned below:

  • Create an instance of the DocumentApi
  • Create an instance of the JoinItem
  • Set the input file path for first JoinItem in the FileInfo
  • Create new instance of the JoinItem for the second document
  • Provide the input file path for second JoinItem in the FileInfo
  • Add more JoinItems to merge more DOCX files
  • Create an instance of the JoinOptions
  • Add a comma separated list of created join items
  • Set the output file path on the cloud
  • Create an instance of the JoinRequest with JoinOptions
  • Get results by calling the join() method of the DocumentAPI with JoinRequest

The following code snippet shows how to merge multiple Word files using a REST API in Ruby.

Merge Specific Pages of Multiple Word Documents using Ruby

You can easily combine specific pages from multiple Word files into a single file programmatically by following the steps mentioned below:

  • Create an instance of the DocumentApi
  • Create an instance of the JoinItem
  • Set the input file path for first JoinItem in the FileInfo
  • Define a list of page numbers to be merged
  • Create another instance of the JoinItem
  • Set the input file path for second JoinItem in the FileInfo
  • Define start page number and end page number
  • Define the page range mode as OddPages
  • Create an instance of the JoinOptions
  • Add a comma separated list of created join items
  • Set the output file path on the cloud
  • Create an instance of the JoinRequest with JoinOptions
  • Finally, merge documents by calling the join() method of the DocumentAPI with JoinRequest

The following code snippet shows how to merge specific pages from multiple Word files using a REST API in Ruby.

Online Word Merger | Combine DOCX Online

Please try the following free online Word merging tool, which is developed using the above API. You can combine DOCX online from any device using our Word Merger tool.

API to merge and combine multiple documents Online

How to merge DOCX files online?

Summing up

In this blog post, we have learned how to merge multiple Word files on the cloud. We have also learned how to combine specific pages of multiple Word documents into one file using Ruby. The DOCX merger REST API also provides .NET, Java, PHP, Python, Android, and Node.js SDKs as its document merger family members for the Cloud API. You can learn more about GroupDocs.Merge Cloud API using the documentation. We also provide an API Reference section that lets you visualize and interact with our APIs directly through the browser.

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