Use Nutrient DWS to convert PDF pages into JPG images when the workflow needs rendered-image output instead of static PDFs. Start with a cloud PDF-to-JPG API built for previews, exports, document rendering, and image-based delivery workflows.
Use a PDF-to-JPG API when the workflow needs rendered-image output for previews, exports, thumbnails, and image-based document pipelines.
Use REST, Postman, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, PHP, or HTTP to automate PDF-to-JPG conversion inside rendering and export workflows.
Connect JPG rendering to getting started, pricing, and the broader image converter hub so teams can validate the right image output path quickly.
This example will convert your uploaded PDF file to a JPG image.
Try it out in three steps
document.pdf to your project folder.result.jpg to see the output.curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \ -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \ -o image.jpg \ --fail \ -F document=@document.pdf \ -F instructions='{ "parts": [ { "file": "document" } ], "output": { "type": "image", "format": "jpg", "dpi": 500 } }'curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build ^ -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" ^ -o image.jpg ^ --fail ^ -F document=@document.pdf ^ -F instructions="{\"parts\": [{\"file\": \"document\"}], \"output\": {\"type\": \"image\", \"format\": \"jpg\", \"dpi\": 500}}"package com.example.pspdfkit;
import java.io.File;import java.io.IOException;import java.nio.file.FileSystems;import java.nio.file.Files;import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
import org.json.JSONArray;import org.json.JSONObject;
import okhttp3.MediaType;import okhttp3.MultipartBody;import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;import okhttp3.Request;import okhttp3.RequestBody;import okhttp3.Response;
public final class PspdfkitApiExample { public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException { final RequestBody body = new MultipartBody.Builder() .setType(MultipartBody.FORM) .addFormDataPart( "document", "document.pdf", RequestBody.create( MediaType.parse("application/pdf"), new File("document.pdf") ) ) .addFormDataPart( "instructions", new JSONObject() .put("parts", new JSONArray() .put(new JSONObject() .put("file", "document") ) ) .put("output", new JSONObject() .put("type", "image") .put("format", "jpg") .put("dpi", 500) ).toString() ) .build();
final Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("https://api.nutrient.io/build") .method("POST", body) .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_api_key_here") .build();
final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient() .newBuilder() .build();
final Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
if (response.isSuccessful()) { Files.copy( response.body().byteStream(), FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("image.jpg"), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING ); } else { // Handle the error throw new IOException(response.body().string()); } }}using System;using System.IO;using System.Net;using RestSharp;
namespace PspdfkitApiDemo{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var client = new RestClient("https://api.nutrient.io/build");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST) .AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_api_key_here") .AddFile("document", "document.pdf") .AddParameter("instructions", new JsonObject { ["parts"] = new JsonArray { new JsonObject { ["file"] = "document" } }, ["output"] = new JsonObject { ["type"] = "image", ["format"] = "jpg", ["dpi"] = 500 } }.ToString());
request.AdvancedResponseWriter = (responseStream, response) => { if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) { using (responseStream) { using var outputFileWriter = File.OpenWrite("image.jpg"); responseStream.CopyTo(outputFileWriter); } } else { var responseStreamReader = new StreamReader(responseStream); Console.Write(responseStreamReader.ReadToEnd()); } };
client.Execute(request); } }}// This code requires Node.js. Do not run this code directly in a web browser.
const axios = require('axios')const FormData = require('form-data')const fs = require('fs')
const formData = new FormData()formData.append('instructions', JSON.stringify({ parts: [ { file: "document" } ], output: { type: "image", format: "jpg", dpi: 500 }}))formData.append('document', fs.createReadStream('document.pdf'))
;(async () => { try { const response = await axios.post('https://api.nutrient.io/build', formData, { headers: formData.getHeaders({ 'Authorization': 'Bearer your_api_key_here' }), responseType: "stream" })
response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("image.jpg")) } catch (e) { const errorString = await streamToString(e.response.data) console.log(errorString) }})()
function streamToString(stream) { const chunks = [] return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { stream.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk))) stream.on("error", (err) => reject(err)) stream.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8"))) })}import requestsimport json
response = requests.request( 'POST', 'https://api.nutrient.io/build', headers = { 'Authorization': 'Bearer your_api_key_here' }, files = { 'document': open('document.pdf', 'rb') }, data = { 'instructions': json.dumps({ 'parts': [ { 'file': 'document' } ], 'output': { 'type': 'image', 'format': 'jpg', 'dpi': 500 } }) }, stream = True)
if response.ok: with open('image.jpg', 'wb') as fd: for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8096): fd.write(chunk)else: print(response.text) exit()<?php
$FileHandle = fopen('image.jpg', 'w+');
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, array( CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.nutrient.io/build', CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST', CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => '', CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array( 'instructions' => '{ "parts": [ { "file": "document" } ], "output": { "type": "image", "format": "jpg", "dpi": 500 } }', 'document' => new CURLFILE('document.pdf') ), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array( 'Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here' ), CURLOPT_FILE => $FileHandle,));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
fclose($FileHandle);POST https://api.nutrient.io/build HTTP/1.1Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--customboundaryAuthorization: Bearer your_api_key_here
--customboundaryContent-Disposition: form-data; name="instructions"Content-Type: application/json{ "parts": [ { "file": "document" } ], "output": { "type": "image", "format": "jpg", "dpi": 500 }}--customboundaryContent-Disposition: form-data; name="document"; filename="document.pdf"Content-Type: application/pdf
(document data)--customboundary--Most common next steps
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Send a request to the Nutrient DWS Processor API with your PDF and the desired output. The API renders each page and returns JPG images. You can call it via REST, Postman, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, PHP, or plain HTTP.
Yes. The API can render a single page or every page in a PDF, so you can generate JPG output for an entire document in one workflow. See the getting started guide for rendering single and multiple pages.
You can call the API from any language that can make HTTP requests. We provide quickstart examples for JavaScript, Python, Java, C# (.NET), and PHP, plus REST and a Postman collection to get your first request running faster.
Yes. The API lets you control the output image dimensions when rendering PDF pages to JPG, so you can tune resolution for previews, thumbnails, or full-size image exports.
Yes. You can start for free — sign up to receive processing credits and try the PDF-to-JPG API before choosing a Processor API plan.
A PDF-to-JPG API renders PDF pages into JPG images with a single API call. With Nutrient’s DWS Processor API, you can convert PDFs to JPG without building or maintaining your own rendering infrastructure.
Send your PDF to the Nutrient DWS Processor API, and it returns JPG images of the pages you requested. You can call it via REST, Postman, curl, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, or PHP.
Yes. You can render each page of a PDF to its own JPG, and control output settings such as resolution and DPI to balance image quality against file size.
You can call the API from any language that can make HTTP requests. We provide quick start examples for JavaScript, Python, Java, C# (.NET), and PHP, plus REST and a Postman collection.
Yes. You can start for free — sign up to receive processing credits and try the PDF-to-JPG API before choosing a Processor API plan.
Create an account to get your DWS Processor API key and start making API calls.