Split a PDF into multiple files
Split a PDF document into multiple smaller documents by simply specifying either the number of files, pages per file, or page ranges.
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REST API
Node js
.Net
Java
Python
Copied to your clipboard// Please refer our Rest API docs for more information// https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/apis/#tag/Split-PDFcurl --location --request POST 'https://pdf-services.adobe.io/operation/splitpdf' \--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","splitoption": {"pageCount": 9}}'// Legacy API can be found here// https://documentcloud.adobe.com/document-services/index.html#post-splitPDF
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from http://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_node_sample// Run the sample:// node src/splitpdf/split-pdf-by-number-of-pages.jsconst {ServicePrincipalCredentials,PDFServices,MimeType,SplitPDFParams,SplitPDFJob,SplitPDFResult,SDKError,ServiceUsageError,ServiceApiError} = require("@adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk");const fs = require("fs");(async () => {let readStream;try {// Initial setup, create credentials instanceconst credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials({clientId: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID,clientSecret: process.env.PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET});// Creates a PDF Services instanceconst pdfServices = new PDFServices({credentials});// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadreadStream = fs.createReadStream("./splitPDFInput.pdf")const inputAsset = await pdfServices.upload({readStream,mimeType: MimeType.PDF});// Create parameters for the jobconst params = new SplitPDFParams({pageCount: 2});// Creates a new job instanceconst job = new SplitPDFJob({inputAsset,params});// Submit the job and get the job resultconst pollingURL = await pdfServices.submit({job});const pdfServicesResponse = await pdfServices.getJobResult({pollingURL,resultType: SplitPDFResult});// Get content from the resulting asset(s)const resultAssets = pdfServicesResponse.result.assets;for (let i = 0; i < resultAssets.length; i++) {const streamAsset = await pdfServices.getContent({asset: resultAssets[i]});// Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itconst _outputFilePath = "./SplitPDFByNumberOfPagesOutput_" + i + ".pdf";console.log(`Saving asset at ${_outputFilePath}`);const 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();}})();
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_net_samples// Run the sample:// cd SplitPDFByNumberOfPages/// dotnet run SplitPDFByNumberOfPages.csprojnamespace SplitPDFByNumberOfPages{class Program{private static readonly ILog log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Program));static void Main(){//Configure the loggingConfigureLogging();try{// Initial setup, create credentials instanceICredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));// Creates a PDF Services instancePDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadusing Stream inputStream = File.OpenRead(@"splitPDFInput.pdf");IAsset asset = pdfServices.Upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.GetMIMETypeValue());// Create parameters for the jobSplitPDFParams splitPDFParams = new SplitPDFParams();splitPDFParams.SetPageCount(2);// Creates a new job instanceSplitPDFJob splitPDFJob = new SplitPDFJob(asset, splitPDFParams);// Submits the job and gets the job resultString location = pdfServices.Submit(splitPDFJob);PDFServicesResponse<SplitPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse =pdfServices.GetJobResult<SplitPDFResult>(location, typeof(SplitPDFResult));List<IAsset> resultAssets = pdfServicesResponse.Result.Assets;// Save the result to the specified location.int index = 0;foreach (IAsset resultAsset in resultAssets){// Get content from the resulting asset(s)StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.GetContent(resultAsset);Stream outputStream =File.OpenWrite(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/output/SplitPDFByNumberOfPagesOutput_" + index + ".pdf");streamAsset.Stream.CopyTo(outputStream);outputStream.Close();index++;}}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"));}}}
Copied to your clipboard// Get the samples from https://www.adobe.com/go/pdftoolsapi_java_samples// Run the sample:// mvn -f pom.xml exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.adobe.pdfservices.operation.samples.splitpdf.SplitPDFByNumberOfPagespublic class SplitPDFByNumberOfPages {// Initialize the logger.private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SplitPDFByNumberOfPages.class);public static void main(String[] args) {try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(new File("src/main/resources/splitPDFInput.pdf").toPath())) {// Initial setup, create credentials instanceCredentials credentials = new ServicePrincipalCredentials(System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID"),System.getenv("PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET"));// Creates a PDF Services instancePDFServices pdfServices = new PDFServices(credentials);// Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadAsset asset = pdfServices.upload(inputStream, PDFServicesMediaType.PDF.getMediaType());// Create parameters for the jobSplitPDFParams splitPDFParams = new SplitPDFParams();// Sets the maximum number of pages each of the output files can havesplitPDFParams.setPageCount(2);// Creates a new job instanceSplitPDFJob splitPDFJob = new SplitPDFJob(asset, splitPDFParams);// Submit the job and gets the job resultString location = pdfServices.submit(splitPDFJob);PDFServicesResponse<SplitPDFResult> pdfServicesResponse = pdfServices.getJobResult(location, SplitPDFResult.class);// Get content from the resulting asset(s)List<Asset> resultAssets = pdfServicesResponse.getResult().getAssets();Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("output/"));int index = 0;for (Asset resultAsset : resultAssets) {StreamAsset streamAsset = pdfServices.getContent(resultAsset);// Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itOutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(new File("output/SplitPDFByNumberOfPagesOutput_" + index + ".pdf").toPath());LOGGER.info("Saving asset at output/SplitPDFByNumberOfPagesOutput_" + index + ".pdf");IOUtils.copy(streamAsset.getInputStream(), outputStream);outputStream.close();index++;}} catch (IOException| ServiceApiException | SDKException | ServiceUsageException e) {LOGGER.error("Exception encountered while executing operation", e);}}}
Copied to your clipboard# Get the samples from https://github.com/adobe/pdfservices-python-sdk-samples# Run the sample:# python src/splitpdf/split_pdf_by_number_of_pages.py# Initialize the loggerlogging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)class SplitPDFByNumberOfPages:def __init__(self):try:file = open('splitPDFInput.pdf', 'rb')input_stream = file.read()file.close()# Initial setup, create credentials instancecredentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(client_id=os.getenv('PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID'),client_secret=os.getenv('PDF_SERVICES_CLIENT_SECRET'))# Creates a PDF Services instancepdf_services = PDFServices(credentials=credentials)# Creates an asset(s) from source file(s) and uploadinput_asset = pdf_services.upload(input_stream=input_stream,mime_type=PDFServicesMediaType.PDF)# Create parameters for the jobsplit_pdf_params = SplitPDFParams(page_count=2)# Creates a new job instancesplit_pdf_job = SplitPDFJob(input_asset, split_pdf_params)# Submit the job and gets the job resultlocation = pdf_services.submit(split_pdf_job)pdf_services_response = pdf_services.get_job_result(location, SplitPDFResult)# Get content from the resulting asset(s)result_assets = pdf_services_response.get_result().get_assets()# Creates an output stream and copy stream asset's content to itoutput_file_path = 'SplitPDFByNumberOfPagesOutput.pdf'for i, result_asset in enumerate(result_assets):stream_asset: StreamAsset = pdf_services.get_content(result_asset)with open(f"{output_file_path}_{i}.pdf", "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__":SplitPDFByNumberOfPages()