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Flatten PDF ​

Bake interactive form fields and annotations into the page content, producing a static PDF that looks the same everywhere.

API Endpoint ​

POST /api/v1/tools/flatten-pdf

Accepts multipart form data with a PDF file.

Parameters ​

This tool has no configurable parameters. Upload a PDF and all forms and annotations will be flattened.

Example Request ​

bash
curl -X POST http://localhost:1349/api/v1/tools/flatten-pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer si_your-api-key" \
  -F "[email protected]"

Example Response ​

json
{
  "jobId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
  "downloadUrl": "/api/v1/download/a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890/form.pdf",
  "originalSize": 185000,
  "processedSize": 172000
}

Notes ​

  • Accepted input format: .pdf.
  • This is a fast (synchronous) tool that returns the result directly.
  • Form field values are preserved as static text in the output.
  • Annotations (comments, highlights, sticky notes) become part of the page content and can no longer be edited.