Document to PDF#

What It Does#

Converts office documents to PDF via the PDFAPIHub hosted API. Your document is uploaded to PDFAPIHub servers for processing and the converted PDF is returned. Supports a wide range of input formats including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and text files.

When to Use#

• Convert DOCX/DOC files to PDF
• Convert spreadsheets (XLS/XLSX/CSV) to PDF
• Convert presentations (PPT/PPTX) to PDF
• Convert plain text or RTF to PDF

Supported Input Formats#

doc, docx, odt, rtf, txt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods, csv

Required Inputs#

Provide one of:

• url — public URL to the document
• file — base64-encoded document (set input_format too)
• Multipart upload with file field

Authentication#

This skill calls the PDFAPIHub hosted API at https://pdfapihub.com/api. Your document is sent to PDFAPIHub servers for conversion.

Send your API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header.

Get your free API key at https://pdfapihub.com. Full API documentation is available at https://pdfapihub.com/docs.

Privacy note: Documents you convert are uploaded to PDFAPIHub's cloud service. Do not send confidential documents unless you trust the service. Files are auto-deleted after 30 days.

Use Cases#

• Document Standardization — Convert uploaded DOCX/PPTX/XLSX files to PDF for consistent viewing
• E-Signature Workflows — Convert Word contracts to PDF before sending for signature
• Archival — Convert office documents to PDF/A for long-term storage
• Email Attachments — Convert spreadsheets or presentations to PDF before emailing
• Publishing Pipelines — Convert authored DOCX content to PDF for distribution
• LMS Content — Convert course materials (PPTX, DOCX) to PDF for student downloads

Aliases#

• /v1/convert/document/pdf is an alias for this endpoint

Example Usage#

bash

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/docx/pdf \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample.docx",
    "output": "url"
  }'