PDF to PDF/A API
Convert PDF to PDF/A for archiving and long-term preservation
PDF to PDF/A features
Leverage our PDF to PDF/A API to convert your PDFs into the PDF/A format, tailored for archival and preservation needs.
This tool supports PDF/A ISO conformance levels, such as PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3b, and PDF/A-3u, ensuring your documents meet strict archival standards.
It's ideally suited for professionals and organizations looking for a dependable solution for document preservation, offering customizable options to fit various compliance and archival requirements. With our API, secure and long-term document storage becomes straightforward and efficient.
API Endpoint
ConvertAPI offers a cloud-based solution, which makes PDF to PDF/A conversion effortless with just a single REST-API call:
Authenticate your API call
Converting pdf to pdfa via REST-API is now easier than ever. Sign up for a free account to obtain your authentication secret, append it as a query string parameter to the conversion URL, and voilĂ ! You can find advanced authentication techniques in our docs.
Convert PDF to PDF/A using REST-API in no time!
Once you have your authentication in place, you can convert your files using application/json
, multipart/form-data
and application/octet-stream
content types.
A simple HTTP POST request using JSON would look like this:
Conversion request using cURL
You can easily convert pdf to pdfa with a simple cURL request. Our documentation provides more advanced cURL request techniques.
File conversion using CLI
ConvertAPI CLI allows you to convert files using our command-line file conversion utility tool. Check out CLI documentation for a detailed explanation and usage examples.
Try the conversion online - no coding required!
You can try out advanced conversion parameters and test the conversion result online using our interactive demo tool. This tool will produce the same conversion output as if you were using the library from your solution, and it will auto-generate the code snippet for you!
Try for FREE!Conversion parameters
Provide a value to customize the PDF title. Otherwise, the default document title will be used. Use single quotes and a space (' ') to remove the title.
Provide a value to customize the PDF subject. Otherwise, the default document subject will be used. Use single quotes and a space (' ') to remove the subject.
Provide a value to customize the PDF author. Otherwise, the default document author will be used. Use single quotes and a space (' ') to remove the author.
Provide a value to customize the PDF keywords. Otherwise, the default document keywords will be used. Use single quotes and a space (' ') to remove the keywords.
Set PDF/A version.
Values: pdfa pdfa2 pdfa2u pdfa3 pdfa3u
Set PDF/A output intent. These are supported sRGB, Japan Color 2001 Coated (JC200103), Europe ISO Coated (FOGRA27), U.S. Web Coated (SWOP), Gray Gamma 2.2 (GRAY).
Values: srgb jc200103 fogra27 swop gray