This article describes how to utilize the PDF Scout inspector to analyze incoming plan review documents to eplansoft REVIEW (EPR).
All public facing portals/customer portals should implement calls to Scout to evaluate whether plan review documents are acceptable.
How it works
Incoming plan review documents are uploaded to a temporary location on the eplansoft AWS server. Scout performs a 'read analysis' to identify known issues that will prevent EPR from accepting the document for plan review.
Once the Scout inspection finishes, a json response is returned and the documents are deleted from AWS.
Prerequisites
- See: Scout PDF Inspector
Step-by-step guide
To inspect a .PDF file using Scout APIs, follow these steps:
Get a token.
Obtain the credentials from the EPR Environment/Partners page. See Accessing the Connect API for partner integration via Swagger
- Get an upload url
- Upload file using the url from step 2
- Call Scout to get the json result.
Step 1. Get a token
POST https://scout-api.eplansoftreview.com/api/auth
Request Body format:
{
"username": "admin_username",
"password": "admin_password"
}
Sample Response:
{
"success": true,
"token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6ImVwbGFuYWRtaW4iLCJpYXQiOjE1MjU0NDk2MDcsImV4cCI6MTUyNTQ1MzIwN30.5uRl1WIjpGwJaA-qVbnYI_wenzKl0bRy6RPuvp2WUzo"
}
Step 2. Get an Upload Url
GET https://scout-api.eplansoftreview.com/api/uploadUrl?filename=your_filename
Sample Response:
{
"success": true,
"message": "Use the method and url to upload file to Scout server.",
"data": {
"method": "PUT",
"url": "https://eplan-scout.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1525449678912evil.pdf?Content-Type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIGT7NUYPP3IOYOBA%2F20180504%2Fus-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20180504T160118Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Signature=0cf8ad94edf98902134f7909246549d2b1059fc228bb2054f9fea42d33f2f1a2&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host",
"contentType": "application/pdf",
"filename": "sample.pdf",
"filePath": "1525449678912sample.pdf"
}
}
Step 3. Upload file to Scout Server
PUT [url_from_last_step]
Note: You must upload file using the PUT method.
Step 4. Call Scout api to get the result
POST https://scout-api.eplansoftreview.com/api/scout
Request Body format:
{
"filePath": "filePath from step 2 response body"
}
Sample Response:
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"filename": "1525449678912sample.pdf",
"filesize": 73121,
"numPages": 1,
"outlines": null,
"results": [
{
"key": "accessible",
"success": true,
"value": null
},
{
"key": "version",
"success": true,
"value": "1.7"
},
{
"key": "size",
"success": true,
"value": "0.07MB"
},
{
"key": "rotation",
"success": true,
"value": null
},
{
"key": "pageAccess",
"success": true,
"value": null
},
{
"key": "annotation",
"success": true,
"value": null
},
{
"key": "resolution",
"success": true,
"value": null
}
],
"pages": [
{
"pageNumber": 1,
"dimension": {
"pageNumber": 1,
"mediaBox": [
0,
0,
1728,
1296
],
"rotate": 0,
"orientation": "Landscape",
"width": 1728,
"height": 1296
},
"pageAccess": {
"value": null,
"errMessage": null,
"debugData": null
},
"annotation": {
"value": null,
"errMessage": null,
"debugData": null
},
"resolution": {
"value": null,
"errMessage": null,
"debugData": null
}
}
],
"pageDimensions": {
"1": {
"pageNumber": 1,
"mediaBox": [
0,
0,
1728,
1296
],
"rotate": 0,
"orientation": "Landscape",
"width": 1728,
"height": 1296
}
},
"author": "",
"version": 1.7,
"isPassed": true
}
}
Determining the Results
Check "isPassed" value in the response body to see if the file passes Scout.
Best Practices
Documents rejected by Scout should be rejected in the public facing/customer portal.