Adobe PDF Services API

Create, convert, transform, OCR PDFs and more.

Why PDF Services API?

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Create, secure, and convert PDF documents

Create a PDF from Microsoft Office documents, protect the content, and convert to other formats.

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Modify PDFs and optimize output

Programmatically alter a document, such as reordering, inserting, and rotating pages, as well as compressing the file.

Key features of Adobe PDF Services API

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// Please refer our Rest API docs for more information
// https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/apis/#tag/Extract-PDF
curl --location --request POST 'https://pdf-services.adobe.io/operation/extractpdf' \
--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",
"elementsToExtract": [
"text"
]
}'
// Legacy API can be found here
// https://documentcloud.adobe.com/document-services/index.html#post-extractPDF

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Adobe PDF Extract API

A new web service that allows you to unlock content structure and table data from any PDF document with machine learning.

Leverage Adobe Sensei for a rich understanding of content structure with higher quality input to other systems.

Easily Extract content to JSON format for further processing into other applications or databases.

Identify more document elements than OCR with extraction of headings, paragraphs, lists, and more.

Start modifying PDFs in a few minutes

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Use cases for PDF Services API

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Report creation and editing

Create and embed reports for internal or external consumption, sharing, and review.

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Search and Indexing

Create searchable indexes from digital documents to quickly locate critical content for compliance and other downstream processing.

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Digital content publishing

Publish whitepapers and marketing content with end-user interactivity, security controls, and analytics.

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Job posting

Automate job posting with supporting documents such as PDF brochures, relevant job supplements, and company details.

Explore other Adobe Acrobat Services APIs

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Extract
Extract text, table, images and document structure.

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Generate
Generate PDF and Word documents from custom word templates.

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Embed
Embed high-fidelity PDFs in web apps with analytics.

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