Document to PDF

Convert office documents (DOCX, DOC, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, TXT, ODT, RTF) to PDF via the PDFAPIHub cloud API. Documents are uploaded to pdfapihub.com for conversion. Requires a CLIENT-API-KEY.

What It Does

Converts office documents to PDF via the PDFAPIHub hosted API. Your document is uploaded to PDFAPIHub servers for processing and the converted PDF is returned. Supports a wide range of input formats including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and text files.

When to Use

• Convert DOCX/DOC files to PDF
• Convert spreadsheets (XLS/XLSX/CSV) to PDF
• Convert presentations (PPT/PPTX) to PDF
• Convert plain text or RTF to PDF

Supported Input Formats

doc, docx, odt, rtf, txt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods, csv

Required Inputs

Provide one of:

• url — public URL to the document
• file — base64-encoded document (set input_format too)
• Multipart upload with file field

Authentication

This skill calls the PDFAPIHub hosted API at https://pdfapihub.com/api. Your document is sent to PDFAPIHub servers for conversion.

Send your API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header.

Get your free API key at https://pdfapihub.com. Full API documentation is available at https://pdfapihub.com/docs.

Privacy note: Documents you convert are uploaded to PDFAPIHub's cloud service. Do not send confidential documents unless you trust the service. Files are auto-deleted after 30 days.

Use Cases

• Document Standardization — Convert uploaded DOCX/PPTX/XLSX files to PDF for consistent viewing
• E-Signature Workflows — Convert Word contracts to PDF before sending for signature
• Archival — Convert office documents to PDF/A for long-term storage
• Email Attachments — Convert spreadsheets or presentations to PDF before emailing
• Publishing Pipelines — Convert authored DOCX content to PDF for distribution
• LMS Content — Convert course materials (PPTX, DOCX) to PDF for student downloads

Aliases

• /v1/convert/document/pdf is an alias for this endpoint

Example Usage

bash

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/docx/pdf \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample.docx",
    "output": "url"
  }'