Reimagine document experiences with PDF APIs designed for developers
From the company who created the PDF standard.
Adobe PDF Services API
Create, transform, OCR PDFs, and more.
PDF Services API is a collection of multiple services capable of quickly solving specific challenges and powering multi-step document workflows using SDKs for Node.js, Java, and .Net. With it, you gain access to basic PDF services, such as creating, securing, compressing, converting, combining, and splitting PDFs, as well as more advanced services, including Document Generation and PDF Extract. Do more with this API.
Adobe PDF Accessibility Auto-Tag API
Auto-tag PDF content to improve accessibility.
This AI-powered API automatically tag tables, paragraphs, lists, headings and more to improve the reading experience of native or scanned PDFs with assistive technologies. It also identifies the reading order to ensure the logical flow of information with multiple columns or elements across pages. Apply this to document backlogs or new document workflows and move towards compliance with greater ease.
Adobe PDF Electronic Seal API
Apply an electronic seal to documents at scale easily.
Apply an electronic seal to documents at scale using a certificate issued by certain TSPs (Trust Service Providers) on Adobe’s Approved Trust List (AATL). The electronic seal helps verify the identity and integrity of documents. This can be used to e-seal documents at scale and is included with PDF Services API.
Adobe PDF Extract API
Unlock content structure in any PDF.
PDF Extract API leverages AI to parse PDFs programmatically and extract data and content for analysis and processing. Text, images, tables, font styling, and more are extracted with relative positioning and natural reading order and placed into a structured JSON file for downstream processing in NLP, RPA, content republishing or data analysis solutions. PDF Extract API works on both scanned and native PDFs and is included with PDF Services API.
Adobe Document Generation API
Generate documents from Word templates and JSON data.
Effortlessly create contracts, agreements, invoices, sales proposals, and more with Document Generation API. Using Microsoft Word templates and your own data, you can produce dynamic documents with conditional text, images, lists, and tables. Signature workflows are a cinch with the Adobe Acrobat Sign integration, and Document Generation is included with PDF Services API.
Adobe PDF Embed API
Display PDFs and enable collaboration with this free tool.
Leverage our free JavaScript API to embed PDFs and eliminate the need for end users to download additional plugins when opening PDFs in your applications. With PDF Embed API, you can provide a rich PDF viewing experience and enable digital collaboration and document analytics for helpful user insights. Implement this API in minutes with a few lines of code and samples for Angular and React.
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Why Acrobat Services?
Invent new document experiences
- Unlock productivity through APIs and integrations.
- Use Microsoft Power Automate connectors to build without code.
- Leverage integrations with AEM, Adobe Analytics, and Adobe Acrobat Sign.
Built for developers
- Easy to implement REST APIs and SDKs.
- Secure, reliable, and scalable.
- Pay only for what you need.
From the leader
- 25+ years of PDF expertise.
- Battle tested by 20M+ users.
- Innovating with AI/ML in digital documents powered by Adobe Sensei.
Use cases for Adobe Acrobat Services
Content processing
Accelerate reusing content in systems of record and downstream processes, such as RPA, NLP, ML and search by quickly extracting content from native and scanned PDFs.
Legal contracts
Generate legal contracts with dynamic terms and signatures.
Data analysis
Extract data from complex tables including cell data, column and row headers, and table properties for use in machine learning models, analysis, or storage.
Content republishing
Easily republish in different formats by extracting structured content elements such as headings, lists,paragraphs, fonts, and character styling.
Customer stories
See how our customers are building great experiences and succeeding with Adobe.
Adobe
Agreement Experience is projected to save deal desk and sales attorneys 36,000 hours annually on contracts.
AFTIA
AFTIA helps a multinational financial services company better serve clients by accelerating client onboarding with Adobe apps and APIs.
AI Singapore (AISG)
AI Singapore accelerates deep learning models with Adobe PDF Extract API.
“Our clients wanted to create PDFs of our reports and the open source solution we tried was difficult to work with and unreliable. We switched to the Adobe Services SDK because it produced higher quality PDFs and also let our clients convert to PowerPoint to customize reports for their audience.”
– Tim Hill, CEO & Co-Founder, Social Status
“We are committed to building superior collaboration and user experiences on our platform, and with PDF APIs from Adobe, we enabled the world’s best document experiences with ease — right within the Acumatica ERP solution.”
– John Roskill, CEO, Acumatica Cloud ERP
“Adobe Acrobat Services helped us extend K2’s intelligent process automation solution to enable integrated PDF document creation with a rich, interactive web experience for document review, approval, and e-signature processes with Adobe Acrobat Sign. Our developers were able to easily extend K2 workflows that collect information from multiple data sources using Adobe Acrobat Services APIs, enabling us to quickly deliver a solution for our customers to automate their document-oriented business processes in a more secure and scalable way.”
– Alex Cobb, VP Product Management, K2
“With the 99U Conference shifting to an all-virtual format this year, we wanted to make all aspects of the event accessible to our attendees — especially The Creative Self Workbook, a workbook offering a chance for deep self-discovery and exploration. The Adobe PDF Embed API allowed us to create an accessible, seamless PDF experience with live form filling, notes, drawing, downloading, and printing options with just a few lines of code.”
– Andrea Rosen, Head of 99U
“InfoDesk provides AI-driven technology and tools that enable organizations to make the smartest decisions confidently. This involves delivering highly relevant insights to our customers in a format that suits them best so they can harness the value of their information. By using Adobe’s Acrobat Services API, our customers can easily convert PDF reports to PowerPoint for use in client presentations and internal stakeholder meetings. At InfoDesk, we are always looking for ways to add value for our clients and Adobe enables us to do exactly that.”
– Lynn Epstein, COO, InfoDesk
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