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PDF Attachments

PDF attachments functions

Available Methods

[POST] /pdf/attachments/extract

  • 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 (optional) - http auth user name if required to access source url.
  • httppassword (optional) - http auth password if required to access source url.
  • 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.
  • inline optional. false by default. In async mode makes to return body with the content of the output json (with the links to the output).
  • 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.

  • profiles optional. Must be a String. Use this param to set additional configurtion for fine tuning and extra options. Explore PDF.co knowledgebase for profile examples.

  • Method: POST
  • URL: /v1/pdf/attachments/extract

Query parameters

No query parameters accepted.

Body payload

{
    "url": "https://bytescout-com.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-attachments/attachments.pdf",
    "inline": true,
    "async": false
}

Example responses

/pdf/attachments/extract
{
    "urls": [
        "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/DO1TAIHEZR5P9QLI7ICYM9DI0AAH57HY/sample.png",
        "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/EOINIMD7X48JSOB1G8ETLVPOFZLM1NJ2/SampleMetafile.emf",
        "https://pdf-temp-files.s3.amazonaws.com/3LW4BXNSPAE0WQTG5DPMXX498OCPNU4Q/ab.tif"
    ],
    "pageCount": 3,
    "error": false,
    "status": 200,
    "name": "attachments.json",
    "credits": 24,
    "duration": 1211,
    "remainingCredits": 98003902
}

Code Snippet

CURL
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/attachments/extract' \
--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-attachments/attachments.pdf",
    "inline": true,
    "async": false
}'