PDF.co is an API platform for PDF and document automation, offering tools for data extraction, conversion, and editing. It enables businesses to process PDFs, generate reports, and integrate document workflows seamlessly.
Integrating your application with PDF.co offers powerful tools for generating, editing, and converting PDF files through API. It simplifies document processing with scalable, secure, and highly customizable functionalities.
Authentication
Before you begin, ensure you have the following:
Connection Name: Choose a meaningful name for your connection, like "MyAppPDFIntegration". This helps in identifying the connection within your application or integration settings.API Key: Pdf.co provides API key based method of authentication.
API Key Based Authentication
Sign up or log in to your PDF.co account by visiting the PDF.co dashboard.
Navigate to the API Key section in your account settings. You can access it by clicking on your profile icon and selecting '
API Key' from the dropdown menu.Generate a new API Key by clicking the '
Create New Key' button. You can optionally add a label or description for easy identification.Copy the generated API Key and securely store it. Treat the API Key with high confidentiality, as it allows access to your PDF.co account.


Actions
| Actions | Description |
AI invoice parser | Processes invoices with advanced AI in PDF.co |
Add text, image, or form to PDF | Adds text, image, or form to PDF in PDF.co |
Add/Remove PDF security | Adds or removes security from a PDF file in PDF.co |
Anything to PDF converter | Converts any format to PDF in PDF.co |
Barcode generator | Generates barcode from the given data in PDF.co |
Barcode reader | Reads barcode from PDF files in PDF.co |
Check job status | Checks job status in PDF.co |
Document classifier | Classifies the content of a PDF file in PDF.co |
Document parser | Extracts data from documents in PDF.co |
Find table in PDF | Finds table in PDF in PDF.co |
Get HTML template by ID | Gets HTML template by ID in PDF.co |
Get HTML templates | Gets HTML templates in PDF.co |
PDF compression and optimization | Compresses and optimizes PDF in PDF.co |
PDF information reader | Gets detailed information about a PDF in PDF.co |
PDF merge | Merges multiple PDFs into a single file in PDF.co |
PDF to anything converter | Converts a PDF file to a different format in PDF.co |
Rotate or delete page | Rotates or deletes page from a PDF file in PDF.co |
Scanned PDF to searchable PDF | Converts scanned PDFs into searchable PDFs in PDF.co |
Search and remove text in PDF | Searches and removes text in PDF.co |
Search and replace text in PDF | Searches and replaces text in PDF.co |
Search and replace text with image in PDF | Searches and replaces text with image in PDF.co |
Search in PDF | Searches specific text in PDF in PDF.co |
Send email with attachment | Sends email with attachment in PDF.co |
Split PDF into multiple files by index | Splits PDF into multiple files by index in PDF.co |
Split PDF into multiple files by text or barcode | Splits PDF into multiple files by text or barcode in PDF.co |