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Conversion of pdf extract json back to pdf

New Here ,
Mar 07, 2022 Mar 07, 2022

The PDF extract API extracts info of different elements from a pdf an forms a JSON for it.

 

Is there a reverse API available, which accepts the JSON in the same format as extracted above and creates a PDF using it?

 

I am trying to replace the original text with a different text here. If not, how to create a pdf from the JSON available.

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Adobe Employee , Jul 08, 2024 Jul 08, 2024

Did you read what Joel said above?

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Community Expert ,
Mar 07, 2022 Mar 07, 2022

At this time, we do not convert from JSON to PDF. JSON alone does not contain any page layout directives so we really can't. 

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New Here ,
Jul 06, 2024 Jul 06, 2024

 is th api available now ? its been 2 years.

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Adobe Employee ,
Jul 08, 2024 Jul 08, 2024

Did you read what Joel said above?

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New Here ,
Aug 11, 2025 Aug 11, 2025

Did you found any answer for this?

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Community Expert ,
Aug 12, 2025 Aug 12, 2025

The answer is that you can't.  The JSON alone does not contain any page layout directives.

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New Here ,
Aug 18, 2025 Aug 18, 2025
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Ok, Do it possible to using the API "Extract Text and Tables and Character Bounding Boxes (w/ Renditions)". It will provide the stuctured JSON Then modify the text into this json and create back the pdf. 
Do this JSON contains the full style and format information?

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Adobe Employee ,
Aug 12, 2025 Aug 12, 2025

One workaround you could try:

If you have a Word template version of the PDF you're trying to replicate, you can set up tags where data needs to be filled in and use Document Generation API w/ the JSON file to automatically generate Word docs or PDFs.

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