Compress PDF API
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Reduce the file size of your PDFs using our API. Optimize documents for faster sharing and storage, while retaining sharp text and clear images. Perfect for minimizing large files, improving performance, and saving storage space effortlessly.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agent can call
compress-pdf-file directly.
Benefits of our PDF Compress API
Reduce the file size of your PDFs without sacrificing quality using our efficient
PDF Compress API. Customize compression settings to optimize your documents for
faster sharing and storage, all while keeping text crisp and images clear. This
solution is perfect for streamlining workflows, improving performance, and
ensuring your files remain professionally formatted and easy to manage.
Read our API documentation to learn how to compress PDFs.
Multi-language Code Example
curl -X POST https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress \
-H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \
-d file="FILE_URL"const data = new FormData();
data.append('file', 'FILE_URL');
fetch('https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress', {
headers: {'Authorization': 'Bearer TOKEN'},
method: 'POST',
body: data
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => console.log(json));use GuzzleHttp\Client;
$client = new Client();
$response = $client->post(
'https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress', [
'headers' => [
'Authorization' => 'Bearer TOKEN'
],
'form_params' => [
'file' => 'FILE_URL'
]
]);
$body = $response->getBody();
echo json_encode($body->getContents());require 'rest-client'
response = RestClient.post(
'https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress',
{
'file' => 'FILE_URL'
},
{
Authorization: "Bearer TOKEN"
}
)
puts response.bodyimport requests
response = requests.post(
'https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress',
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer TOKEN'
},
data = {
'file': 'FILE_URL'
}
)
print(response.text)import (
"fmt"
"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
)
func main() {
client := resty.New()
data := map[string]string{
"file": "FILE_URL"
}
resp, _ := client.R().
SetFormData(data).
SetHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN").
Post("https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress")
fmt.Println(resp.String())
}import okhttp3.*;
class Pdf {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
FormBody formBody = new FormBody.Builder()
.add("file", "FILE_URL")
.build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://apdf.io/api/pdf/file/compress")
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN")
.post(formBody)
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
System.out.println(response.body().string());
}
}No-Code PDF Compression
Integrate our PDF API with Zapier Webhooks to automate your PDF compression workflows effortlessly. Whether you're reducing file sizes for easier sharing or faster uploads, you can trigger PDF compression from hundreds of apps supported by Zapier. Automatically optimize your documents while preserving quality, saving bandwidth and eliminating manual resizing efforts.
Your code made the PDF.
Then it went dark.
Opened, read, re-read, dropped on page 4 — you never see any of it. Share the PDFs you generate through Apdf recipient links, and every signal becomes something you can act on: ping Slack, update the CRM, let an agent follow up. Same account, same API token, one more call.
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