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Version: 10.0

Document conversion

webPDF provides the Converter web service to convert file formats from third-party providers into PDF documents.

HTTP REST-APIOpenAPI
POST /converter/{documentId}đź”—

The server uses various native format converters integrated into the server and a number of external programs to create a PDF from various file formats.

While graphic formats such as PNG or JPEG are implemented by integrated format converters, webPDF uses different conversion paths for Office and other third-party formats. In webPDF 10, docx documents are converted by default with the native Word Converter. Other formats continue to use integrated external tools such as Outside In Technology, which are installed together with the server and do not need to be provided manually.

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The external applications that are connected via “Bridges” (e.g. “Office Bridge”) are not part of webPDF and must be provided externally.

webPDF automatically detects formats, i.e., you do not have to specify the file type of the file to be converted. webPDF will not use the file extension as a basis when detecting formats but will use the file contents as a basis instead. When a format is recognized, it will be assigned to the corresponding "mime-type" and the appropriate converter will be called.

For Office formats, webPDF uses the following order:

  1. Office Bridge, if requested explicitly
  2. SharePoint Bridge, if requested explicitly
  3. Word Converter for docx
  4. Outside In Technology as the fallback