PDF from Images (JPG to PDF and PNG to PDF)

Description: Create a PDF file from one or more JPG, PNG, TIFF images. GET or POST request.

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 a 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

Sample Request:

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

POST
{
	"name" : "result.pdf",
	"url" : "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/image-to-pdf/image1.png,https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/image-to-pdf/image2.jpg"
}

Available Methods

[POST] /pdf/convert/from/image

[POST] /pdf/convert/from/image

Attributes
url required URL to the source file. Supports links from Google Drive, Dropbox, and PDF.co built-in files storage. To upload files via API, Check out the Files Upload section. Note: If you experience intermittent `Too Many Requests` or `Access Denied` 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.
httpusername optional HTTP auth user name if required to access source `url`.
httppassword optional HTTP auth password if required to access source `url`.
async optional Set `async` to `true` for long processes to run in the background, API will then return a `jobId` which you can use with `/job/check` endpoint to check the status of the process and retrieve the output while you can proceed with other tasks without waiting for this process to finish.
name optional File name for the generated output. Must be a string.
expiration optional Set the expiration time for the output link in minutes (`default is 60` i.e 60 minutes or 1 hour), After this specified duration, any generated output file(s) will be automatically deleted from PDF.co temporary files storage. The maximum duration for link expiration varies based on your current subscription plan. Learn more To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf templates, documents), Consider using PDF.co built-in Files Storage.
profiles optional Use this parameter to set additional configurations for fine-tuning and extra options. Must be a string. Explore PDF.co knowledgebase for profile examples.

Method: POST
URL: /v1/pdf/convert/from/image

Query parameters

No query parameters accepted.

Body payload

{
    "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/image-to-pdf/image1.png,https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/image-to-pdf/image2.jpg",
    "async": false
}

Example responses

/pdf/convert/from/image

{
    "url": "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/5ef3d4033e344ec091bbeb3cfd848633/image2.pdf",
    "pageCount": 2,
    "error": false,
    "status": 200,
    "name": "image2.pdf",
    "remainingCredits": 59871
}

Code Snippet

CURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/from/image' \
--header 'x-api-key: ' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "url": "https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/image-to-pdf/image1.png,https://pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/image-to-pdf/image2.jpg",
    "async": false
}'