We’re pleased to share insight of upcoming GroupDocs.Parser Cloud API, a new addition to groupdocs.cloud product list. GroupDocs.Parser Cloud is a document parsing solution. As a developer, you’ll be able to add document parsing feature in your applications on any platform without depending on any third-party plugin or tool. The main feature of this REST API will be to parse documents on user-defined templates to extract data from your invoices, quotation or other kinds of business documents.
Some of the supported features in upcoming API are as following. The REST API will not be limited to the following features, but we will be keep adding new useful features.
Features
Parse Document by Template
Extract Text
Extract only text
Extract formatted text using extraction mode option; Plain Text, HTML and Markdown
Extract text from specific pages by setting the page range
Extract Images
Document information extraction
Template Management
Supported formats
In the first release of GroupDocs.Parser Cloud API, we will be supporting the following file formats:
Microsoft Word Document
Microsoft Word Document Template
Office Open XML Document
Office Open XML Macro-Enabled Document
Office Open XML Document Template
Office Open XML Document Macro-Enabled Template
Plain text
Open Document Text
Open Document Text Template
Rich Text Format
Portable Document Format File
Hypertext Markup Language File
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language File
MIME HTML File
Markdown
XML File
Compiled HTML Help File
Digital E-Book File Format
FictionBook 2.0 File
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
Microsoft Excel Template
Office Open XML Spreadsheet
Office Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet
Office Open XML Binary Spreadsheet
Office Open XML Spreadsheet Template
Office Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet Template
Open Document Spreadsheet
OTS
Open Document Spreadsheet Template
Comma Separated Values
XLA
Excel Add-In File
XLAM
Excel Open XML Macro-Enabled Add-In
NUMBERS
Apple iWork Numbers
PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint Slideshow
PowerPoint Template
Office Open XML Presentation
Office Open XML Macro-Enabled Presentation
Office Open XML Presentation Template
Office Open XML Macro-Enabled Presentation Template
Office Open XML Presentation Slideshow
Office Open XML Macro-Enabled Presentation Slideshow
Open Document Presentation
Open Document Presentation Template
Outlook Personal Information Store File
Outlook Offline Data File
E-Mail Message
Apple Mail Message
Outlook Mail Message
OneNote Document
Zipped File
Security and Authentication
The GroupDocs.Parser Cloud REST API is secured and requires authentication. You will need AppSID and AppKey for authentication, which can be created at the dashboard.
API Explorer
We will provide a Web-based API Reference Explorer for GroupDocs.Parser Cloud. So you will be able to try the REST APIs right away in your browser. And also you can get information about all the resources in the API.
SDKs
GroupDocs.Parser Cloud will come with SDKs for all popular programing languages hosted on our GitHub repository along with working examples, that will allow you to integrate it into existing systems. The SDKs will be wrapped around REST API. The SDK will take care of low-level details of making requests and handling responses, that will let you focus on writing code specific to your particular project.
Our first version
We are currently finalizing the documentation and examples for GroupDocs.Parser Cloud. We have planned to release the first version of new product soon with features shared above. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to write us on groupdocs.cloud Forum.
Please stay tuned to groupdocs.cloud blog for further updates.