Acrobat Services API

Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager

A Tip for External File Storage

I probably need to make a blog post for this, but for folks using the new external file support (docs here, https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/pdf-external-storage-sol/), keep in mind that you have two ways of using this:   1) Supply an external URL for input and output (this is probably what you expect) 2) Only supply an external URL for input (you probably didn't expect this to work, I didn't)   In the second case, we will store the output as an asset (ie, our temporary system) where you can then download it using a GET request.  

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Rebeccamerr82Participant

PDF Embed API on Squarespace - not loading

Hello, I'm struggling to embed a PDF on my Squarespace site. At first, I didn't have the right link to the pdf online and it showed 'script disabled', I then fixed that issue and a scroll-bar appeared, implying that there was now a connection to the PDF - however, it shows 'opening document' and buffering 0% and then fails to load. Any ideas? Here is my code: <html> <head><title>Adobe Document Services PDF Embed API Sample</title><meta charset="utf-8" /><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /><meta id="viewport" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /></head> <body style="margin: 0px"><div id="adobe-dc-view"></div><script src="https://documentcloud.adobe.com/view-sdk/main.js"></script><script type="text/javascript">document.addEventListener("adobe_dc_view_sdk.ready", function(){ var adobeDCView = new AdobeDC.View({clientId: "e

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Raj318472105fslParticipant

Adobe PDF Extract API Question on Extraction Method

How does the Adobe PDF Extract API extract text from PDF (to go from PDF to CSV)?Does it naturally extract text from PDF and convert to CSV as if we were doing it ourself using Acrobat in Desktop? Or does it always try to use OCR and Sensei AI to extract and structure text?Basically, I am trying to understand how much reliance is on AI here versus Adobe's natural ability to convert a pdf into csv based on the actual text/characters.

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avtripParticipant

Add document level script in PDF

Hello,We want to automate the proess to add script in PDF file using some PDF SDK or API. We want to add a field in PDF file  and execute Script to display today's date whenever  user open's file to print it.var theDate = new Date();theDate = theDate.setDate(theDate.getDate() + 28);this.getField("Today").value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", new Date());this.getField("InOneMonth").value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", theDate); Below article specifies the steps but we want to achive it through code / api integration. https://answers.acrobatusers.com/Insert-current-date-text-field-todays-date-todays-date-4-weeks-q300987.aspx  Thanks in advance. 

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CorporateApps31812735jd13Participant

Merging document and (back) cover page

Hi, Apologies, bit of a newbie to this but trying to use the Adobe PDF Services to replace some functionality in a Power Automate flow that we were previously using Muhimbi for. It's basically a document approval process but later in the flow a table with the document's metadata is pulled out of a separate document (a Word doc) and appended to the end of the main document (a pdf doc). This screenshot from the original flow might give you a bit of an idea how it was working:  I'm trying to use the "Merge PDFs" connector to do the same sort of thing and thought I would just be able to put the content values from each document in as the file content - however got a file corruption error:  So then did some reading on these forums and thought I might need to use an array, so have given this a go but not having much success there either:   I know this latter issue is not strictly Adobe-related but why does it want the content value to be an array and n

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Nikhil26062737ru4mParticipant

Increase monthly volume of adobe acrobat pdf

I have purchased an adobe acrobat pro license , inspite of having unlimited conversions , i am getting only 500 pdf conversion per month . How to increase that volume? A faster solution would be appreciated.

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avtripParticipant

Hidden but printable dynamic text

We are working on  a automation using Power Automate where we have to add static and dynamic watermark Text in a PDF file which should be visible only when user tries to print the document. Example - [Category]Printed on: [DD/MM/YYYY] By:[Logged in User Name].Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

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Jae317531690vmzParticipant

Add HTML load delay for CreateFromURI

When I create a PDF of a web page that has google maps, the PDF doesn't render the map.  Is there a way to add wep page load delay to ensure the map is rendered correctly?

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AnnChristinHeuerParticipant

Is there a way of editing PDF Documents with Service API? I mean adding text and images to the PDF.

I want to edit the PDF File directly without any word file in between. I need to add images, text and more. Is that possible? 

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Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager

Loading PDF Embed when visible

This is an old blog post of mine, but I thought it might be of interest to developers here. You can use JavaScript to detect when part of the DOM is visible, and delay loading things (like PDF Embed) until that time. I explain how here: https://www.raymondcamden.com/2021/04/09/load-a-pdf-embed-when-visible

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TacoSaladParticipating Frequently

Starting today several of our PDFs are rending blank pages because the text is suddenly white.

We haven't made any changes to our use of Adobe PDF viewer in a few weeks, and today we have this issue where the PDF will load including all its pages, but you can't see whats on the pages as the text is all white.  You can use the download function and open the PDF and that version of the PDF looks normal.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this issue?  It only affects certain PDFs but we can't seem to find anything in common with the affected PDFs.

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John316259376h3uParticipant

Asset Upload Locations and TTL

I am on the free tier of the API service working on a POC for my company. I have successfully uploaded a Word document using the asset REST API service. I have also used the document generation service REST API to generate a pdf by merging the JSON object and the templetized Word doc. Questions:Is there a way to access the "Internal Adobe Storage" to view the uploaded documents?Can we run the document generation API on an existing doucment that lives on the our "personal" adobe cloud storage?What is the the time to live for the links containing the generated document given by the document generation REST API service? I am trying to figure out if I need to invoke a document generation merge everytime a user wants to view a documents because the asset links might expire over time.

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modeakParticipant

Looking for Adobe API to integrate with in-house application

Hi, Our company is developing an app which requires adobe API to convert the text, image and excel files into PDF/A-2U. Where I can purchase those API. I tried to contact Adobe sales team but I did not get any proper answer them.   

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Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager

Node.js wrapper for REST APIs

If folks are interested, I've got a Node.js *opinionated* wrapper for the REST APIs. It does a few things I particularly like:   * Combines the upload process into one call  * Can poll a job (currently hard coded at two seconds) * Can download when a job is done (ie, poll until done, then save)   You can find the source here: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/document-services-demos/tree/main/serviceswrapper   I'm only "officially" supporting Extract, but I've got a few other endpoints in there as well that I want to change the method signature on a bit.    Here's a full example where I call Extract on a PDF and read the JSON:   require('dotenv').config(); const ServicesWrapper = require('./ServicesWrapper'); let sw = new ServicesWrapper(process.env.CLIENTID, process.env.CLIENTSECRET); (async () => { let filePath = '../source_pdfs/schoolcalendar.pdf'; let mediaType = 'application/pdf'; let asset = await sw.upload(filePath, mediaType); con

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Rex26229303zg6dParticipant

PDF Embed Issue Started in mid April 2023

I develope on a site that makes a lot of use of the PDF Embed API. We view many different types of PDF files without any problems. It has been working fine for over a year until about mid April 2023 when the employee paychecks we display started displaying with all the text in white making it unreadable in the viewer. All other PDF files on the site look fine in the viewer. If you download the PDF check or view it in a browser's built in viewer the PDF looks fine. If you use the Optimize option in Acrobat PRO the file will then display correctly in the Viewer. You can see this issue occuring at the URL below which is showing a fake user pay check. Any help in correcting this issue would be greatly appriciated. https://support.c2essentials.com/Clients/View.html 

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Hosanna31649818fnxjParticipating Frequently

Asset not found

Hello, I am trying to go through document generationI have generated link to upload an asset I have uploaded asset hereI try to verify if asset is saved, but I get not found:Also, I get asset not found when trying to generate doc with newly created assetWhat could be the problem?

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zalmasiParticipant

Where does the extraction/parsing occur? Local or Cloud?

Hi. I would like to try the PDF extraction API. My issue is ITAR rated/classified documents.Question 1: Does the extraction takes place on Adobe Cloud , which (to my knowledge) would violate ITAR,or is the extraction happening locally through the SDK? I'd love to see if Adobe PDF Extractor performs better than  batch Importing pdfs into MS Word, which happens locally.For me, performace is better extraction of complex tables and text Question 2: Does the desktop local version of Adobe Acrobat Pro use the same Sensei technology? Many thanks in advance

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Lorenzo31637890dccuParticipant

Error while connecting via Power Automate "Private key file could not be parsed"

I keep getting the same error when trying to create a connection to document services. What am I doing wrong? I base64 encoded the file I retreived at signing up. This one: {"project": {"id": "4566206088345033186","name": "Fullapikey","title": "Full api key","description": "PDF Services","org": {"id": "1347161","name": "chargecars-gmail.com","ims_org_id": "84681EAE64D7F8C40A495C53@AdobeOrg"},"workspace": {"id": "4566206088345041923","name": "Production","title": "Full api key","description": "PDF Services","action_url": "https://1347161-fullapikey.adobeioruntime.net","app_url": "https://1347161-fullapikey.adobeio-static.net","details": {"credentials": [{"id": "491054","name": "Full api key","integration_type": "oauth_server_to_server","oauth_server_to_server": {"client_id": "1bb7a0af46ac4711a0480f0738b744d5","client_secrets": ["p8e-2VwC6gUq944Tco4TKY3AHtmpd8n8L9Lc"],"technical_account_email": "2c47eefb-5fb7-40f4-a151-5bae949970a7@techacct.adobe.com","technical_account_id": "87CC1E

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jayshreesrinivasanParticipant

PDF services API help

Hi, I downloaded the sdk and was able to run the CreatePDFFromDocx and CombinePDF successfully, however when I tried to access these methods in my .net6 project, via nuget package reference (Adobe.PDFServicesSDK), I'm having trouble instantiating any of the methods....can someone please help?

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VIPUL315699220y5nParticipant

PREVIEW PANE is stopped working

I am using Adobe Acrobat Pro 64 bit and since then PREVIEW PANE is stopped working. Thru google I tried to correct this problem but in vain. PLEASE HELP.

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Mike17542399zg5oParticipant

PDF Extract API

Does anyone know when Adobe will enable extracting PDF Form Field values? I tried parsing a simple form with 3 fields and it doesn't work at all. Am I doing it wrong?  I have 3 fields, First, Last, and Email.  All single line text fields.

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niva313337084aonParticipant

Express API response with a json string or byte array instead of having the file to be saved

PDF Exctract API in .NET has option to save the output json file and excel using result.SaveAs but is there a way to get the response to just be byte array or json object or json string insteadt of saving it in a local directory.

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Meera29028831nx5bParticipant

Info regarding Enterprise solution for Extract API

Hi,We have taken AWS login to convert pdf to json, but that does not provide point of contact for support.We wanted to take enterprise solution with support what is the best way to do that. If someone could help with people to get in touch for the same.  

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Meera29028831nx5bParticipant

PDF Extract API, Getting below mentioned error

ServiceApiException: description =UPLOAD failed for with error: Unable to upload file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Error><Code>ExpiredToken</Code><Message>The provided token has expired.</Message><Token-0>FwoGZXIvYXdzEIf//////////wEaDOMjJj9+nvCnjG66TCLUAQxi5GrCd6ZJGQSTrloTcvGddIv5WJZQHAj/l5HNkoFXrEsS8rPU6qhDjH9oqsmnh6Zp80XTeb0vuq4TEg0ERgOGomEdunGJtyTWXbZT7H3SR5BDx4x1wZMMURGV7ujdQOK1s9M7iTx+kV2pbs7quJmfAKBfyFWWVaItcaj5j9idVSGB6XmUqVOhSgqbINYY89q92jctdU+zgFkRBhbsXi8by4v3Zu/zngEvzKHQru+T6o5TVaxJ0XDRSoJyt+ut1j5D+gcvBYhzh9oGh4T4YIoZdRxOKOLAsKYGMi0+8T8aLqQvB0n3etjv+MS1A2Ysj8N9k5HOy+lAw/s4wAFClg7NBW5lK9gVDGs=</Token-0><RequestId>3FCR8BBTBHT6PDPH</RequestId><HostId>WEFGWlahurALh7fFMrd2+hQtAbss1q8hF2Lv4emqXxH0z+uXHAcFpaxHQR1nZYgTJxI4AAW4haE=</HostId></Error>; requestTrackingId=a74e2783-f2ba-4644-a538-0823475d66f0; statusCode=400; errorCode=INTERNAL_SERVER_ERRORAbove error is coming many times when we call

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