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PDF Services Create PDF from Office

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Recipe · 5 steps

PDF Services Create PDF from Office

with Adobe Creative Suite

Upload a source file, convert it to PDF, and resolve the output download URI.

  1. Request an upload asset for the source file, receiving an asset id and a pre-signed upload URI to PUT the file content to.
  2. Submit a create-PDF operation against the uploaded source asset. The API accepts the operation and returns a job id for polling.
  3. Poll the operation status, repeating while it is in progress and branching once it is done or failed.
  4. Retrieve the produced PDF asset metadata and a fresh temporary download URI for the output file.
  5. Surface the error details from the failed create-PDF operation.
What you'll need to have ready
  • mediaType: MIME type of the source file to upload (e.g. a Word document or HTML).
  • documentLanguage: BCP 47 language code of the source document for better conversion.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow adobe-creative-suite:create-pdf-from-office, 5 operations: uploadAsset → createPDF → getOperationStatus → getAsset → getOperationStatus. Specs on APIs.io.

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