PDF.co is a PDF and document automation API from Artifex Software, Inc. It exposes a broad surface for AI-driven invoice parsing, template-driven document parsing, bidirectional PDF/Excel/CSV/JSON/XML/HTML/image conversion, OCR, form filling, merging and splitting, barcode generation and recognition, e-signature workflows, PDF compression and optimization, and PDF security. All endpoints share a single base URL (https://api.pdf.co), authenticate via the x-api-key header, and support both synchronous and asynchronous execution with optional webhook callbacks and /v1/job/check polling.
URL: Visit APIs.json
Run: Capabilities Using Naftiko
- PDF, Document Automation, AI, OCR, Invoice Parsing, Document Parsing, Conversion, Forms, Barcodes, E-Signature
- Created: 2026-05-25
- Modified: 2026-05-25
All requests require the x-api-key HTTP header. Get a key by signing up at app.pdf.co/signup — the trial includes 10,000 credits for 1 month with no card required.
Long-running operations (OCR, AI invoice parsing, large file conversion, classification) accept async: true. The initial response returns a jobId; clients either poll POST /v1/job/check or supply a callback URL for webhook notification.
AI-powered data extraction from PDFs, scans, and images. Includes the zero-template AI Invoice Parser, the template-driven Document Parser (with reusable stored templates), Document Classifier, and PDF attachment extraction.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- OpenAPI
- JSON Schema — AI Invoice Parser Request
- JSON Schema — Document Parser Request
- JSON-LD
- Naftiko Capability — Extraction
- Example — AI Invoice Parser
Bidirectional conversion: PDF to CSV/JSON/JSON-AI/text/XML/XLS/XLSX/HTML/JPG/PNG/TIFF/WebP; PDF from HTML, URL, DOC/DOCX, CSV/XLS/XLSX, images, and email (.msg, .eml); plus Excel-to-anything.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Programmatic editing: add text/images/forms/links, search-and-replace, replace text with images, delete text.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Merge multiple PDFs (or mixed PDF/DOC/XLS/image inputs via /merge2); split by page ranges, indexes, or text pattern.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Locate text and tables with coordinates; OCR-driven /makesearchable; remove text layer via /makeunsearchable.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Read fillable form field metadata (AcroForm, XFA). Pair with the Editing API to fill forms programmatically.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Delete or rotate pages; AI-driven auto-rotation for scanned documents.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Generate barcodes (QR, Code128, DataMatrix, PDF417, EAN, UPC, and more) and read barcodes from PDF/image URLs.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Platform primitives: file upload (form, base64, URL, presigned), download, delete, MD5 hash; PDF compress (v2) and optimize; PDF info; classifier; email decode/send/extract-attachments; HTML templates store; /v1/job/check for async polling; /v1/account/credit/balance.
Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Plans and pricing — Free trial (10,000 credits/mo for 1 month), Basic ($8.99 / 16,500 cr), Personal ($22.49 / 37,000 cr), Business 1 ($44.99 / 80,500 cr), Business 2 ($89.99 / 159,850 cr), Business 3 ($270 / 483,000 cr), Enterprise (custom).
- Rate limits and quotas — Credit-based monthly quota; concurrency scales with plan; async-first for heavy ops.
- FinOps profile — FOCUS-aligned meters: credits consumed, credits remaining, API calls, pages processed, async job count.
- API code samples (multi-language) — JavaScript, C#, VB.NET, Java, PHP, Python, Go, Bash
- PDF.co MCP server — Model Context Protocol server (Python, MIT)
- PDF.co n8n node — TypeScript, MIT
- 3,000+ integrations — Zapier, Make, n8n, and more