PDF Search and Replace Text

Description: Search and replace text of your choice in a pdf file

Status Errors

Code	Description
`200`	The request has succeeded
`400`	bad input parameters
`401`	unauthorized
`403`	not enough credits
`405`	Timeout error. To process large documents or files please use asynchronous mode ( set `async` parameter to true) and then check the status using `/job/check` endpoint. If file contains many pages then specify a page range using pages parameter. The number of pages of the document can be obtained using the endpoint `/pdf/info`

Example 1: single text replacement

GET

https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/edit/replace-text?url=https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-split/sample.pdf&searchString=conspicuous&replaceString=replaced&x-api-key=YOUR-API-KEY

POST

{
  "url": "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-split/sample.pdf",
  "searchString": "conspicuous feature",
  "replaceString": "Replaced1",
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "name": "finalFile"
}

cURL (uploading your file along with the request)

curl -F "x-api-key=PASTE_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" -F "searchString=conspicuous feature" -F "replaceString=Replaced1"  -F "file=@./sample.pdf" https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/edit/replace-text

Example 2: batch texts replacement

Sample Request:

! Don’t forget to set x-api-key url param or http header param (preferred) to API key, get yours here

POST

{
  "url": "https://bytescout-com.s3.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-split/sample.pdf",
  "searchStrings": [
    "conspicuous feature",
    "Martian"
  ],
  "replaceStrings": [
    "Replaced1",
    "Replaced2"
  ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "name": "finalFile"
}

Available Methods

[POST] /pdf/edit/replace-text (mutliple replacements)
[POST] /pdf/edit/replace-text (single replacement)

Go To Samples

[POST] /pdf/edit/replace-text (mutliple replacements)

url required. URL to the source file. Supports links from Google Drive, Dropbox and from built-in PDF.co files storage. For uploading files via API please check Files Upload section. If you are randomly getting Too Many Requests or Access Denied error for your input url, please try to add cache: to enable built-in url caching.
httpusername (optinal) - http auth user name if required to access source url.
httppassword (optinal) - http auth password if required to access source url.
searchStrings[] array of strings to search.
replaceStrings[] arrao of replacements strings.
caseSensitive optional. Set to false to use case-insensitive search.
name optional. File name for generated output. Must be a String.
expiration (optional). Output link expiration in minutes. Default is 60 (i.e. 60 minutes or 1 hour). After this delay generated output file(s) (if any) will be auto-removed from PDF.co temporary files storage. Max allowed expiration period depends on your current subscription plan. To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf, documents), please use PDF.co built-in Files Storage instead.
password optional. Password of PDF file. Must be a String.
pages optional. Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. IMPORTANT: the very first page starts at 0 (zero). To set a range use the dash -, for example: 0,2-5,7-. To set a range from index to the last page use range like this: 2- (from page #3 as the index starts at zero and till the of the document). For ALL pages just leave this param empty. Example: 0,2-5,7- means first page, then 3rd page to 6th page, and then the range from 8th (index = 7) page till the end of the document. Must be a String.
encrypt optional. Enable encryption for output file. Must be one of: true, false.
async optional. Runs processing asynchronously. Returns Use JobId that you may use with /job/check to check state of the processing (possible states: working, failed, aborted and success). Must be one of: true, false.
profiles optional. Must be a String. You can set additional and extra options using this parameter that allows you to set custom configuration. See profiles samples for examples.

Description

Method: POST
URL: /v1/pdf/edit/replace-text

Query parameters

No query parameters accepted.

Body payload

{
  "url": "https://bytescout-com.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-text/sample.pdf",
  "searchStrings": [
    "Your Company Name",
    "Client Name"
  ],
  "replaceStrings": [
    "XYZ LLC",
    "ABCD"
  ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "pages": "",
  "password":"",
  "name": "finalFile" 
}

Example responses

/pdf/edit/replace-text

{
    "url": "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/5e02856782ea4f90b0c47c052565ae01/finalFile.pdf",
    "pageCount": 4,
    "error": false,
    "status": 200,
    "name": "finalFile",
    "remainingCredits": 98298
}

Code Snippet

CURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/edit/replace-text' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: ' \
--data-raw '{
  "url": "https://bytescout-com.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-text/sample.pdf",
  "searchStrings": [
    "Your Company Name",
    "Client Name"
  ],
  "replaceStrings": [
    "XYZ LLC",
    "ABCD"
  ],
  "caseSensitive": true,
  "pages": "",
  "password":"",
  "name": "finalFile" 
}'

[POST] /pdf/edit/replace-text (single replacement)

url required. URL to the source file. Supports links from Google Drive, Dropbox and from built-in PDF.co files storage. For uploading files via API please check Files Upload section. If you are randomly getting Too Many Requests or Access Denied error for your input url, please try to add cache: to enable built-in url caching.
httpusername (optinal) - http auth user name if required to access source url.
httppassword (optinal) - http auth password if required to access source url.
searchString required for single text replacement. Word or phrase to be replaced. Must be a String.
replaceString required for single text replacement. Word to be replaced with. Must be a String.
caseSensitive optional. Set to false to use case-insensitive search.
name optional. File name for generated output. Must be a String.
expiration (optional). Output link expiration in minutes. Default is 60 (i.e. 60 minutes or 1 hour). After this delay generated output file(s) (if any) will be auto-removed from PDF.co temporary files storage. Max allowed expiration period depends on your current subscription plan. To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf, documents), please use PDF.co built-in Files Storage instead.
password optional. Password of PDF file. Must be a String.
pages optional. Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. IMPORTANT: the very first page starts at 0 (zero). To set a range use the dash -, for example: 0,2-5,7-. To set a range from index to the last page use range like this: 2- (from page #3 as the index starts at zero and till the of the document). For ALL pages just leave this param empty. Example: 0,2-5,7- means first page, then 3rd page to 6th page, and then the range from 8th (index = 7) page till the end of the document. Must be a String.
encrypt optional. Enable encryption for output file. Must be one of: true, false.
async optional. Runs processing asynchronously. Returns Use JobId that you may use with /job/check to check state of the processing (possible states: working, failed, aborted and success). Must be one of: true, false.
profiles optional. Must be a String. You can set additional and extra options using this parameter that allows you to set custom configuration. See profiles samples for examples.