Office-to-PDF Conversion
PSPDFKit for Web Server-Backed enables you to convert Office documents to PDF. This capability is coming soon to PSPDFKit for Web Standalone. For more information, see our proof of concept.
To convert an Office file to PDF, you need to upload your Office document to PSPDFKit for Web Server-Backed.
Licensing
To convert Office documents to PDF with PSPDFKit for Web Server-Backed, contact Sales to add Office support to your license.
Example
The following example illustrates conversion using a Word file. To create a new document from a Word file, POST
its contents to /api/document
:
Request
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/api/documents \ -H "Authorization: Token token=<secret token>" \ -F file=@/path/to/word.docx
POST /api/documents HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=customboundary --customboundary Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="word.docx" Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document <DOCX data> --customboundary--
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json { "data": { "document_id": ..., "errors": [], "sourcePdfSha256": ..., "title": "..." } }
PSPDFKit for Web Server-Backed will automatically convert the uploaded file to a PDF and store it for you. Afterward, you can download it as a PDF using the document ID that was previously returned:
Request
GET /api/documents/:document_id/pdf Authorization: Token token="<secret token>"
$ curl "http://localhost:5000/api/documents/:document_id/pdf \ -H "Authorization: Token token=<secret token>"
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/pdf <PDF data>
Once an Office file is uploaded and converted, you can also treat it as you would any other document, using all the features PSPDFKit for Web Server-Backed provides.