- PDF REST API Guides
- Welcome
- First steps
- Getting started
- Processing a PDF
- Common functions
- Topics
- Encrypt files
- Error handling
- Tool guides
- Merge PDF Guide
- Split PDF Guide
- Compress PDF Guide
- OCR PDF Guide
- Convert Office to PDF Guide
- Convert PDF to JPG Guide
- Convert Images to PDF Guide
- PDF to PDF/A Guide
- HTML to PDF Guide
- Validate PDF/A Guide
- Rotate PDF Guide
- Unlock PDF Guide
- Protect PDF Guide
- Watermark PDF Guide
- Add Page Numbers Guide
- Repair PDF Guide
- Extract Text Guide
- Edit PDF Guide
PDF REST API guides
Welcome to the iLoveAPI Guide!
This guide is designed to help beginners and experienced developers discover what iLoveAPI has to offer. In addition to detailed explanations, you will find plenty of code examples in all of the API Libraries.
Before we begin with the guide, please take a look at these two sections to have a better idea about how it is structured:
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First steps
Getting started will explain to you the basics about how to register as an iLoveAPI developer, how to create a new project and how to download your preferred API library to develop with. After that, you will learn how to authenticate and connect to the API servers to start operating.
Processing a PDF is your essential guide for learning the first steps on basic PDF processing with the iLovePDF REST API. You’ll learn how to create a New Task, Upload a file, Process it with the desired tool and Download the processed file or files.
Tool guides
The Tool guides offer extensive information about how to process PDF files with all the features that iLoveAPI offers.
Each guide has two parts:
The first part has information about how to create and execute fast and simple tasks for every tool.
The second part is for advanced use and contains comprehensive explanations about all the options and customizations that can be processed for each tool. In order to get the most out of the API, don’t miss the advanced explanation.
We recommend that you start with the Merge PDF Guide and then work your way down the list.
Guide updates
One final consideration before ending this welcome: We’re always working on improving the iLoveAPI and fixing issues to ensure the best user experience. That’s why we are constantly reviewing and updating our guides to keep you well informed at all times. In the meantime, if you have any questions or comments, please contact us.