Our PDF tools in a REST API for developers

Whether you are a small startup or a large business, iLovePDF API is here to help you automate document processes.

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Strong infrastructure to offer the best dedicated processing power.

We know how to process PDF

You might know us from ilovepdf.com where we process millions of PDFs daily.

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We offer a simple and concise API Reference and Guide as well as API Libraries with their own docs too.

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Organize PDF

Merge and split documents with a variety of custom options. Remove, extract or organize PDF pages as you need.

Compress PDF

Reduce the size of your PDF while maintaining its original quality and formatting.

Convert to PDF

Easily convert Images, MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel files into non-editable PDF documents.

Convert from PDF

Convert PDF documents to JPG images or to PDF/A format.

Edit PDF

Rotate, add page numbers and watermarks to PDF. Customize PDFs with annotations and drawings.

PDF Security

Encrypt PDFs with a password to prevent unauthorized access to the file content or remove passwords from protected documents.

A full suite of PDF modification tools at your service

Want to take a look around? Get started today with our collection of libraries and complete documentation.

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Compress example

// Authenticate.
$ilovepdf = new Ilovepdf('project_public_id','project_secret_key');

// Choose your processing tool and create a new task.
$task = $ilovepdf->newTask('compress');

// Add files to task for upload.
$file1 = $task->addFile('file1.pdf');
$file2 = $task->addFile('file2.pdf');

// Execute the task.
$task->execute();

// Download the packaged files.
$task->download();

// Authenticate.
var api = new LovePdfApi("PUBLIC_KEY", "SECRET_KEY");

// Choose your processing tool and create a new task.
var task = api.CreateTask<CompressTask>();

// Add files to task for upload.
var file1 = task.AddFile("file1.pdf");
var file2 = task.AddFile("file2.pdf");

// Execute the task.
task.Process();

// Download the packaged files.
task.DownloadFile();

# Authenticate.
ilovepdf = Ilovepdf::Ilovepdf.new('public_key', 'private_key')

# Choose your processing tool and create a new task.
task = ilovepdf.new_task :compress

# Add files to task for upload.
file1 = task.add_file 'file1.pdf'
file2 = task.add_file 'file2.pdf'

# Execute the task.
task.execute

# Download the packaged files.
task.download

// Authenticate.
const ilovepdf = new ILovePDFApi('project_public_id', 'project_secret_key');

// Choose your processing tool and create a new task.
task = ilovepdf.newTask('compress');

// For this example, await notation will be used instead of
// promises.

// Add files to task for upload.
await task.addFile('path/to/file1_name.pdf');
await task.addFile('path/to/file2_name.pdf');
await task.addFile('path/to/file3_name.pdf');

// Execute the task.
await task.process();

// Download the packaged files.
const data = await task.download();

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A few reasons to integrate iLovePDF API

Millions of people trust iLovePDF to process their documents. They chose to solve all their PDF problems in one place using our best-in-class tools.

Now you have full access to those same tools and infrastructure, built to scale.

Make project development easy with PDF libraries
Automate heavy PDF tasks with dedicated servers
Process PDF data privately and securely
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