PDF to Image#

What It Does#

Renders selected pages of a PDF as images in PNG, JPG, or WebP format. Supports DPI control, resize dimensions, background color fill, and multiple output modes.

When to Use#

• Generate thumbnail previews of PDF pages
• Convert PDF pages to images for social media (OG images)
• Create high-DPI images for print
• Extract specific pages as images

Required Inputs#

Provide one of:

• url — public URL to a PDF
• file — base64-encoded PDF
• Multipart upload with file field

Authentication#

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.

Use Cases#

• PDF Thumbnails — Generate preview thumbnails for document management systems
• Social Media Previews — Create OG images (1200×630) from the first page of a PDF
• E-commerce Product Sheets — Convert product PDF spec sheets into gallery images
• Document Previews — Show image previews of PDFs in web apps without embedding a PDF viewer
• Print-Ready Exports — Export PDF pages as high-DPI images for print workflows
• Slide Extraction — Extract individual slides from PDF presentations as images

Key Options#

ParameterDescriptionpage / pagesSingle page or range (e.g. "1-5")image_format``png (default), jpg, webp``dpi72–300 (default 150)width / heightResize output dimensionsbackground_colorFill transparent areas (hex)output``url, base64, both, file

Limits#

• Max 100 pages per request
• DPI range: 72–300
• Max resize dimension: 10000 px

Example Usage#

bash

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/pdf/image \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample-pdfapi-intro.pdf",
    "pages": "1-3",
    "image_format": "jpg",
    "dpi": 200,
    "output": "url"
  }'