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Verify Metadata Compress PDF PDF Software

API Documentation

Integrate PDF analysis into your applications with our REST API

Quick Start

1

Create an Account

Sign up for a free PDFCheck account to get started.

2

Generate an API Token

Go to API Tokens and create a new token.

3

Make Your First Request

Use your token to authenticate API requests.

Authentication

All API requests require authentication using a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

Base URL

https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1

Rate Limits

Free accounts are limited to 50 PDF analyses per day. The remaining checks are included in each API response.

Endpoints

GET /user

Get information about the authenticated user including daily usage limits.

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "daily_limit": 50,
    "remaining_checks": 47,
    "checks_used_today": 3
  }
}
POST /pdf/analyze

Upload and analyze a PDF file. Returns detailed metadata extracted from the PDF.

Request Body

Name Type Required Description
file file Required PDF file to analyze (max 100MB)

Example Request

curl -X POST https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1/pdf/analyze \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf"

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123xyz789",
    "filename": "document.pdf",
    "file_size": 1048576,
    "file_size_formatted": "1.00 MB",
    "metadata": {
      "title": "My Document",
      "author": "John Doe",
      "creator": "Microsoft Word",
      "producer": "Adobe PDF Library",
      "page_count": 10,
      "pdf_version": "1.7",
      "dates": {
        "created": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
        "modified": "2025-01-16T14:22:00Z",
        "was_modified": true
      }
    },
    "analyzed_at": "2025-01-17T18:00:00Z"
  },
  "remaining_checks": 46
}
GET /pdf

List all PDF analyses for the authenticated user with pagination.

Query Parameters

Name Type Default Description
per_page integer 20 Number of results per page (1-100)

Example Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "abc123xyz789",
      "filename": "document.pdf",
      "file_size": 1048576,
      "file_size_formatted": "1.00 MB",
      "analyzed_at": "2025-01-17T18:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "current_page": 1,
    "last_page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total": 1
  }
}
GET /pdf/{id}

Get detailed analysis results by the analysis ID (share token).

Example Request

curl https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1/pdf/abc123xyz789 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

Token Management

GET /tokens

List all API tokens for the authenticated user.

POST /tokens

Create a new API token. The token is only shown once in the response.

Request Body

Name Type Required Description
name string Required A descriptive name for the token
DELETE /tokens/{id}

Revoke (delete) an API token permanently.

Error Codes

HTTP Code Error Code Description
401 unauthenticated Invalid or missing API token
404 not_found Resource not found or access denied
422 analysis_failed PDF could not be processed (invalid or corrupted file)
429 daily_limit_exceeded Daily limit exceeded, try again tomorrow

Code Examples

cURL

# Analyze a PDF
curl -X POST https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1/pdf/analyze \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/document.pdf"

# Get analysis result
curl https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1/pdf/abc123xyz789 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

# List all analyses
curl https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1/pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

PHP

<?php
$apiToken = 'YOUR_API_TOKEN';
$filePath = '/path/to/document.pdf';

// Analyze PDF
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1/pdf/analyze',
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . $apiToken,
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => [
        'file' => new CURLFile($filePath, 'application/pdf'),
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$result = json_decode($response, true);

if ($result['success']) {
    echo "Analysis ID: " . $result['data']['id'] . "\n";
    echo "Pages: " . $result['data']['metadata']['page_count'] . "\n";
    echo "Remaining checks: " . $result['remaining_checks'] . "\n";
}

curl_close($ch);

Python

import requests

API_TOKEN = 'YOUR_API_TOKEN'
BASE_URL = 'https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {API_TOKEN}'
}

# Analyze PDF
with open('/path/to/document.pdf', 'rb') as f:
    response = requests.post(
        f'{BASE_URL}/pdf/analyze',
        headers=headers,
        files={'file': ('document.pdf', f, 'application/pdf')}
    )

result = response.json()

if result['success']:
    print(f"Analysis ID: {result['data']['id']}")
    print(f"Pages: {result['data']['metadata']['page_count']}")
    print(f"Remaining checks: {result['remaining_checks']}")

# Get analysis by ID
response = requests.get(
    f"{BASE_URL}/pdf/{result['data']['id']}",
    headers=headers
)
print(response.json())

JavaScript (Node.js)

const fs = require('fs');
const FormData = require('form-data');

const API_TOKEN = 'YOUR_API_TOKEN';
const BASE_URL = 'https://pdf.businesspress.io/api/v1';

async function analyzePdf(filePath) {
    const form = new FormData();
    form.append('file', fs.createReadStream(filePath));

    const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/pdf/analyze`, {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
            'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_TOKEN}`,
        },
        body: form
    });

    const result = await response.json();
    
    if (result.success) {
        console.log(`Analysis ID: ${result.data.id}`);
        console.log(`Pages: ${result.data.metadata.page_count}`);
        console.log(`Remaining checks: ${result.remaining_checks}`);
    }
    
    return result;
}

// Usage
analyzePdf('/path/to/document.pdf');

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