Convert Office documents to PDF seamlessly

To convert an Office file to a PDF, send a request to the /api/build endpoint(opens in a new tab), including both the Office file as input and the instructions JSON(opens in a new tab).

The default output from the /api/build endpoint is a PDF file. You can also specify other file types. Learn more about the output options in our API Reference(opens in a new tab).

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For more information, refer to the API reference to learn about the /api/build endpoint and all the actions you can perform on PDFs with Document Engine.

For an overview of multipart requests, refer to the brief tour of multipart requests blog post.

Converting an Office File from Disk

Send a multipart request to the /api/build endpoint(opens in a new tab) and attach an Office file:

Terminal window
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/api/build \
  -H "Authorization: Token token=<API token>" \
  -F document=@/path/to/example-document.docx \
  -F instructions='{
  "parts": [
    {
      "file": "document"
    }
  ]
}' \
  -o result.pdf

Converting an Office File from URL

Send a multipart request to the /api/build endpoint(opens in a new tab), attaching a URL pointing to the Office file:

Terminal window
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/api/build \
  -H "Authorization: Token token=<API token>" \
  -F instructions='{
  "parts": [
    {
      "file": {
        "url": "https://pspdfkit.com/downloads/examples/paper.docx"
      }
    }
  ]
}' \
  -o result.pdf