PDF to PDF Command line Examples

These examples demonstrate common PDF to PDF API workflows in Command line.

Basic examples

Multiple PDFs to PDF file

pdf2pdf -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    /path/to/cover.pdf \
    /path/to/proposal.pdf \
    /path/to/price.pdf \
    /path/to/contact.pdf > "offer.pdf"

Watermark a PDF file

pdf2pdf -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    -page-watermark "/path/to/watermark.pdf" \
    /path/to/proposal.pdf > "company_offer.pdf"

Linearize a PDF file

pdf2pdf -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    -linearize \
    /path/to/not_linearized.pdf > "linearized.pdf"

PDF manipulation examples

Extract page 3 and all pages from 7 to the end from the PDF file

pdf2pdf -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    -action "extract" \
    -page-range "3,7-" \
    /your-path-to/pdfs/13_pages.pdf > "output.pdf"

Delete the first 3 pages and the 10th page from the PDF file

pdf2pdf -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    -action "delete" \
    -page-range "1-3,10" \
    /your-path-to/pdfs/13_pages.pdf > "output.pdf"