Pdfblocks API

by pdfblocks.com

API keyHTTPSCORSDocuments & Productivity

Overview

Generate PDF documents using API

Pdfblocks is a documents & productivity API from pdfblocks.com. Requests are authenticated with an API key. It is served over HTTPS and allows browser requests (CORS). Its OpenAPI description documents 12 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: API key
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Yes
Category: Documents & Productivity
Base URL: https://api.pdfblocks.com
Version: 1.5.0
Endpoints: 12
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2021-06-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.pdfblocks.com/v1/add_password" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.pdfblocks.com/v1/add_password", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://api.pdfblocks.com/v1/add_password",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
POST	`/v1/add_password`	Add a password to a PDF
POST	`/v1/add_restrictions`	Add restrictions to a PDF
POST	`/v1/add_watermark/image`	Add an image watermark to a PDF
POST	`/v1/add_watermark/text`	Add a text watermark to a PDF
POST	`/v1/extract_pages`	Extract pages from a PDF
POST	`/v1/merge_documents`	Merge PDF documents
POST	`/v1/remove_pages`	Remove pages from a PDF
POST	`/v1/remove_password`	Remove the password from a PDF
POST	`/v1/remove_restrictions`	Remove the restrictions from a PDF
POST	`/v1/remove_signatures`	Remove the signatures from a PDF
POST	`/v1/reverse_pages`	Reverse the pages of a PDF
POST	`/v1/rotate_pages`	Rotate pages in a PDF