Upgrade PSPDFKit Server with version 2018.1

PSPDFKit Server 2018.1 adds support for importing and exporting XFDF and Instant JSON files and improves validation of your configuration settings.

Necessary steps when upgrading PSPDFKit Server

PSPDFKit Server no longer allows you to use the default SECRET_KEY_BASE value secret-key-base. If you were using the default value, please note that you’ll have to change your configuration. Otherwise, PSPDFKit Server will abort the startup. Take a look at the configuration overview for more information about our configuration options.

Notable changes

• PSPDFKit now supports importing and exporting of XFDF and Instant JSON files. Take a look at the Importing Exporting section to find out more about each format.

  • When uploading documents(opens in a new tab), you can include an additional attachment file, which in turn will be imported into the uploaded PDF.
  • There are two new endpoints, api/documents/:document_id/document.json(opens in a new tab) and api/documents/:document_id/document.xfdf(opens in a new tab), which will export an Instant JSON and XFDF file of the document, respectively.

Migrate PSPDFKit for Web

For more information, please take a look at the PSPDFKit for Web 2018.1 migration guide(opens in a new tab).

For a full list of changes, check out the changelog(opens in a new tab).