Crop PDF

Crop all pages of a PDF by applying a uniform margin, trimming content from each edge equally.

API Endpoint

POST /api/v1/tools/crop-pdf

Accepts multipart form data with a PDF file and a JSON settings field.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
margin	number	No	20	Uniform crop margin in points (0-2000)

Example Request

curl -X POST http://localhost:1349/api/v1/tools/crop-pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer si_your-api-key" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F 'settings={"margin": 50}'

Example Response

{
  "jobId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
  "downloadUrl": "/api/v1/download/a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890/document.pdf",
  "originalSize": 2450000,
  "processedSize": 2440000
}

Notes

• The margin value is in PDF points (1 point = 1/72 inch).
• The same margin is applied to all four edges of every page.
• A margin of 0 removes all existing crop margins, showing the full media box.