pdfRest | API Tools

Convert

Convert files between formats and conform to specialized PDF standards

PDF to Word

Convert PDF documents to Microsoft Word documents for easy editing

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PDF to Excel

Convert PDF documents to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to edit and analyze data

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PDF to Powerpoint

Convert PDF documents to adjustable Microsoft PowerPoint presentations

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Convert to PDF

Quickly and easily convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, BMP, TIF, PNG, JPG, HTML, and PostScript files to standardized PDF documents.

Convert to PDF/X

Convert standard PDF files to several PDF/X formats to meet prepress print requirements.

Convert to PDF/A

Convert PDFs to standard PDF/A formats to ensure compliance and support long-term preservation of documents.

PDF to Images

Convert PDFs to JPGs, BMPs, PNGs, GIFs, and TIFs, accurately preserving color fidelity.

Optimize

Enhance PDFs for their intended usage with tools that target specific improvements

Rasterize PDF

Convert each page of a PDF into a rasterized image for consistent rendering and printing.

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Convert PDF Colors

Change a PDF's color profile to optimize for print, screen, grayscale, or custom needs.

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Compress PDF

Minimize PDF file sizes while preserving content quality to speed up document transfers and reduce storage costs.

Linearize PDF

Apply linearization to PDFs to support a quick online viewing experience with Fast Web View.

Flatten Transparencies

Flatten all transparent objects in a PDF to increase RIP speed in a prepress workflow and support conversion to other file formats.

Flatten Layers

Collapse all content from separate PDF layers onto a single layer of page content.

Flatten Annotations

Flatten all annotations in a PDF to collapse their appearances into page content and make them uneditable.

Modify

Apply changes to PDF content with this suite of modification tools

Add to PDF

Insert text and images into a PDF with precise positioning while preserving the original content, and attach files, including XML and other formats.

Merge PDFs

Combine multiple PDF documents or pages into one consolidated PDF.

Split PDF

Split a single PDF document into one or more PDF documents with exactly the pages you need.

Forms

Process all PDF forms, including static and dynamic XFA and AcroForms

XFA to Acroforms

Convert PDF forms from Static XFA or Dynamic XFA to Acroforms for expanded compatibility with forms processing tools and workflows.

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Flatten Forms

Preserve and lock PDF form field values, make forms no longer editable, and convert Acroform and XFA files into standard PDF files.

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Import Form Data

Import values into PDF form fields from an external data file for both XFA forms and Acroforms.

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Export Form Data

Export values from PDF form fields to an external data file for both XFA forms and Acroforms.

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Extract

Extract text, data, images, and document details to collect information and drive conditional logic

Extract Images

Extract images embedded in PDF documents to individual image files, preserving color, resolution, and format.

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OCR PDF

Unlock searchable and extractable PDF text by applying OCR to embedded images.

Extract Text

Extract all text from a PDF, optionally including style and position information.

Query PDF

Get the facts to power your workflow - return detailed info about a PDF and its content to drive conditional processing.

Secure

Protect your documents and data with this suite of tools to enhance security

Watermark PDF

Apply a watermark to all pages of a PDF using either text or an image.

Encrypt PDF

Secure PDFs with impenetrable encryption and require a password for viewers to open encrypted documents.

Restrict PDF

Set restrictions on a PDF to limit how users can interact with the document, such as printing, editing, or extracting text and images.

Simplify

Build simple, streamlined workflows with these flexible utility tools

API Polling

Asynchronously poll for status of requests sent to any pdfRest endpoint for flexible workflow control that avoids timeouts

Upload Files

Upload multiple files at once from local storage or public URL for convenient transfers prior to processing.

Zip Files

Compress multiple files into a single Zip for easy download, or extract files from a .zip archive to access and process them individually.