Adobe Developers - DC Platform Tools SDK

Create, secure, and export PDF documents

Create a PDF from Microsoft Office documents, protect the content, and export to other formats

Modify PDFs and optimize output

Programmatically alter a document, such as reordering, inserting, and rotating pages, as well as compressing the file

Leverage Adobe's cloud-based services

Access the same cloud-based APIs that power Adobe's end user applications to quickly deliver scalable, secure solutions

Key Features of Our PDF Tools API

Create

Create a PDF File

Create PDFs from a variety of formats, including static and dynamic HTML; Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; as well as text, image, and, Zip
See Documentation
Export

Export

Convert existing PDFs to popular formats, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as text and image
See Documentation
OCR

OCR

Use built-in optical character recognition (OCR) to convert images to text and enable document searching
See Documentation
Protect

Protect

Protect a PDF file with password(s) for encrypting the PDF document and setting the restriction on certain features like printing, editing and copying in the PDF document.
See Documentation
Remove Password

Remove Password

Remove password security from a PDF document. This can only be accomplished using the owner password of the document which must be passed in the operation.
See Documentation
Split

Split

Split a PDF document into multiple smaller documents by simply specifying either the number of files, pages per file, or page ranges.
See Documentation
Combine

Combine

Combine two or more documents into a single PDF
See Documentation
Compress

Compress

Reduce the size of PDFs while determining the quality of images and graphics
See Documentation
Reorder

Reorder

Reorder the pages of an existing document
See Documentation
Linearize

Linearize

Optimize PDFs for quick viewing on the web, especially for mobile clients
See Documentation
Insert

Insert

Insert one or more pages into an existing document
See Documentation
Replace

Replace

Replace one or more pages with another page
See Documentation
Delete

Delete

Delete one or more pages from a document
See Documentation
Rotate

Rotate

Rotate a page in an existing document
See Documentation

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
createPdfOperation = PDFToolsSdk.CreatePDF.Operation.createNew();
  
// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef.createFromLocalFile('resources/createPDFInput.docx');
createPdfOperation.setInput(input);
  
// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
createPdfOperation.execute(executionContext)
.then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/createPDFFromDOCX.pdf'))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
CreatePDFOperation createPdfOperation = CreatePDFOperation.CreateNew();
  
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"createPdfInput.docx");
createPdfOperation.SetInput(source);
  
// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = createPdfOperation.Execute(executionContext);
  
// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/output/createPdfOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
CreatePDFOperation createPdfOperation = CreatePDFOperation.createNew();
  
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile("src/main/resources/createPDFInput.docx");
createPdfOperation.setInput(source);
  
// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = createPdfOperation.execute(executionContext);
  
// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/createPDFFromDOCX.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using 
// credentials and create a new 
// operation instance.
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
exportPDF = PDFToolsSdk.ExportPDF,
exportPdfOperation = exportPDF.Operation.createNew(exportPDF.SupportedTargetFormats.DOCX);

// Set operation input from a source file
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef.createFromLocalFile('resources/exportPDFInput.pdf');
exportPdfOperation.setInput(input);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
exportPdfOperation.execute(executionContext)
.then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/exportPdfOutput.docx'))

// Create an ExecutionContext using 
// credentials and create a new 
// operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
ExportPDFOperation exportPdfOperation = ExportPDFOperation.CreateNew( ExportPDFTargetFormat.DOCX );

// Set operation input from a local PDF file
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"exportPdfInput.pdf");
exportPdfOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = exportPdfOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() 
  + "/output/exportPdfOutput.docx");

// Create an ExecutionContext using 
// credentials and create a new 
// operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
ExportPDFOperation exportPdfOperation = ExportPDFOperation
  .createNew(ExportPDFTargetFormat.DOCX);

// Set operation input from a local PDF file
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/exportPDFInput.pdf"
  );
exportPdfOperation.setInput(sourceFileRef);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = exportPdfOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/exportPdfOutput.docx");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.            
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
  ocrOperation = PDFToolsSdk.OCR.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef.createFromLocalFile( 'resources/ocrInput.pdf', PDFToolsSdk.OCR.SupportedMediaTypes.pdf );
ocrOperation.setInput(input);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
ocrOperation.execute(executionContext).then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/ocrOutput.pdf'));

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.               
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
OCROperation ocrOperation = OCROperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"ocrInput.pdf");
ocrOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = ocrOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/output/ocrOperationOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.                
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
OCROperation ocrOperation = OCROperation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile( "src/main/resources/ocrInput.pdf" );
ocrOperation.setInput(source);

// Execute the operation
FileRef result = ocrOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result at the specified location
result.saveAs("output/ocrOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
  rotatePagesOperation = PDFToolsSdk.RotatePages.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/rotatePagesInput.pdf'
  );
rotatePagesOperation.setInput(input);

// Sets angle by 90 degrees (in clockwise direction) for rotating the specified pages of the input PDF file.
const firstPageRange = getFirstPageRangeForRotation();
rotatePagesOperation.setAngleToRotatePagesBy(
    PDFToolsSdk.RotatePages.Angle._90, firstPageRange
  );

// Sets angle by 180 degrees (in clockwise direction) for rotating the specified pages of the input PDF file.
const secondPageRange = getSecondPageRangeForRotation();
rotatePagesOperation
  .setAngleToRotatePagesBy(
    PDFToolsSdk.RotatePages.Angle._180,secondPageRange
  );

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
rotatePagesOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result =>
    result.saveAsFile(
      'output/rotatePagesOutput.pdf'
  ));

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);

// Create a new operation instance
RotatePagesOperation rotatePagesOperation = RotatePagesOperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"rotatePagesInput.pdf"
  );
rotatePagesOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);

// Sets angle by 90 degrees (in clockwise direction) for rotating the specified pages of the input PDF file.
PageRanges firstPageRange = GetFirstPageRangeForRotation();
rotatePagesOperation.SetAngleToRotatePagesBy(
    Angle._90, firstPageRange
  );

// Sets angle by 180 degrees (in clockwise direction) for rotating the specified pages of the input PDF file.
PageRanges secondPageRange = GetSecondPageRangeForRotation();
rotatePagesOperation
  .SetAngleToRotatePagesBy(Angle._180, secondPageRange);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = rotatePagesOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() +
  "/output/rotatePagesOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
RotatePagesOperation rotatePagesOperation = RotatePagesOperation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/rotatePagesInput.pdf"
  );
rotatePagesOperation.setInput(source);

// Sets angle by 90 degrees (in clockwise direction) for rotating the specified pages of the input PDF file.
PageRanges firstPageRange = getFirstPageRangeForRotation();
rotatePagesOperation.setAngleToRotatePagesBy(
    Angle._90, firstPageRange
  );

// Sets angle by 180 degrees (in clockwise direction) for rotating the specified pages of the input PDF file.
PageRanges secondPageRange = getSecondPageRangeForRotation();
rotatePagesOperation
.setAngleToRotatePagesBy(
  Angle._180, secondPageRange
);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = rotatePagesOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/rotatePagesOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.                              
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
  deletePagesOperation = PDFToolsSdk.DeletePages.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/deletePagesInput.pdf'
  );
deletePagesOperation.setInput(input);

// Delete pages of the document (as specified by PageRanges).
const pageRangesForDeletion = getPageRangesForDeletion();
deletePagesOperation
  .setPageRanges(pageRangesForDeletion);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
deletePagesOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result =>
    result.saveAsFile(
      'output/deletePagesOutput.pdf'
  ))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);

// Create a new operation instance
DeletePagesOperation deletePagesOperation = DeletePagesOperation.CreateNew();             

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"deletePagesInput.pdf"
  );
deletePagesOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);

// Delete pages of the document 
// (as specified by PageRanges).
PageRanges pageRangeForDeletion = GetPageRangeForDeletion();
deletePagesOperation
  .SetPageRanges(pageRangeForDeletion);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = deletePagesOperation
  .Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() +
  "/output/deletePagesOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.                              
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
DeletePagesOperation deletePagesOperation = DeletePagesOperation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/deletePagesInput.pdf"
  );
deletePagesOperation.setInput(source);

// Delete pages of the document (as specified by PageRanges).
PageRanges pageRangeForDeletion = getPageRangeForDeletion();
deletePagesOperation.setPageRanges(pageRangeForDeletion);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = deletePagesOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/deletePagesOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
replacePagesOperation = PDFToolsSdk.ReplacePages.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation base input from a source file.
const baseInputFile = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile('resources/baseInput.pdf');
replacePagesOperation.setBaseInput(baseInputFile);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
const firstInputFile = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/replacePagesInput1.pdf'
    ),
pageRanges = getPageRangesForFirstFile();

// Adds the pages (specified by the page ranges) of the input PDF file for replacing the page of the base PDF file.
replacePagesOperation.addPagesForReplace(
    1, firstInputFile, pageRanges
  );

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
const secondInputFile = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/replacePagesInput2.pdf'
  );

// Adds all the pages of the input PDF file for replacing the page of the base PDF file.
replacePagesOperation.addPagesForReplace(3, secondInputFile);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
replacePagesOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/replacePagesOutput.pdf'))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);

// Create a new operation instance
ReplacePagesOperation replacePagesOperation = ReplacePagesOperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation base input from a source file.
FileRef baseSourceFile = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"baseInput.pdf");
replacePagesOperation.SetBaseInput(baseSourceFile);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef firstInputFile = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"replacePagesInput1.pdf"
  );
PageRanges pageRanges = GetPageRangeForFirstFile();

// Adds the pages (specified by the page ranges) of the input PDF file for replacing the page of the base PDF file.
replacePagesOperation
  .AddPagesForReplace(firstInputFile, pageRanges, 1);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef secondInputFile = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"replacePagesInput2.pdf"
  );

// Adds all the pages of the input PDF file for replacing the page of the base PDF file.
replacePagesOperation
  .AddPagesForReplace(secondInputFile, 3);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = replacePagesOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() +
  "/output/replacePagesOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
ReplacePagesOperation replacePagesOperation = ReplacePagesOperation.createNew();

// Set operation base input from a source file.
FileRef baseSourceFile = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/baseInput.pdf"
  );
replacePagesOperation.setBaseInput(baseSourceFile);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef firstInputFile = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/replacePagesInput1.pdf"
  );
PageRanges pageRanges = getPageRangeForFirstFile();

// Adds the pages (specified by the page ranges) of the input PDF file for replacing the page of the base PDF file.
replacePagesOperation.addPagesForReplace(
    firstInputFile, pageRanges, 1
  );

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef secondInputFile = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/replacePagesInput2.pdf"
  );

// Adds all the pages of the input PDF file for replacing the page of the base PDF file.
replacePagesOperation
  .addPagesForReplace(secondInputFile, 3);

// Execute the operation
FileRef result = replacePagesOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result at the specified location
result.saveAs("output/replacePagesOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
  linearizePDF = PDFToolsSdk.LinearizePDF,
  linearizePDFOperation = linearizePDF.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile('resources/linearizePDFInput.pdf');
linearizePDFOperation.setInput(input);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
linearizePDFOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/linearizePDFOutput.pdf'))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
LinearizePDFOperation linearizePDFOperation = LinearizePDFOperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"linearizePDFInput.pdf"
  );
linearizePDFOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = linearizePDFOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() +
  "/output/linearizePDFOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
LinearizePDFOperation linearizePDFOperation = LinearizePDFOperation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile( 
  "src/main/resources/linearizePDFInput.pdf" );
linearizePDFOperation.setInput(source);

// Execute the operation
FileRef result = linearizePDFOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result at the specified location
result.saveAs("output/linearizePDFOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
const executionContext =
  PDFToolsSdk
  .ExecutionContext
  .create(credentials),
    compressPDF =
      PDFToolsSdk.CompressPDF,
    compressPDFOperation =
    compressPDF.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk
  .FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/compressPDFInput.pdf');
compressPDFOperation.setInput(input);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
compressPDFOperation
.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result =>
    result
    .saveAsFile(
      'output/compressPDFOutput.pdf'
      ))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
ExecutionContext executionContext =
 ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
CompressPDFOperation compressPDFOperation =
  CompressPDFOperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef =
  FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
      @"compressPDFInput.pdf"
    );
compressPDFOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = compressPDFOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory
  .GetCurrentDirectory()
  + "/output/compressPDFOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
ExecutionContext executionContext =
ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
CompressPDFOperation compressPDFOperation = CompressPDFOperation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source =
  FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/compressPDFInput.pdf
    ");
compressPDFOperation.setInput(source);

// Execute the operation
FileRef result = compressPDFOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result at the specified location
result.saveAs("output/compressPDFOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
  reorderPagesOperation = PDFToolsSdk
    .ReorderPages
    .Operation
    .createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file, along with specifying the order of the pages for rearranging the pages in a PDF file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/reorderPagesInput.pdf'
  );
const pageRanges = getPageRangeForReorder();
reorderPagesOperation.setInput(input);
reorderPagesOperation.setPagesOrder(pageRanges);

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
reorderPagesOperation
  .execute(executionContext)
  .then(result =>
    result.saveAsFile(
      'output/reorderPagesOutput.pdf'
    ));

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);

// Create a new operation instance
ReorderPagesOperation reorderPagesOperation = ReorderPagesOperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation input from a source file, along with specifying the order of the pages for rearranging the pages in a PDF file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"reorderPagesInput.pdf");
reorderPagesOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);
PageRanges pageRanges = GetPageRangeForReorder();
reorderPagesOperation.SetPagesOrder(pageRanges);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = reorderPagesOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() +
  "/output/reorderPagesOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
ReorderPagesOperation reorderPagesOperation = ReorderPagesOperation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file, along with specifying the order of the pages for rearranging the pages in a PDF file.
FileRef source =
  FileRef.createFromLocalFile( "src/main/resources/reorderPagesInput.pdf" );
PageRanges pageRanges = getPageRangeForReorder();
reorderPagesOperation.setInput(source);
reorderPagesOperation.setPagesOrder(pageRanges);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = reorderPagesOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/reorderPagesOutput.pdf");

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create( credentials ),
  combineFilesOperation = PDFToolsSdk.CombineFiles.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation input from a source file.
const combineSource1 = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
    .createFromLocalFile( 'resources/combineFilesInput1.pdf' ),
  combineSource2 = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
    .createFromLocalFile( 'resources/combineFilesInput2.pdf' );
combineFilesOperation.addInput( combineSource1 );
combineFilesOperation.addInput( combineSource2 );

// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
combineFilesOperation
  .execute( executionContext )
  .then(result => result.saveAsFile( 'output/combineFilesOutput.pdf' ));

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create( credentials );
CombineFilesOperation combineFilesOperation = CombineFilesOperation.CreateNew();

// Add operation input from source files.
FileRef combineSource1 = FileRef
  .CreateFromLocalFile( @"combineFilesInput1.pdf" );
FileRef combineSource2 = FileRef
  .CreateFromLocalFile( @"combineFilesInput2.pdf" );
combineFilesOperation.AddInput( combineSource1 );
combineFilesOperation.AddInput( combineSource2 );

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = combineFilesOperation.Execute( executionContext );

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs( Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() +
  "/output/combineFilesOutput.pdf" );

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create( credentials );
CombineFilesOperation combineFilesOperation = CombineFilesOperation.createNew();

// Add operation input from source files.
FileRef combineSource1 = FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile( "src/main/resources/combineFilesInput1.pdf" );
FileRef combineSource2 = FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile( "src/main/resources/combineFilesInput2.pdf" );
combineFilesOperation.addInput( combineSource1 );
combineFilesOperation.addInput( combineSource2 );

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = combineFilesOperation.execute( executionContext );

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs( "output/combineFilesOutput.pdf" );

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
   
// Create a new operation instance.
const splitPDFOperation = PDFToolsSdk.SplitPDF.Operation.createNew(),
input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef.createFromLocalFile('resources/splitPDFInput.pdf',
PDFToolsSdk.SplitPDF.SupportedSourceFormat.pdf
);
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
splitPDFOperation.setInput(input);
   
// Set the number of documents to split the input PDF file into.
splitPDFOperation.setFileCount(2);
   
// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
splitPDFOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result => {
  let saveFilesPromises = [];
  for(let i = 0; i < result.length; i++){
    saveFilesPromises.push(result[i].saveAsFile(`output/splitPDFOutput_${i}.pdf`));
  }
  return Promise.all(saveFilesPromises);
});

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
   
// Create a new operation instance
SplitPDFOperation splitPDFOperation = SplitPDFOperation.CreateNew();
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"splitPDFInput.pdf");
splitPDFOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);
   
// Set the number of documents to split the input PDF file into.
splitPDFOperation.SetFileCount(2);
   
// Execute the operation.
List result = splitPDFOperation.Execute(executionContext);
   
// Save the result to the specified location.
int index = 0;
foreach (FileRef fileRef in result)
{
  fileRef.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/output/splitPDFOutput_" + 
    index + ".pdf");
  index++;
}

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
SplitPDFOperation splitPDFOperation = SplitPDFOperation.createNew();
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile("src/main/resources/splitPDFInput.pdf");
splitPDFOperation.setInput(source);
   
// Set the number of documents to split the input PDF file into.
splitPDFOperation.setFileCount(2);
   
// Execute the operation.
List result = splitPDFOperation.execute(executionContext);
   
// Save the result to the specified location.
int index = 0;
for (FileRef fileRef : result) {
  fileRef.saveAs("output/splitPDFOutput_" + index + ".pdf");
  index++;
}

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// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.          
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials),
  insertPagesOperation = PDFToolsSdk.InsertPages.Operation.createNew();

// Set operation base input from a source file.
const baseInputFile = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile('resources/baseInput.pdf');
insertPagesOperation.setBaseInput(baseInputFile);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
const firstFileToInsert = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef
  .createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/firstFileToInsertInput.pdf'
  ),
  pageRanges = getPageRangesForFirstFile();

// Adds the pages (specified by the page ranges)
// of the input PDF file to be
// inserted at the specified page of the base PDF file.
insertPagesOperation.addPagesToInsertAt(
  2, firstFileToInsert, pageRanges);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
const secondFileToInsert = PDFToolsSdk
  .FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/secondFileToInsertInput.pdf'
  );

// Adds all the pages of the input PDF file
// to be inserted at the specified
// page of the base PDF file.
insertPagesOperation.addPagesToInsertAt(3, secondFileToInsert);

// Execute the operation and Save the 
// result to the specified location.
insertPagesOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result => result.saveAsFile(
    'output/insertPagesOutput.pdf'
  ))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);

// Create a new operation instance
InsertPagesOperation insertPagesOperation = InsertPagesOperation.CreateNew();

// Set operation base input from a source file.
FileRef baseSourceFile = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"baseInput.pdf");
insertPagesOperation.SetBaseInput(baseSourceFile);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef firstFileToInsert =
  FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"firstFileToInsertInput.pdf"
  );
PageRanges pageRanges = GetPageRangeForFirstFile();

// Adds the pages (specified by the page ranges) of the input PDF file to be inserted at the specified page of the base PDF file.
insertPagesOperation.AddPagesToInsertAt(
    firstFileToInsert, pageRanges, 2
  );

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef secondFileToInsert = FileRef
  .CreateFromLocalFile(
    @"secondFileToInsertInput.pdf"
  );

// Adds all the pages of the input PDF file to be inserted at the specified page of the base PDF file.
insertPagesOperation
  .AddPagesToInsertAt(secondFileToInsert, 3);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = insertPagesOperation.Execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() 
  + "/output/insertPagesOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
InsertPagesOperation insertPagesOperation = InsertPagesOperation.createNew();

// Set operation base input from a source file.
FileRef baseSourceFile = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/baseInput.pdf"
  );
insertPagesOperation.setBaseInput(baseSourceFile);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef firstFileToInsert =
  FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/firstFileToInsertInput.pdf"
  );
PageRanges pageRanges =
  getPageRangeForFirstFile ();

// Adds the pages (specified by the page ranges) of the input PDF file to be inserted at the specified page of the base PDF file.
insertPagesOperation
  .addPagesToInsertAt(firstFileToInsert, pageRanges, 2);

// Create a FileRef instance using a local file.
FileRef secondFileToInsert = FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    "src/main/resources/secondFileToInsertInput.pdf"
  );

// Adds all the pages of the input PDF file to be inserted at the specified page of the base PDF file.
insertPagesOperation
  .addPagesToInsertAt(secondFileToInsert, 3);

// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = insertPagesOperation.execute(executionContext);

// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/insertPagesOutput.pdf");

Node.js

.Net

Java

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
   
// Create new permissions instance and add the required permissions
const protectPDF = PDFToolsSdk.ProtectPDF,
  protectPDFOptions = protectPDF.options,
  permissions = protectPDFOptions.Permissions.createNew();
    permissions.addPermission(protectPDFOptions.Permission.PRINT_LOW_QUALITY);
    permissions.addPermission
      (protectPDFOptions.Permission.EDIT_DOCUMENT_ASSEMBLY);
    permissions.addPermission(protectPDFOptions.Permission.COPY_CONTENT);
   
// Build ProtectPDF options by setting a User as well as an Owner/Permissions Password, Permissions,
// Encryption Algorithm (used for encrypting the PDF file) and specifying the type of content to encrypt.
const options = new protectPDFOptions.PasswordProtectOptions.Builder()
  .setUserPassword("openpassword")
  .setOwnerPassword("permissionspassword")
  .setPermissions(permissions)
  .setEncryptionAlgorithm(protectPDFOptions.EncryptionAlgorithm.AES_256)
  .setContentEncryption
    (protectPDFOptions.ContentEncryption.ALL_CONTENT_EXCEPT_METADATA)
  .build();
   
// Create a new operation instance.
const protectPDFOperation = protectPDF.Operation.createNew(options);
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
const input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef.createFromLocalFile('resources/protectPDFInput.pdf');
  protectPDFOperation.setInput(input);
   
// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
protectPDFOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/protectPDFOutput.pdf'))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
   
// Create new permissions instance and add the required permissions
Permissions permissions = Permissions.CreateNew();
  permissions.AddPermission(Permission.PRINT_LOW_QUALITY);
  permissions.AddPermission(Permission.EDIT_DOCUMENT_ASSEMBLY);
  permissions.AddPermission(Permission.COPY_CONTENT);
   
// Build ProtectPDF options by setting a User as well as Owner/Permissions Password, Permissions,
// Encryption Algorithm (used for encrypting the PDF file) and specifying the type of content to encrypt.
ProtectPDFOptions protectPDFOptions = ProtectPDFOptions.PasswordProtectOptionsBuilder()
  .SetUserPassword("openpassword")
  .SetOwnerPassword("permissionspassword")
  .SetPermissions(permissions)
  .SetEncryptionAlgorithm(EncryptionAlgorithm.AES_256)
  .SetContentEncryption(ContentEncryption.ALL_CONTENT_EXCEPT_METADATA)
  .Build();
   
// Create a new operation instance
ProtectPDFOperation protectPDFOperation = ProtectPDFOperation.CreateNew(protectPDFOptions);
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"protectPDFInput.pdf");
  protectPDFOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);
   
// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = protectPDFOperation.Execute(executionContext);
   
// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "/output/protectPDFOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
   
// Create new permissions instance and add the required permissions
Permissions permissions = Permissions.createNew();
permissions.addPermission(Permission.PRINT_LOW_QUALITY);
permissions.addPermission(Permission.EDIT_DOCUMENT_ASSEMBLY);
permissions.addPermission(Permission.COPY_CONTENT);
   
// Build ProtectPDF options by setting a User as well as Owner/Permissions Password, Permissions,
// Encryption Algorithm (used for encrypting the PDF file) and specifying the type of content to encrypt.
ProtectPDFOptions protectPDFOptions = ProtectPDFOptions.passwordProtectOptionsBuilder()
  .setOwnerPassword("openpassword")
  .setUserPassword("permissionspassword")
  .setPermissions(permissions)
  .setEncryptionAlgorithm(EncryptionAlgorithm.AES_256)
  .setContentEncryption(ContentEncryption.ALL_CONTENT_EXCEPT_METADATA)
  .build();
   
// Create a new operation instance.
ProtectPDFOperation protectPDFOperation = ProtectPDFOperation.createNew(protectPDFOptions);
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile("src/main/resources/protectPDFInput.pdf");
protectPDFOperation.setInput(source);
   
// Execute the operation
FileRef result = protectPDFOperation.execute(executionContext);
   
// Save the result at the specified location
result.saveAs("output/protectPDFOutput.pdf");

Node.js

.Net

Java

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials
const executionContext = PDFToolsSdk.ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
   
// Create a new operation instance.
const removeProtectionOperation = PDFToolsSdk.RemoveProtection.Operation.createNew(),
  input = PDFToolsSdk.FileRef.createFromLocalFile(
    'resources/removeProtectionInput.pdf',
    PDFToolsSdk.RemoveProtection.SupportedSourceFormat.pdf
  );
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
removeProtectionOperation.setInput(input);
   
// Set the password for removing security from a PDF document.
removeProtectionOperation.setPassword("password");
   
// Execute the operation and Save the result to the specified location.
removeProtectionOperation.execute(executionContext)
  .then(result => result.saveAsFile('output/removeProtectionOutput.pdf'))

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.Create(credentials);
   
// Create a new operation instance
RemoveProtectionOperation removeProtectionOperation = RemoveProtectionOperation.CreateNew();
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef sourceFileRef = FileRef.CreateFromLocalFile(@"removeProtectionInput.pdf");
removeProtectionOperation.SetInput(sourceFileRef);
   
// Set the password for removing security from a PDF document.
removeProtectionOperation.SetPassword("password");
   
// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = removeProtectionOperation.Execute(executionContext);
   
// Save the result to the specified location.
result.SaveAs(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + 
  "/output/removeProtectionOutput.pdf");

// Create an ExecutionContext using credentials and create a new operation instance.
ExecutionContext executionContext = ExecutionContext.create(credentials);
RemoveProtectionOperation removeProtectionOperation = RemoveProtectionOperation.createNew();
   
// Set operation input from a source file.
FileRef source = FileRef.createFromLocalFile("src/main/resources/removeProtectionInput.pdf");
removeProtectionOperation.setInput(source);
   
// Set the password for removing security from a PDF document.
removeProtectionOperation.setPassword("password");
   
// Execute the operation.
FileRef result = removeProtectionOperation.execute(executionContext);
   
// Save the result to the specified location.
result.saveAs("output/removeProtectionOutput.pdf");

HTML

<div id="adobe-dc-view" style="height: 360px; width: 500px;"></div>
<script src="https://documentcloud.adobe.com/view-sdk/main.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  document.addEventListener("adobe_dc_view_sdk.ready", function(){
    var adobeDCView = new AdobeDC.View({clientId: "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>", divId: "adobe-dc-view"});
    adobeDCView.previewFile({
      content:{ location: 
        { url: "https://documentcloud.adobe.com/view-sdk-demo/PDFs/Bodea%20Brochure.pdf"}},
      metaData:{fileName: "Bodea Brochure.pdf"}
    },
    {
      embedMode: "SIZED_CONTAINER"
    });
  });
</script>

JavaScript

document.addEventListener("adobe_dc_view_sdk.ready", function() {
  var adobeDCView = new AdobeDC.View({clientId: "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>", divId: "adobe-dc-view"});
  adobeDCView.previewFile({
    content: {location: {url: "(path to your PDF)/yourfilename.pdf"}},
    metaData: {fileName: "yourfilename.pdf"}
  },
  {showAnnotationTools: true});
});

JavaScript

adobeDCView.registerCallback(
  /* Type of call back */
  AdobeDC.View.Enum.CallbackType.EVENT_LISTENER,
  /* call back function */
  function(event) {
    console.log(event);
  },
  { enablePDFAnalytics: true }
);

JavaScript

const profile = {
  userProfile: {
    name: '',
    firstName: '',
    lastName: '',
    email: ''
  }
};

adobeDCView.registerCallback(
  AdobeDC.View.Enum.CallbackType.GET_USER_PROFILE_API,
  function() {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      resolve({
        code: AdobeDC.View.Enum.ApiResponseCode.SUCCESS,
        data: profile
    });
  });
  }
);

JavaScript

const saveOptions = {
  autoSaveFrequency: <Number, default=0>,
  enableFocusPolling: <Boolean, default=false>,
  showSaveButton: <Boolean, default=true>
}

adobeDCView.registerCallback(
  AdobeDC.View.Enum.CallbackType.SAVE_API,
  function(metadata, content, options) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      resolve({
        code: AdobeDC.View.Enum.ApiResponseCode.SUCCESS,
        data: {
          metaData: <File MetaData>
        }
      });
    });
  }, 
saveOptions);

HTML

<div id="adobe-dc-view"></div>
<script src="https://documentcloud.adobe.com/view-sdk/main.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  document.addEventListener("adobe_dc_view_sdk.ready", function () {
    var adobeDCView = new AdobeDC.View({clientId: "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>", divId: "adobe-dc-view"});
    adobeDCView.previewFile({
      content:{location: {url: "https://documentcloud.adobe.com/view-sdk-demo/PDFs/Bodea Brochure.pdf"}},
      metaData:{fileName: "Bodea Brochure.pdf"}
    }, {"showLeftHandPanel": true, "showPageControls": false});
  });
</script>

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Common use cases: Retail sales and invoicing, eLearning systems

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Use our PDF Tools API for creating, combining,exporting PDFs and more

With SDKs for popular languages such as Node.js, Java, and .NET Contact Us

Create, secure, and export PDF documents

Modify PDFs and optimize output

Leverage Adobe's cloud-based services

Key Features of Our PDF Tools API

Create a PDF File

Export

OCR

Protect

Remove Password

Split

Combine

Compress

Reorder

Linearize

Insert

Replace

Delete

Rotate

Create a PDF File

Adobe PDF Extract API

Get Started in Minutes

Use Cases for PDF Tools API

Document Management

Programmatically manage document workflows through high performance, cloud-based APIs:

Common use cases: Manufacturing operations, government workflows

Business Process Automation

Eliminate manual processes with automated workflows through powerful PDF APIs:

Common use cases: Retail sales and invoicing, eLearning systems

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