PDF File Info API
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Retrieve detailed PDF file information effortlessly with our API. Access metadata like name, author, version, file size, number of pages, and more. Perfect for analyzing, organizing, or managing your PDF documents programmatically.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own agent can call
read-pdf-metadata directly.
Benefits of our PDF File Info API
Quickly access essential metadata for your PDFs with our PDF File Info API.
Retrieve details such as file name, author, version, file size, and page
count, giving you valuable insights into your documents. This feature
simplifies file organization and analysis, providing all the necessary
information at your fingertips and integrating smoothly into
your existing systems.
Read our API documentation to learn how to get PDF file infos.
Multi-language Code Example
curl -X POST https://apdf.io/api/pdf/metadata/read \
-H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" \
-d file="FILE_URL"const data = new FormData();
data.append('file', 'FILE_URL');
fetch('https://apdf.io/api/pdf/metadata/read', {
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/metadata/read', [
'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/metadata/read',
{
'file' => 'FILE_URL'
},
{
Authorization: "Bearer TOKEN"
}
)
puts response.bodyimport requests
response = requests.post(
'https://apdf.io/api/pdf/metadata/read',
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/metadata/read")
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/metadata/read")
.addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN")
.post(formBody)
.build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
System.out.println(response.body().string());
}
}No-Code PDF File Info Reading
Integrate our PDF API with Zapier Webhooks to automate your PDF file info reading workflows effortlessly. Whether you're managing document libraries or tracking file details, you can trigger PDF file info reading from hundreds of apps supported by Zapier. Automatically retrieve metadata such as author, version, file size, and page count, streamlining your document management and reducing manual checks.
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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