PDF to PDF/A API

Convert PDF to PDF/A for archiving and long-term preservation

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.

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API Endpoint

ConvertAPI offers a cloud-based solution, which makes PDF to PDF/A conversion effortless with just a single REST-API call:

        HTTP POST
    
https://v2.convertapi.com/convert/pdf/to/pdfa

Postman OpenAPI cURL CLI

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 voilà! You can find advanced authentication techniques in our docs.

        QUERY AUTHENTICATION
    
https://v2.convertapi.com/convert/pdf/to/pdfa?secret=your-api-secret

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:

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI JavaScript Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-js

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Node.js Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-nodejs

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI PHP Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-php

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Java Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-java

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI C# Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-dotnet

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Ruby Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-ruby

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Python Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-python

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Go Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-go

REM Code snippet is using the command line utility program: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-cli

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.

REM Code snippet is using the command line utility program: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-cli

Upload the file and see how it works

You can set up the advanced conversion parameters and test the conversion result online using our interactive demo tool. It will auto-generate the code snippet for you!

Advanced PDF to PDF/A conversion parameters

PdfTitle String

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.

PdfSubject String

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.

PdfAuthor String

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.

PdfKeywords String

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.

PdfaVersion Collection

Set PDF/A version.

Values: pdfa pdfa2 pdfa2u pdfa3 pdfa3u

PdfaOutputIntent Collection

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