Barcode Reader#

Available Methods#

/barcode/read/from/url#

Read barcodes from images and PDF. Can read all popular barcode types from QR Code and Code 128, EAN to Datamatrix, PDF417, GS1 and many other barcodes.

  • Method: POST

  • Endpoint: /v1/barcode/read/from/url

Attributes#

Note

Attributes are case-sensitive and should be inside JSON for POST request, for example:

{
    "url": "https://example.com/file1.pdf"
}

Attribute

Description

Required

url

URL to the source file. 1

yes

httpusername

HTTP auth user name if required to access source url.

no

httppassword

HTTP auth password if required to access source url.

no

pages

Specify page indices as comma-separated values or ranges to process (e.g. "0, 1, 2-" or "1, 2, 3-7"). The first-page index is 0, Use "!" before a number for inverted page numbers (e.g. "!0" for the last page). If not specified, the default configuration processes all pages. The input must be in string format.

no

type

Set the barcode type, must be in a string format. QRCode by default. See: Supported Barcode Types.

no

types

See Optical Marks Reader.

Comma-separated list of object types to decode, must be in a string format. Object types supported:

  • Checkbox - locates check boxes.

  • Radiobox - locates radio boxes.

  • Segment - locates and selects objects on a page (general selection)

  • UnderlinedField - detects fillable fields (typically, underlined spaces, i.e. fields to fill in a form).

  • Rectangle - detects rectangles, including checkboxes. Also returns the value as 1 if a checkmark or a filled rectangle was detected.

  • Oval - detects rounded or oval marks (typically, a radiobox). Returns value of 1 if filled out radiobox was detected.

  • HorizontalLine - detects horizontal lines.

  • VerticalLine - detects vertical lines.

For selecting multiple types then comma-separate the items.

no

async

Set async to true for long processes to run in the background, API will then return a jobId which you can use with the Background Job Check endpoint to check the status of the process and retrieve the output while you can proceed with other tasks.

no

profiles

Use this parameter to set additional configurations for fine-tuning and extra options. Explore the Profiles section for more.

no

Supported Barcode Types#

The supported barcode types are as follows:

Name

Type

Character Set

Length

Notes

AustralianPostCode

2D

Numbers Only

4

Aztec

2D

Full ASCII; FNC1 and ESI control codes

Variable, Min 12 - Max 3832

Codabar

Linear

Numbers: 0-9; Symbols: - : . $ / + Start/Stop Characters: A, B, C, D, E, *, N, or T

Variable

CodablockF

Complex - see this guide.

Code128

Linear

All ASCII characters and control codes

Variable

Code16K

Code39

Linear

Uppercase letters A-Z; Numbers 0-9; Space - . $ / + %

Variable

Code39Extended

Linear

All ASCII characters and control codes

Variable

Code39Mod43

Code39Mod43Extended

Code93

Linear

Uppercase letters A-Z; Numbers 0-9; Space - . $ / + %

DataMatrix

2D

All ASCII characters

Variable

DPMDataMatrix

EAN13

Linear

Numbers Only

13 + check digit +2 optional +5 optional

EAN2

Linear

Numbers only

Exact 2 Numbers

EAN5

Linear

Numbers Only

Exact 5 Numbers

EAN8

Linear

Numbers Only

7 + check digit

GS1 - 128

Linear

ASCII symbols

128 ASCII symbols

GS1DataBarExpanded

Linear

String

74 numeric or 41 alphabetic characters

GS1DataBarExpandedStacked

Linear

String

74 numeric or 41 alphabetic characters

GS1DataBarLimited

Linear

Numbers Only

Upto 14 digits

Last digit must be checksum and will be verified

GS1DataBarOmnidirectional

Linear

Numbers Only

Upto 14 digits

Last digit must be checksum and will be verified

GS1DataBarStacked

Linear

Numbers Only

Upto 14 digits

Last digit must be checksum and will be verified

GTIN12

Linear

Numbers Only

Expects 11 digits. User may enter 12th digit

GTIN13

Linear

Numbers Only

Expects 12 digits. User may enter 13th digit

GTIN14

Linear

Numbers Only

Expects 13 digits. User may enter 14th digit

GTIN8

Linear

Numbers Only

Expects 7 digits. User may enter 8th digit

IntelligentMail

Linear

Numbers Only

Upto 31 digits of data

Tracking code should be exactly 20 digits long and Rounding code may be 0,5,9 or 11 digits long. Spaces and dots are allowed as separators.

Interleaved2of5

Linear

Numbers Only

EVEN if checksum is not to be added, ODD if checksum is to be added

ITF14

Linear

Numbers Only

Expects 13 digits. User may enter 14th digit which will be verified.

MaxiCode

2D

All ASCII characters

93

MICR

MicroPDF

2D

String

1850 characters or 2710 digits

MSI

Linear

Numbers Only

Variable

PatchCode

PDF417

Linear

This symbology supports all 256 ASCII characters and 8-bit binary data.

Variable

Pharmacode

Linear

Decimal Numbers

Number can be between 1 to 131070

PostNet

Postal

Numbers Only

5 + check digit +4 optional +6 optional

PZN

Linear

Numbers Only

Excatly 6 or 7 digits

QRCode

2D

All ASCII characters

Variable

RoyalMail

Postal

Digits and characters from A to Z

RoyalMailKIX

Postal

All numeric digits (0-9). All uppercase letters (A-Z)

Variable

Trioptic

UPCA

Linear

Numbers Only

11 + check digit +2 optional +5 optional

UPCE

Linear

Numbers Only

UPC-E encodes 6 digits of numeric message data together with a number system digit and a check digit, for a total of 8 digits.

UPU

Postal

Query parameters#

No query parameters accepted.

Payload#

{
    "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
    "types": "QRCode,Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13",
    "pages": "0",
    "async": false
}

Response 2#

{
    "barcodes": [
        {
            "Value": "abcdef123456",
            "RawData": "",
            "Type": 14,
            "Rect": "{X=448,Y=23,Width=106,Height=112}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 1,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "QRCode"
        },
        {
            "Value": "test123",
            "RawData": "",
            "Type": 2,
            "Rect": "{X=111,Y=60,Width=255,Height=37}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 0.90625155,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "Code128"
        },
        {
            "Value": "123456",
            "RawData": "",
            "Type": 4,
            "Rect": "{X=111,Y=129,Width=306,Height=37}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 0.7710818,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "Code39"
        },
        {
            "Value": "<FNC1>0112345678901231",
            "RawData": "",
            "Type": 2,
            "Rect": "{X=111,Y=198,Width=305,Height=37}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 0.9156459,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "Code128"
        },
        {
            "Value": "12345670",
            "RawData": [
                1,
                2,
                3,
                4,
                5,
                6,
                7,
                0
            ],
            "Type": 5,
            "Rect": "{X=111,Y=267,Width=182,Height=0}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 1,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "I2of5"
        },
        {
            "Value": "1234567890128",
            "RawData": "",
            "Type": 6,
            "Rect": "{X=102,Y=336,Width=71,Height=72}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 0.895925164,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "EAN13"
        }
    ],
    "pageCount": 1,
    "error": false,
    "status": 200,
    "remainingCredits": 99826192,
    "credits": 35
}

CURL#

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url' \
--header 'x-api-key: ' \
--data-raw '{
    "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/barcode-reader/sample.pdf",
    "types": "QRCode,Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13",
    "pages": "0",
    "async": false
}'


Optical Marks Reader#

Our barcode reader engine can also find the following marks and objects on scanned documents:

  • Checkboxes

  • Radioboxes

  • Vertical and horizontal lines

  • General segments (basically, all content types on the page).

Payload#

{
    "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pdf-to-html/sample.pdf",
    "types": "Checkbox,UnderlinedField",
    "async": false
}

Response 2#

{
    "barcodes": [
        {
            "Value": "box",
            "RawData": "",
            "Type": 53,
            "Rect": "{X=298,Y=437,Width=132,Height=6}",
            "Page": 0,
            "File": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pdf-to-html/sample.pdf",
            "Confidence": 1,
            "Metadata": "",
            "TypeName": "UnderlinedField"
        }
    ],
    "pageCount": 1,
    "error": false,
    "status": 200,
    "duration": 860,
    "remainingCredits": 98725528,
    "credits": 35
}

CURL#

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url' \
--header 'x-api-key: ' \
--data-raw '{
  "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pdf-to-html/sample.pdf",
  "types": "Checkbox,UnderlinedField",
  "async": false
}'


Code samples#

var https = require("https");

// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
const API_KEY = "***********************************";


// Direct URL of source file to search barcodes in.
const SourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of barcode types to search.
// See valid barcode types in the documentation https://developer.pdf.co
const BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
const Pages = "";

// Prepare request to `Barcode Reader` API endpoint
var queryPath = `/v1/barcode/read/from/url`;

// JSON payload for api request
var jsonPayload = JSON.stringify({
    types: BarcodeTypes,
    pages: Pages,
    url: SourceFileUrl
});

var reqOptions = {
    host: "api.pdf.co",
    method: "POST",
    path: queryPath,
    headers: {
        "x-api-key": API_KEY,
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(jsonPayload, 'utf8')
    }
};

// Send request
var postRequest = https.request(reqOptions, (response) => {
    response.on("data", (d) => {
        // Parse JSON response
        var data = JSON.parse(d);

        if (data.error == false) {
            // Display found barcodes in console
            data.barcodes.forEach((element) => {
                console.log("Found barcode:");
                console.log("  Type: " + element.TypeName);
                console.log("  Value: " + element.Value);
                console.log("  Document Page Index: " + element.Page);
                console.log("  Rectangle: " + element.Rect);
                console.log("  Confidence: " + element.Confidence);
                console.log("");
            }, this);
        }
        else {
            // Service reported error
            console.log(data.message);
        }
    });
}).on("error", (e) => {
    // Request error
    console.error(e);
});

// Write request data
postRequest.write(jsonPayload);
postRequest.end();
import os
import requests  # pip install requests

# The authentication key (API Key).
# Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
API_KEY = "******************************************"

# Base URL for PDF.co Web API requests
BASE_URL = "https://api.pdf.co/v1"

# Direct URL of source file to search barcodes in.
SourceFileURL = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf"

# Comma-separated list of barcode types to search.
# See valid barcode types in the documentation https://developer.pdf.co
BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13"

# Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
Pages = ""


def main(args=None):
    readBarcodes(SourceFileURL)

def readBarcodes(uploadedFileUrl):
    """Get Barcode Information using PDF.co Web API"""

    # Prepare requests params as JSON
    # See documentation: https://developer.pdf.co
    parameters = {}
    parameters["types"] = BarcodeTypes
    parameters["pages"] = Pages
    parameters["url"] = uploadedFileUrl

    # Prepare URL for 'Barcode Reader' API request
    url = "{}/barcode/read/from/url".format(BASE_URL)

    # Execute request and get response as JSON
    response = requests.post(url, data=parameters, headers={ "x-api-key": API_KEY })
    if (response.status_code == 200):
        json = response.json()

        if json["error"] == False:
            # Display information
            for barcode in json["barcodes"]:
                print("Found barcode:")
                print(f"  Type: {barcode['TypeName']}")
                print(f"  Value: {barcode['Value']}")
                print(f"  Document Page Index: {barcode['Page']}")
                print(f"  Rectangle: {barcode['Rect']}")
                print(f"  Confidence: {barcode['Confidence']}")
                print("")
        else:
            # Show service reported error
            print(json["message"])
    else:
        print(f"Request error: {response.status_code} {response.reason}")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample
{
    class Program
    {
        // The authentication key (API Key).
        // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
        const String API_KEY = "***********************************";


        // Direct URL of source file (image or PDF) to search barcodes in.
        const string SourceFileURL = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf";

        // Comma-separated list of barcode types to search.
        // See valid barcode types in the documentation https://developer.pdf.co
        const string BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13";

        // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
        const string Pages = "";


        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create standard .NET web client instance
            WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

            // Set API Key
            webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY);

            // Prepare requests params as JSON
            // See documentation: https://developer.pdf.co
            Dictionary<string, string> parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
            parameters.Add("url", SourceFileURL);
            parameters.Add("type", BarcodeTypes);
            parameters.Add("pages", Pages);
            // Convert dictionary of params to JSON
            string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters);

            try
            {
                // URL of "Barcode Reader" endpoint
                string url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url";

                // Execute POST request with JSON payload
                string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload);

                // Parse JSON response
                JObject json = JObject.Parse(response);

                if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false)
                {
                    // Display found barcodes in console
                    foreach (JToken token in json["barcodes"])
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Found barcode:");
                        Console.WriteLine("  Type: " + token["TypeName"]);
                        Console.WriteLine("  Value: " + token["Value"]);
                        Console.WriteLine("  Document Page Index: " + token["Page"]);
                        Console.WriteLine("  Rectangle: " + token["Rect"]);
                        Console.WriteLine("  Confidence: " + token["Confidence"]);
                        Console.WriteLine();
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    // Display service reported error
                    Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString());
                }
            }
            catch (WebException e)
            {
                // Display request error
                Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
            }
            finally
            {
                webClient.Dispose();
            }


            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}
package com.company;

import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParser;
import okhttp3.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Main
{
    // The authentication key (API Key).
    // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
    final static String API_KEY = "***********************************";

    // Direct URL of source file to search barcodes in.
  final static String SourceFileURL = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf";
    // Comma-separated list of barcode types to search.
    // See valid barcode types in the documentation https://developer.pdf.co
    final static String BarcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13";
    // Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
    final static String Pages = "";


    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        // Create HTTP client instance
        OkHttpClient webClient = new OkHttpClient();

        // Prepare URL for `Barcode Reader` API call
        String query = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url";

        // Make correctly escaped (encoded) URL
        URL url = null;
        try
        {
            url = new URI(null, query, null).toURL();
        }
        catch (URISyntaxException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        // Create JSON payload
        String jsonPayload = String.format("{\"types\": \"%s\", \"pages\": \"%s\", \"url\": \"%s\"}",
            BarcodeTypes,
            Pages,
            SourceFileURL);

        // Prepare request body
        RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json"), jsonPayload);

        // Prepare request
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url(url)
            .addHeader("x-api-key", API_KEY) // (!) Set API Key
            .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .post(body)
            .build();

        // Execute request
        Response response = webClient.newCall(request).execute();

        if (response.code() == 200)
        {
            // Parse JSON response
            JsonObject json = new JsonParser().parse(response.body().string()).getAsJsonObject();

            boolean error = json.get("error").getAsBoolean();
            if (!error)
            {
                // Display found barcodes in console
                for (JsonElement element : json.get("barcodes").getAsJsonArray())
                {
                    JsonObject barcode = (JsonObject) element;
                    System.out.println("Found barcode:");
                    System.out.println("  Type: " + barcode.get("TypeName").getAsString());
                    System.out.println("  Value: " + barcode.get("Value").getAsString());
                    System.out.println("  Document Page Index: " + barcode.get("Page").getAsString());
                    System.out.println("  Rectangle: " + barcode.get("Rect").getAsString());
                    System.out.println("  Confidence: " + barcode.get("Confidence").getAsString());
                    System.out.println();
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                System.out.println(json.get("message").getAsString());
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            System.out.println(response.code() + " " + response.message());
        }
    }
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Cloud API asynchronous "Barcode Reader" job example (allows to avoid timeout errors).</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

// Cloud API asynchronous "Barcode Reader" job example.
// Allows to avoid timeout errors when processing huge or scanned PDF documents.


// The authentication key (API Key).
// Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
$apiKey = "***************************************";

// Direct URL of source file (image or PDF) to search barcodes in. Check another example if you need to upload a local file to the cloud.
// You can also upload your own file into PDF.co and use it as url. Check "Upload File" samples for code snippets: https://github.com/bytescout/pdf-co-api-samples/tree/master/File%20Upload/
$sourceFileUrl = "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/barcode-reader/sample.pdf";
// Comma-separated list of barcode types to search.
// See valid barcode types in the documentation https://developer.pdf.co
$barcodeTypes = "Code128,Code39,Interleaved2of5,EAN13";
// Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. Leave empty for all pages. Example: '0,2-5,7-'.
$pages = "";


// Prepare URL for `Barcode Reader` API call
$url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/barcode/read/from/url";

// Prepare requests params
$parameters = array();
$parameters["types"] = $barcodeTypes;
$parameters["pages"] = $pages;
$parameters["url"] = $sourceFileUrl;
$parameters["async"] = true; // (!) Make asynchronous job

// Create Json payload
$data = json_encode($parameters);

// Create request
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

// Execute request
$result = curl_exec($curl);
echo $result . "<br/>";

if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
{
    $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

    if ($status_code == 200)
    {
        $json = json_decode($result, true);

        if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false)
        {
            // URL of generated JSON file that will available after the job completion
            $resultFileUrl = $json["url"];
            // Asynchronous job ID
            $jobId = $json["jobId"];

            // Check the job status in a loop
            do
            {
                $status = CheckJobStatus($jobId, $apiKey); // Possible statuses: "working", "failed", "aborted", "success".

                // Display timestamp and status (for demo purposes)
                echo "<p>" . date(DATE_RFC2822) . ": " . $status . "</p>";

                if ($status == "success")
                {
                    // Display link to JSON file with information about decoded barcodes
                    echo "<div>## Conversion Result:<a href='" . $resultFileUrl . "' target='_blank'>" . $resultFileUrl . "</a></div>";
                    break;
                }
                else if ($status == "working")
                {
                    // Pause for a few seconds
                    sleep(3);
                }
                else
                {
                    echo $status . "<br/>";
                    break;
                }
            }
            while (true);
        }
        else
        {
            // Display service reported error
            echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display request error
        echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
        echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>";
    }
}
else
{
    // Display CURL error
    echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
}

// Cleanup
curl_close($curl);


function CheckJobStatus($jobId, $apiKey)
{
    $status = null;

    // Create URL
    $url = "https://api.pdf.co/v1/job/check";

    // Prepare requests params
    $parameters = array();
    $parameters["jobid"] = $jobId;

    // Create Json payload
    $data = json_encode($parameters);

    // Create request
    $curl = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("x-api-key: " . $apiKey, "Content-type: application/json"));
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

    // Execute request
    $result = curl_exec($curl);

    if (curl_errno($curl) == 0)
    {
        $status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

        if ($status_code == 200)
        {
            $json = json_decode($result, true);

            if (!isset($json["error"]) || $json["error"] == false)
            {
                $status = $json["status"];
            }
            else
            {
                // Display service reported error
                echo "<p>Error: " . $json["message"] . "</p>";
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Display request error
            echo "<p>Status code: " . $status_code . "</p>";
            echo "<p>" . $result . "</p>";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Display CURL error
        echo "Error: " . curl_error($curl);
    }

    // Cleanup
    curl_close($curl);

    return $status;
}

?>

</body> </html>

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Footnotes

1

Supports links from Google Drive, Dropbox, and PDF.co Built-In Files Storage. To upload files via the API check out the File Upload section. Note: If you experience intermittent Access Denied or Too Many Requests errors, please try to add cache: to enable built-in URL caching. (e.g cache:https://example.com/file1.pdf) For data security, you have the option to encrypt output files and decrypt input files. Learn more about user-controlled data encryption.

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Main response codes as follows:

Code

Description

200

Success

400

Bad request. Typically happens because of bad input parameters, or because the input URLs can’t be reached, possibly due to access restrictions like needing a login or password.

401

Unauthorized

402

Not enough credits

445

Timeout error. To process large documents or files please use asynchronous mode (set the async parameter to true) and then check status using the /job/check endpoint. If a file contains many pages then specify a page range using the pages parameter. The number of pages of the document can be obtained using the /pdf/info endpoint.