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Adobe PDF Accessibility Auto-Tag API

Tag PDFs to improve accessibility. Identify the content structure and reading order, and tag tables, paragraphs, lists, headings, figures, and more to improve the reading experience of native or scanned PDFs with assistive technologies. Generate a tailored tagging report about added tags and any content that needs additional review.

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// Please refer our REST API docs for more information
// https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/apis/#tag/PDF-Accessibility-Auto-Tag

curl --location --request POST 'https://pdf-services.adobe.io/operation/autotag' \
--header 'x-api-key: {{Placeholder for client_id}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{Placeholder for token}}' \
--data-raw '{
    "assetID": "urn:aaid:AS:UE1:23c30ee0-2e4d-46d6-87f2-087832fca718"
}'
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// Please refer our REST API docs for more information
// https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/apis/#tag/PDF-Accessibility-Auto-Tag

curl --location --request POST 'https://pdf-services.adobe.io/operation/autotag' \
--header 'x-api-key: {{Placeholder for client_id}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{Placeholder for token}}' \
--data-raw '{
    "assetID": "urn:aaid:AS:UE1:23c30ee0-2e4d-46d6-87f2-087832fca718"
}'

// Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk-samples
// Run the sample:
// node src/autotagpdf/autotag-pdf.js

const {
    ServicePrincipalCredentials,
    PDFServices,
    MimeType,
    AutotagPDFJob,
    AutotagPDFResult,
    SDKError,
    ServiceUsageError,
    ServiceApiError,
} = require("@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk");
const fs = require("fs");

(async () => {
    let readStream;
    try {
        // Initial setup, create credentials instance
        const credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials({
            clientId: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID,
            clientSecret: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET
        });

        // Creates a PDF Services instance
        const pdfServices = new PDFServices({
            credentials
        });

        // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
        readStream = fs.createReadStream("./autotagPDFInput.pdf");
        const inputAsset = await pdfServices.upload({
            readStream,
            mimeType: MimeType.PDF
        });

        // Creates a new job instance
        const job = new AutotagPDFJob({
            inputAsset
        });

        // Submit the job and get the job result
        const pollingURL = await pdfServices.submit({
            job
        });
        const pdfServicesResponse = await pdfServices.getJobResult({
            pollingURL,
            resultType: AutotagPDFResult
        });

        // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
        const resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.result.taggedPDF;
        const streamAsset = await pdfServices.getContent({
            asset: resultAsset
        });

        // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
        const outputFilePath = "./autotag-tagged.pdf";
        console.log(`Saving asset at ${outputFilePath}`);

        let writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(outputFilePath);
        streamAsset.readStream.pipe(writeStream);
    } catch (err) {
        if (err instanceof SDKError || err instanceof ServiceUsageError || err instanceof ServiceApiError) {
            console.log("Exception encountered while executing operation", err);
        } else {
            console.log("Exception encountered while executing operation", err);
        }
    } finally {
        readStream?.destroy();
    }
})();
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// Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk-samples
// Run the sample:
// node src/autotagpdf/autotag-pdf.js

const {
    ServicePrincipalCredentials,
    PDFServices,
    MimeType,
    AutotagPDFJob,
    AutotagPDFResult,
    SDKError,
    ServiceUsageError,
    ServiceApiError,
} = require("@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk");
const fs = require("fs");

(async () => {
    let readStream;
    try {
        // Initial setup, create credentials instance
        const credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials({
            clientId: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID,
            clientSecret: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET
        });

        // Creates a PDF Services instance
        const pdfServices = new PDFServices({
            credentials
        });

        // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
        readStream = fs.createReadStream("./autotagPDFInput.pdf");
        const inputAsset = await pdfServices.upload({
            readStream,
            mimeType: MimeType.PDF
        });

        // Creates a new job instance
        const job = new AutotagPDFJob({
            inputAsset
        });

        // Submit the job and get the job result
        const pollingURL = await pdfServices.submit({
            job
        });
        const pdfServicesResponse = await pdfServices.getJobResult({
            pollingURL,
            resultType: AutotagPDFResult
        });

        // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
        const resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.result.taggedPDF;
        const streamAsset = await pdfServices.getContent({
            asset: resultAsset
        });

        // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
        const outputFilePath = "./autotag-tagged.pdf";
        console.log(`Saving asset at ${outputFilePath}`);

        let writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(outputFilePath);
        streamAsset.readStream.pipe(writeStream);
    } catch (err) {
        if (err instanceof SDKError || err instanceof ServiceUsageError || err instanceof ServiceApiError) {
            console.log("Exception encountered while executing operation", err);
        } else {
            console.log("Exception encountered while executing operation", err);
        }
    } finally {
        readStream?.destroy();
    }
})();

// Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/PDFServices.NET.SDK.Samples
// Run the sample:
// cd AutotagPDF/
// dotnet run AutotagPDF.csproj


namespace AutotagPDF
{
    class Program
    {
        private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program));

        static void Main()
        {
            // Configure the logging
            ConfigureLogging();
            try
            {
                // Initial setup, create credentials instance
                ICredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));

                // Creates a PDF Services instance
                PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);

                // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
                using Stream inputStream = File.OpenRead(@"autotagPdfInput.pdf");
                IAsset asset = pdfServices.Upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.GetMIMETypeValue());

                // Creates a new job instance
                AutotagPDFJob autotagPDFJob = new AutotagPDFJob(asset);

                // Submits the job and gets the job result
                String location = pdfServices.Submit(autotagPDFJob);
                PDFServicesResponse<AutotagPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse =
                    pdfServices.GetJobResult<AutotagPDFResult>(location, typeof(AutotagPDFResult));

                // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
                IAsset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.Result.TaggedPDF;
                StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.GetContent(resultAsset);

                // Creating output streams and copying stream asset's content to it
                String outputFilePath = "/output/autotagPDFOutput.pdf";
                new FileInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath).Directory.Create();
                Stream outputStream = File.OpenWrite(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath);
                streamAsset.Stream.CopyTo(outputStream);
                outputStream.Close();
            }
            catch (ServiceUsageException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (ServiceApiException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (SDKException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (IOException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
        }

        static void ConfigureLogging()
        {
            ILoggerRepository logRepository = LogManager.GetRepository(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly());
            XmlConfigurator.Configure(logRepository, new FileInfo("log4net.config"));
        }
    }
}
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// Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/PDFServices.NET.SDK.Samples
// Run the sample:
// cd AutotagPDF/
// dotnet run AutotagPDF.csproj


namespace AutotagPDF
{
    class Program
    {
        private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program));

        static void Main()
        {
            // Configure the logging
            ConfigureLogging();
            try
            {
                // Initial setup, create credentials instance
                ICredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));

                // Creates a PDF Services instance
                PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);

                // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
                using Stream inputStream = File.OpenRead(@"autotagPdfInput.pdf");
                IAsset asset = pdfServices.Upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.GetMIMETypeValue());

                // Creates a new job instance
                AutotagPDFJob autotagPDFJob = new AutotagPDFJob(asset);

                // Submits the job and gets the job result
                String location = pdfServices.Submit(autotagPDFJob);
                PDFServicesResponse<AutotagPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse =
                    pdfServices.GetJobResult<AutotagPDFResult>(location, typeof(AutotagPDFResult));

                // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
                IAsset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.Result.TaggedPDF;
                StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.GetContent(resultAsset);

                // Creating output streams and copying stream asset's content to it
                String outputFilePath = "/output/autotagPDFOutput.pdf";
                new FileInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath).Directory.Create();
                Stream outputStream = File.OpenWrite(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + outputFilePath);
                streamAsset.Stream.CopyTo(outputStream);
                outputStream.Close();
            }
            catch (ServiceUsageException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (ServiceApiException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (SDKException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (IOException ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                log.Error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
            }
        }

        static void ConfigureLogging()
        {
            ILoggerRepository logRepository = LogManager.GetRepository(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly());
            XmlConfigurator.Configure(logRepository, new FileInfo("log4net.config"));
        }
    }
}

// Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-java-sdk-samples
// Run the sample:
// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.autotagpdf.AutotagPDF

public class AutotagPDF {
    // Initialize the logger.
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AutotagPDF.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/autotagPDFInput.pdf").toPath())) {
            // Initial setup, create credentials instance
            Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));

            // Creates a PDF Services instance
            PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);

            // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
            Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());

            // Creates a new job instance
            AutotagPDFJob autotagPDFJob = new AutotagPDFJob(asset);

            // Submit the job and gets the job result
            String location = pdfServices.submit(autotagPDFJob);
            PDFServicesResponse<AutotagPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, AutotagPDFResult.class);

            // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
            Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getTaggedPDF();
            StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);

            // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
            Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));
            OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/autotagPDFOutput.pdf").toPath());
            LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/autotagPDFOutput.pdf");
            IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);
            outputStream.close();

        } catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {
            LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
        }
    }
}
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// Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-java-sdk-samples
// Run the sample:
// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.autotagpdf.AutotagPDF

public class AutotagPDF {
    // Initialize the logger.
    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AutotagPDF.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/autotagPDFInput.pdf").toPath())) {
            // Initial setup, create credentials instance
            Credentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));

            // Creates a PDF Services instance
            PDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);

            // Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
            Asset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());

            // Creates a new job instance
            AutotagPDFJob autotagPDFJob = new AutotagPDFJob(asset);

            // Submit the job and gets the job result
            String location = pdfServices.submit(autotagPDFJob);
            PDFServicesResponse<AutotagPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, AutotagPDFResult.class);

            // Get content from the resulting asset(s)
            Asset resultAsset = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getTaggedPDF();
            StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);

            // Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
            Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));
            OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/autotagPDFOutput.pdf").toPath());
            LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/autotagPDFOutput.pdf");
            IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);
            outputStream.close();

        } catch (ServiceApiException | IOException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException ex) {
            LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", ex);
        }
    }
}

# Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-python-sdk-samples
# Run the sample:
# python src/autotagpdf/autotag_pdf.py

# Initialize the logger
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


class AutoTagPDF:
    def __init__(self):
        try:
            file = open("autotagPDFInput.pdf", "rb")
            input_stream = file.read()
            file.close()

            # Initial setup, create credentials instance
            credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                client_id=os.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                client_secret=os.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"),
            )

            # Creates a PDF Services instance
            pdf_services = PDFServices(credentials=credentials)

            # Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
            input_asset = pdf_services.upload(
                input_stream=input_stream, mime_type=PDFServicesMediaType.PDF
            )

            # Creates a new job instance
            autotag_pdf_job = AutotagPDFJob(input_asset)

            # Submit the job and gets the job result
            location = pdf_services.submit(autotag_pdf_job)
            pdf_services_response = pdf_services.get_job_result(
                location, AutotagPDFResult
            )

            # Get content from the resulting asset(s)
            result_asset: CloudAsset = (
                pdf_services_response.get_result().get_tagged_pdf()
            )
            stream_asset: StreamAsset = pdf_services.get_content(result_asset)

            # Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
            output_file_path = "autoTagPDFOutput.pdf"
            with open(output_file_path, "wb") as file:
                file.write(stream_asset.get_input_stream())

        except (ServiceApiException, ServiceUsageException, SdkException) as e:
            logging.exception(f"Exception encountered while executing operation: {e}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    AutoTagPDF()
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# Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-python-sdk-samples
# Run the sample:
# python src/autotagpdf/autotag_pdf.py

# Initialize the logger
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


class AutoTagPDF:
    def __init__(self):
        try:
            file = open("autotagPDFInput.pdf", "rb")
            input_stream = file.read()
            file.close()

            # Initial setup, create credentials instance
            credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
                client_id=os.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),
                client_secret=os.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"),
            )

            # Creates a PDF Services instance
            pdf_services = PDFServices(credentials=credentials)

            # Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and upload
            input_asset = pdf_services.upload(
                input_stream=input_stream, mime_type=PDFServicesMediaType.PDF
            )

            # Creates a new job instance
            autotag_pdf_job = AutotagPDFJob(input_asset)

            # Submit the job and gets the job result
            location = pdf_services.submit(autotag_pdf_job)
            pdf_services_response = pdf_services.get_job_result(
                location, AutotagPDFResult
            )

            # Get content from the resulting asset(s)
            result_asset: CloudAsset = (
                pdf_services_response.get_result().get_tagged_pdf()
            )
            stream_asset: StreamAsset = pdf_services.get_content(result_asset)

            # Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to it
            output_file_path = "autoTagPDFOutput.pdf"
            with open(output_file_path, "wb") as file:
                file.write(stream_asset.get_input_stream())

        except (ServiceApiException, ServiceUsageException, SdkException) as e:
            logging.exception(f"Exception encountered while executing operation: {e}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    AutoTagPDF()

Last updated 5/16/2023

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