Linearize PDF API Tool - Optimize PDF for Fast Web View

Linearize PDF is a REST API tool that optimizes a PDF file for quick online viewing, often called 'Fast Web View', significantly improving user experience when documents are streamed over a network connection. Developers can use this tool to ensure PDFs are web-optimized, allowing content to load progressively in web browsers without waiting for the entire file to download.

Key Benefits of Linearize PDF API

Optimize for Fast Web View by restructuring PDF content, enabling pages to display quickly in web viewers even before the entire document is loaded.
Improve user experience by providing instant access to PDF content online, reducing wait times and enhancing engagement with your documents.
Ensure reliable PDF linearization using the same underlying technology that powers Adobe® Acrobat™, guaranteeing proper optimization from the start.
Streamline application with a simple process that requires minimal input, allowing you to easily prepare documents for the best possible online viewing experience.
Facilitate easy web app integration as a REST API tool, making it ideally suited for optimizing PDFs intended to be served over any network connection, regardless of your tech stack.
Reduce bandwidth usage and server load by enabling efficient, byte-serving delivery of PDF content for online viewing.

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Request

POST

Headers

Api-Key

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Response-Type

Choose between a full response after processing completes or an immediate response containing only the requestId to poll for the processing status later.

Full Response

Request ID

Required Parameters

file

File to be uploaded and processed

Alphanumeric ID (UUID) of existing file on server to be processed

Optional Parameters

output

Name of the generated output file, without extension

Code

curl -X POST "https://api.pdfrest.com/linearized-pdf" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Api-Key: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" \

Response

The response for your API Call will display here.

Once you've sent your POST request and received a valid response, you can download your output file using the output URL.

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A slow, fractured PDF document marked with a turtle icon is transformed into a quick, unified PDF marked with a cheetah icon

Optimize PDFs for Fast Web Viewing with Linearize PDF

Why is pdfRest the best API to linearize PDF?

pdfRest offers the best solution for linearizing PDF documents, because it supports Fast Web View, simple application, and easy integration.

Linearize with Confidence

Unlike other APIs that offer PDF linearization solutions, pdfRest uses the same underlying technology that powers Adobe® Acrobat™ to optimize files for Fast Web View.

What can go wrong when you restructure all of the content in a PDF document with substandard technology? Do you really want to find out? Trust the original inventor of the PDF format to apply linearization the right way from the start.

Simple to Apply

Linearization is a complex operation, but optimizing your documents for online viewing shouldn’t require you to earn a degree in PDF technology. We’ve got you covered with the most streamlined process to apply linearization.

Select a file, give the output a name, and those are the only decisions you’ll need to make to prepare for the best PDF online viewing experience.

Easy Web App Integration

Linearization is most important when PDFs are intended to be served over a network connection for a web viewing user experience.

pdfRest’s Linearize PDF tool is ideally suited for this purpose, as the REST API design supports easy integration with any web application, no matter what languages or tech stacks are used under the hood.

Start from Code Examples

See more code examples in our GitHub repository

Need more help?

Start with a Tutorial for step-by-step guidance

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Customize Your Solution

Learn about the parameters for this tool to create your custom solution.

File

The file parameter allows you to select a local file to be uploaded to pdfRest’s processing server.

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The id parameter allows you to submit a resource ID generated by one of our API Tools. Each of our API Tools assigns a unique resource ID to your output file(s), allowing you to chain requests together without having to download intermediate files between requests.

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Output

The output parameter lets you set a filename (without extension) for your linearized PDF.

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