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PDF Services Combine PDFs

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Recipe · 6 steps

PDF Services Combine PDFs

with Adobe Creative Suite

Upload two PDFs, merge them in order, and resolve the merged download URI.

  1. Request an upload asset for the first source PDF.
  2. Request an upload asset for the second source PDF.
  3. Submit a combine operation merging the two uploaded PDFs in order. The API returns a job id for polling.
  4. Poll the combine operation status, repeating while it is in progress and branching once it is done or failed.
  5. Retrieve the merged PDF asset metadata and a fresh temporary download URI for the output file.
  6. Surface the error details from the failed combine operation.
What you'll need to have ready
  • firstMediaType: MIME type of the first source PDF (defaults to application/pdf).
  • secondMediaType: MIME type of the second source PDF (defaults to application/pdf).
For your developer

Arazzo workflow adobe-creative-suite:combine-pdfs, 6 operations: uploadAsset → uploadAsset → combinePDFs → getOperationStatus → getAsset → getOperationStatus. Specs on APIs.io.

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