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Adobe PDF Services Export PDF API

Export (convert) PDF documents to other formats such as DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, images, and RTF.

Adobe PDF Services Export PDF API is one of 52 APIs that Adobe publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Export PDF. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a changelog, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 28 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://pdf-services-ue1.adobe.io, https://pdf-services-ew1.adobe.io, https://pdf-services.adobe.io.

2 operations 2 paths 28 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://pdf-services.adobe.io
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Adobe PDF Services Export PDF API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 access token obtained via client credentials grant from Adobe Identity Management Service (IMS). Generate credentials in the Adobe Developer Console…

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Export PDF 2

Convert a PDF File to a non-PDF File

POST
/operation/exportpdf
Export a PDF file into a number of supported formats.
pdfoperations.exportpdf 2 params body → 201400404401429500
GET
/operation/exportpdf/{jobID}/status
Poll the export PDF job for completion
pdfoperations.exportpdf.jobstatus 3 params → 200400404401429500

Schemas 28

The contract defines 28 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ExportPDFExternal (4 properties), ExportPDFInternal (4 properties), ExportPDFRequest (3 properties), JobStatusResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

done
external
object
Response in case of 'done' status using signed urls
1 property
Satus404
object
1 property
400
object
1 property
500
object
1 property
externaldonewithoutoutput
object
Response in case of 'done' status
2 properties
404
object
1 property
ExternalStorageInput
object
Params representing input object.
2 properties 1 required
failed
object
Response in case of 'failed' status
2 properties
externalstatus
429
object
1 property
ExternalStorageOutput
object
Params representing output object
2 properties
Status400
object
1 property
inprogress
object
Response in case of 'in progress' status
1 property
ExportPDFJobStatus
exportOCRLang
string
Language to be used for ocr operation
responseAsset
object
Details of output asset document. For more details click here .
3 properties
Satus429
object
2 properties
notifiers
array
Specifies the notifiers to be invoked on the completion of job. To know more about notifiers, please see the documentation .
Satus401
object
1 property
401
object
1 property
ExportPDFExternal
object
Parameter for export pdf operation using external storage
4 properties 2 required
internal
object
Response in case of 'done' status
2 properties
ExportPDFInternal
object
Parameter for export pdf operation
4 properties 2 required
Satus500
object
1 property
ExportPDFRequest
object
3 properties 2 required
JobStatusResponse
object
The status and result of an asynchronous PDF operation job.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response returned when a request fails.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adobe-export-pdf-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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