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2024 Jun 25 integration n8n

Automate File Conversions Using n8n.io

Discover how to seamlessly integrate the ConvertAPI service with n8n.io for efficient document conversions. This detailed guide includes setup instructions and practical examples to optimize your n8n workflows with robust document processing features.

2024 Jun 12 integration bubble

Bubble.io Document Conversion Guide

Learn how to use the ConvertAPI plugin for Bubble.io to handle document conversions effortlessly. This comprehensive guide covers installation, setup, and practical examples to enhance your Bubble applications with powerful document processing capabilities.

2024 Mar 08 feature API integration

Document and file conversion library for Java

ConvertAPI provides a flexible solution for building custom conversion flows. You can process your files by applying multiple conversions and compress the result PDF afterward. This best-practice-driven REST API approach improves performance and gives you full control over file compression levels and parameters.

2024 Jan 08 new API feature

Flatten or rasterize a PDF to make it read-only?

Looking to make your PDF document read-only? We provide two ways to achieve this - Flattening and Rasterizing. In this article, we will discuss which method is most suitable for you to protect your PDF from easy editing or manipulation.

2023 Dec 22 new API

Generate DOCX and PDF from code using a Word template

Repetitive tasks like filling in proposals, agreements, invoices, and NDAs consume a lot of time and resources. You can automate most of your manual work by generating documents using a DOCX template together with a JSON object containing your information.

2023 Nov 30 Integration API C#

Asynchronous File Conversion Using Polling in C#

Explore our comprehensive guide on how to leverage ConvertAPI for asynchronous file conversions in C#. Learn to submit, track, and save your conversion tasks in a non-blocking manner, enhancing your .NET application's performance.

2023 Sep 22 New API Feature

Convert PDF files to editable MS Office documents

PDF to MS Office converters are incredibly useful tools that allow our customers to unlock the full potential of PDF documents. With the ability to convert PDFs to MS Office formats, you can easily create and modify professional-looking documents that were previously inaccessible for editing.

2023 Sep 01 infrastructure

ConvertAPI GeoDNS and load balancing

We provide a well-thought-out approach to addressing the challenges associated with file conversion REST APIs. An intelligent load balancing solution incorporating GeoDNS with Kubernetes cluster allows us to provide a fast and reliable file conversion REST API service without extra latency.

2023 Aug 25 integration feature

Temporary file storage techniques and benefits

Temporary file storage allows performing multiple parallel conversions without performance loss and empowers conversion chaining to create a seamless workflow without redundant file transferring back and forth.

2023 Jul 18 new API

Remove pages from a PDF programatically

The Delete PDF Pages API is a specific endpoint provided by ConvertAPI to facilitate the removal of unwanted pages from PDF documents. With just a few API requests, you can automate the process of deleting pages, saving you valuable time and effort.

2023 Jul 05 integration feature

Page Breaks in HTML to PDF Conversion

Our HTML to PDF converter provides an alternative solution for generating beautiful PDFs with dynamic content layouts, without the need to learn new tools or libraries. Leveraging the battle-tested HTML and CSS, you can easily utilize your existing knowledge in these technologies to create stunning PDFs.

2023 Jun 16 API integration

HTTP Request and Response Content Types - Making the Right Choice

HTTP request and response content types are used in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to specify the format of the data being sent or received. They help servers and clients understand how to interpret the exchanged information.

2022 Oct 13 infrastructure

Big news for our Northern American users

We are constantly expanding our server infrastructure to meet our customer's needs. This time, we have great news for our North American clients. Our new server launched in Toronto will facilitate Canada, Alaska, and some Northern regions of the USA.

2022 Oct 04 zapier integration

How to process a multi-file conversion result on Zapier?

The ConvertAPI app on Zapier is becoming highly popular, and many customers are extending their workflows using our service that offers a broad file type conversion support. It is super easy to set up; however, there are some nuances that may be taken into consideration to take full advantage of the service. In this article, we will explain how to process a multi-file response returned of the ConvertAPI conversion.

2022 Apr 12 integration API JavaScript

Create online PDF converter using JS

Online PDF converters are becoming extremely popular and useful tools these days. In this article, we will demonstrate an example of how to create an online PDF converter using only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

2022 Feb 24 integration improvements API

Convert DOCX to HTML programmatically with inlined images

Did you know that web pages can be generated from an MS Office Word document? ConvertAPI allows you to convert DOCX to HTML that can be viewed inside a browser without installing any additional software. In this article we present a new feature, that allows embedding all images into a single HTML file.

2022 Feb 16 API integration PHP

Convert MS Office documents to PDF using PHP

ConvertAPI helps convert MS Office documents to many file types including PDF. Learn how to quickly implement these conversions into your projects using our SDK for PHP.

2021 Nov 16 feature API

Save Excel to CSV without losing Unicode characters

Exporting data from your Excel file to CSV can get tricky, especially if your data contains special unicode characters. In this article, we will explain how to export your XLSX file to CSV using Microsoft Office Excel Interop while preserving the UTF-8 encoded characters.

2021 Nov 04 infrastructure

New location discovered - Sydney!

We are happy to announce the expansion of our server infrastructure to Sydney. It will facilitate our customers across the Oceanian region including Australia and New Zealand and also serves as a redundant server as a part of our disaster recovery plan in case of other instance’s failure.

2021 Nov 03 integration API feature

Throttle and Fallback!

Once in a while, you might encounter a throttle failure or a failed conversion due to corrupted data in the source file. This article explains how to make your integration flawless by handling these errors properly.

2021 Feb 22 feature API

Compress or shrink a large PDF without complex coding

2021 Feb 18 integration API

Apply watermark to PDF programatically

When working with documents, you might want to watermark them at some point. Some of the widespread use cases include marking invoices as paid, watermarking documents as a copy or a draft, etc. Our fast and secure ConvertAPI library allows you easily apply custom watermarks to your PDF using any programming language of your choice.

2021 Jan 04 integration NodeJS

Convert documents to and from PDF with NodeJs

Many progressive web apps nowadays are built using a serverless architecture where complex computations and machine resources are hosted by a third-party service, eliminating the need for server software and hardware management by the developer. ConvertAPI is a cloud-based, platform-independent market leader when it comes to processing documents on demand. In this example, we will see how simple it is to integrate it to our NodeJs project.

2020 Dec 30 integration PHP

How to convert HTML + CSS to PDF using PHP?

It can be a real struggle when trying to convert an HTML file or a web page to a PDF document using PHP. Many developers worldwide choose to leave the complex logic for a 3rd party service specializing in this field to keep the project clean and easy to maintain. Using our ConvertAPI PHP library the conversion can be done in just a couple lines of code.

2020 Dec 30 integration API Python

Convert a list of images to a PDF document using Python

Having the ability to control all document conversions from a single place is a relief both for developers as well as project managers. This article shows how simple it is to configure and use our Python ConvertAPI library to create a PDF document from multiple images like jpg, png, webp, bmp, gif and others as well as chaining the conversions into a single workflow for all performance benefits.

2020 Jul 01 integration zapier

How we save our time by automating documents flow on Zapier

Many companies, including our own, have hundreds of documents to review, edit, and archive every month. Our ConvertAPI app on Zapier allows you to connect your document repositories from Google Drive or Dropbox to our file processing service and automate your daily tasks at ease. See it in action with our real-life example.

2020 May 20 feature integration

Improve performance with a custom file conversion workflow

ConvertAPI provides a flexible solution for building custom conversion flows. You can process your files by applying multiple conversions and other file manipulations using conversion chaining. This best-practice driven REST API approach improves performance and gives you full control over file processing at any stage of the flow.

2020 Mar 27 integration C#

How to convert DOCX to PDF using C#?

Simple C# DOCX to PDF conversion workflow with code snippets to create a C# console app using Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider. All the magic is done by ConvertAPI NuGet library which takes word documents and converts them into PDF. All you need to do is simply paste the complete code snippet into your project and configure it to your own needs.

2020 Mar 22 blog post

ConvertAPI Press Release

Baltsoft company announces the availability of upgraded ConvertAPI, a high-performance online files conversion and manipulation service for developers. It can be integrated into any application or platform in just a few minutes, scales up to handle any amount of traffic, uses little resources and supports 500+ conversion actions.

2019 Jan 04 API integration

Convert Apple iWork documents to PDF and Images programatically

ConvertAPI provides a flexible solution for converting Apple iWork suite files (key, numbers, pages) to image or common MS Office file formats with any programming language of your choice.