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Overview

Acrobat products provide several ways developers can interact with Acrobat products. From the tried and true Acrobat and PDFL SDKs that have served enterprise for decades, to the Document Services APIs that provide web-based opportunities for PDF manipulation, all SDKs provide docs, code samples, and downloads that offer maximum flexibility and speed to get you up and running.

• Acrobat SDK: The Acrobat SDK is a set of tools that help you develop software that interacts with Acrobat technology. The SDK contains header files, type libraries, simple utilities, sample code, and documentation.
• PDF Library SDK: The PDFL SDK contains a powerful set of functions for developing third-party solutions and workflows built upon the Adobe PDF standard. The Adobe PDF Library is based on Acrobat offers complete functionality for generating, manipulating, rendering, and printing Adobe PDF documents.
• Document Services SDK: Build engaging digital document experiences with Adobe’s cloud-based APIs, including the PDF Services API and PDF Embed API.
• Adobe Sign SDKs: The Adobe Sign developer tools include several SDKs (JS, JAVA, C++, etc.) and a mature REST API, developer guide and other resources. These tools enable building signing workflows and apps on the Adobe Sign platform.

Support and contacts

Developers can purchase support via the Adobe Creative Cloud Exchange Developer Support program. Supported SDK development activities include those for which the product is designed, tested, and licensed. Acrobat Developer Support does not support use cases that do not involve the Acrobat core API.

Only the last two major SDK versions with interim updates are eligible for support.

Note: For non-programmatic issues, such as questions about installing, using, customizing, or deploying Acrobat, contact Acrobat Technical Support.

Forum

To participate in the developer community, see Adobe’s Acrobat SDK forum.