Submitting a Form in Acrobat Pro DC - PDF Complete Document to website

[2tapme]

I have a webpage that currently allows users to browse to a local folder to upload a pdf file.  I want to also allow users to "SUBMIT" directly from the PDF itself.  I have:

• Created a form in Acrobat DC
• Created the button to "Submit a Form"
• Selected the PDF " The complete Document"

What are the expectations tied to the URL?

I just want to submit this complete PDF directly to a webservice.  Can i do this?

Any insight would be helpful.

Thanks!

[Test Screen Name]

The URL is that of a typical submit target (not a SOAP service etc.). It could be a PHP, ASP, CGI etc. It will receive headers and PDF data; it must parse headers and process the input data by reading it and (presumably) saving it somewhere.  Be aware that if you want the contents of a filled in form this is about the hardest and most awkward way to get that info.

[2tapme]

Thanks!  So that makes sense.  So if my website already has an existing POST, when a user manually browses to a local pdf and uploads the file, am i basically just pointing it to the post event? 

Currently, I already have the parsing working when they manually upload the file, so I'm just trying to run it through a similar process..

[Test Screen Name]

Oh, and while you mention submitting from Acrobat Pro, be aware that if you want your users to submit from Acrobat READER there are many and complex limitations.

[Test Screen Name]

If you have an existing web script designed to handle POST, give it a try for this purpose. It may work. If not, you may need to parse the headers and see what is different.