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This article describes how to utilize the PDF Scout Scout™ Inspector Tool API to check or pre-flight PDF files. 

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Scout checks are required before PDF files can be used for plan review in EPR.


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titleBest Practices

e-PlanREVIEW® (EPR) will not accept plan review documents rejected by Scout.  All plan review documents must be submitted in PDF format.



Prerequisites

See: PDF Scout Inspector Tool


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SCOUT API Step-by-step guide

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  1. Get a scout token.

    1. url: <scout-url>/api/auth (POST)

    2. API parameters: username/password
  2. Get an "upload" url
  3. Upload file using the "upload" url obtained from step 2
  4. Call Scout to get the json result.

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titleALERT!

Tokens automatically expire after 3 12 hours of inactivity.


Step 1. Get a token

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