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Manipulate PDF with Adobe developer API

by digi-stud.ioadapted from n8n official workflow galleryUpdated Aug 2026
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MaWhen clicking ‘Test workflow’When clicking ‘…HRCreate AssetEWExecute Workflow TriggerExecute Workflo…SeAdobe API QueryLoad a test pdf fileLoad a test pdf…MeQuery + FileMeQuery + File + Asset informationQuery + File + …HRProcess QueryWaWait 5 secondHRTry to download the resultTry to download…SwSwitchSeForward response to origin workflowForward respons…HRAuthenticartion (get token)Authenticartion…HRUpload PDF File (asset)Upload PDF File…123456789101112131415161718
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Adobe developer API Did you know that Adobe provides an API to perform all sort of manipulation on PDF files : Split PDF, Combine PDF OCR Insert page, delete page, replace page, reorder page Content extraction (text content, tables, pictures) ... The free tier allows up to 500 PDF operation / month. As it comes directly from Adobe, it works often better than other alternatives. Adobe documentation: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-services-api/howtos/ https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-extract-api/gettingstarted/ What does this workflow do The API is a bit painful to use. To perform a transformation on a PDF it requires to Authenticate and get a temporal token Register a new asset (file) Upload you PDF to the registered asset Perform a query according to the transformation requested Wait for the query to be proccessed by Adobe backend Download the result This workflow is a generic wrapper to perform all these steps for any transformation endpoint. I usually use it from other workflow with an Execute Workflow node. Examples are given in the workflow.

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AddedSep 23, 2024

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