Pdfcrowd Blog

We have released a new version of our API client libraries.

New:

• Added the PdfToText API client that allows conversion of PDF documents to plain text.
• Added watermark, background and PDF format options to the ImageToPdf API client.
• Added a new 'single-page-fit-ex' mode to the setSmartScalingMode API method.

New:

• Added the getTotalPageCount() method to get the total page count of the source document.
• Added the 'readability-v4' mode to setReadabilityEnhancements() method.

We have released a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

New:

• Added version 4 of the readability enhancements.

Minor:

• Improved the description of the plugin options.

We have released a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

New:

• An image can be used as a watermark or a background in the Save as PDF plugin.
• Added the "email_to" field to the $data['options'] argument of the output creation callback.

Minor:

• Improved the description of plugin options.

New:

• An image can be used as a watermark or a background in the HTML to PDF and PDF to PDF converters.

• HTML to PDF online tool:
  • Added more readability related options and better support for lazy loaded resources.
  • A new Save as PDF bookmarklet, see tutorial.
• Minor documentation changes in the API clients and the WordPress plugins:
  • API clients updated to 5.6.2
  • WordPress updated to 2.9.4

HTML to Image:

• Fixed an error when the JPEG output height exceeds the maximum allowed JPEG height.

PDF to HTML:

• Improved ability to convert large PDF files.
• Introduced a new error code 484, which is returned in case of an unsupported PDF feature, typically a font type.

We have released a new version of our Save as PDF and Save as Image WordPress plugins.

Fixed:

• The "Auto Use Cookies" option now works correctly in the "Content" conversion mode.
• The "Use Mobile User Agent" option now works correctly in the "Upload" conversion mode .

The Pdfcrowd HTML to PDF API makes it easy to programmatically create fillable PDF forms from standard HTML forms. The API supports most of the HTML form features and, together with support for digital signatures (see Create Digital Signature in PDF), provides an easy way to create PDF forms.

This feature is available starting with Pdfcrowd API client libraries version 5.6.

Simple Example

Add an HTML form field, for example a text input:

<p>Enter name: <input type="text"></p>

Enable generation of fillable PDF forms with the setEnablePdfForms() method:

client.setEnablePdfForms(true)

The resulting PDF will display an interactive input text field.

See: Example PDF, HTML and Code