PDF to Image / Java Examples

This page contains various examples of using the PDF to Image API in Java. The examples are complete and fully functional. Read more about how to convert PDF to Image in Java.

Basic examples
Spring examples

Basic examples

PDF file to PNG file

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and save the result to a file.
            client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/invoice.pdf", "invoice.zip");
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

PDF file to in-memory PNG

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and store the result in the `png` variable.
            byte[] png = client.convertFile("/path/to/invoice.pdf");

            // at this point the "png" variable contains PNG raw data and
            // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc.
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

PDF file to PNG stream

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Create an output stream for the conversion result
            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("invoice.zip");

            // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream.
            client.convertFileToStream("/path/to/invoice.pdf", outputStream);

            // Close the output stream.
            outputStream.close();
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

PDF url to PNG file

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and save the result to a file.
            client.convertUrlToFile("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf", "invoice.zip");
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

PDF url to in-memory PNG

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and store the result in the `png` variable.
            byte[] png = client.convertUrl("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf");

            // at this point the "png" variable contains PNG raw data and
            // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc.
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

PDF url to PNG stream

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Create an output stream for the conversion result
            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("invoice.zip");

            // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream.
            client.convertUrlToStream("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf", outputStream);

            // Close the output stream.
            outputStream.close();
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

In-memory PDF to PNG file

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and save the result to a file.
            client.convertRawDataToFile(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")), "invoice.zip");
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

In-memory PDF to in-memory PNG

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and store the result in the `png` variable.
            byte[] png = client.convertRawData(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")));

            // at this point the "png" variable contains PNG raw data and
            // can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc.
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

In-memory PDF to PNG stream

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Create an output stream for the conversion result
            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("invoice.zip");

            // run the conversion and write the result to the output stream.
            client.convertRawDataToStream(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")), outputStream);

            // Close the output stream.
            outputStream.close();
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

Get info about the current conversion

import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.io.*;

public class ApiTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, Pdfcrowd.Error {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setDebugLog(true);
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and save the result to a file.
            client.convertFileToFile("/path/to/invoice.pdf", "invoice.zip");
            
            // print URL pointing to the debug log for this request.
            System.out.println("Debug log url: " + client.getDebugLogUrl());
            
            // print number of conversion credits remaining in your account.
            System.out.println("Remaining credit count: " + client.getRemainingCreditCount());
            
            // print number of credits consumed for this conversion.
            System.out.println("Consumed credit count: " + client.getConsumedCreditCount());
            
            // print unique identifier assigned to this conversion job.
            System.out.println("Job id: " + client.getJobId());
            
            // print total number of pages in the output document.
            System.out.println("Page count: " + client.getPageCount());
            
            // print size of the output data in bytes.
            System.out.println("Output size: " + client.getOutputSize());
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            System.err.println("PDFCrowd Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
        catch(IOException why) {
            System.err.println("IO Error: " + why);
            throw why;
        }
    }
}

Spring examples

PDF file to PNG in Spring

import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import com.pdfcrowd.*;

@Controller
public class DemoController {
    // The recommended method is POST.
    @PostMapping("/")
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> convert() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and store the result in the `png` variable.
            byte[] png = client.convertFile("/path/to/invoice.pdf");

            // Set HTTP response headers.
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.add("Content-Type", "image/png");
            headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=0");
            headers.add("Accept-Ranges", "none");
            headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" +
                        URLEncoder.encode("invoice.zip", "UTF-8").replace("+", "%20"));

            // Send the result in the HTTP response.
            return new ResponseEntity<>(png, headers, HttpStatus.OK);
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            // Send the error in the HTTP response.
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.add("Content-Type", "text/plain");
            return new ResponseEntity<>(why.toString().getBytes(), headers, HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
        }
    }
}

PDF url to PNG in Spring

import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import com.pdfcrowd.*;

@Controller
public class DemoController {
    // The recommended method is POST.
    @PostMapping("/")
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> convert() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and store the result in the `png` variable.
            byte[] png = client.convertUrl("https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf");

            // Set HTTP response headers.
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.add("Content-Type", "image/png");
            headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=0");
            headers.add("Accept-Ranges", "none");
            headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" +
                        URLEncoder.encode("invoice.zip", "UTF-8").replace("+", "%20"));

            // Send the result in the HTTP response.
            return new ResponseEntity<>(png, headers, HttpStatus.OK);
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            // Send the error in the HTTP response.
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.add("Content-Type", "text/plain");
            return new ResponseEntity<>(why.toString().getBytes(), headers, HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
        }
    }
}

In-memory PDF to PNG in Spring

import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import com.pdfcrowd.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.io.IOException;

@Controller
public class DemoController {
    // The recommended method is POST.
    @PostMapping("/")
    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> convert() throws IOException, UnsupportedEncodingException {
        try {
            // Create an API client instance.
            Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient client =
                new Pdfcrowd.PdfToImageClient("demo", "demo");

            // If unsure whether the input is a single-page file, enforce ZIP output.
            client.setOutputFormat("png");
            client.setForceZip(true);

            // Run the conversion and store the result in the `png` variable.
            byte[] png = client.convertRawData(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("/path/to/hello_world.pdf")));

            // Set HTTP response headers.
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.add("Content-Type", "image/png");
            headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=0");
            headers.add("Accept-Ranges", "none");
            headers.add("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" +
                        URLEncoder.encode("invoice.zip", "UTF-8").replace("+", "%20"));

            // Send the result in the HTTP response.
            return new ResponseEntity<>(png, headers, HttpStatus.OK);
        }
        catch(Pdfcrowd.Error why) {
            // Send the error in the HTTP response.
            HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
            headers.add("Content-Type", "text/plain");
            return new ResponseEntity<>(why.toString().getBytes(), headers, HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
        }
    }
}