PDF Tools

Overview

Contains multiple Smart Services and Functions for interacting with PDF Documents.

Key Features & Functionality

Smart Services:

Merge PDF - Merges multiple PDF documents into a single document.
Extract PDF Pages - Extracts a range of pages from an existing PDF into a new PDF.
Fill PDF - Populates the fields of a PDF Form and optionally flattens it disallow further changes.
Create PDF Content - Allows text to be added to a PDF with control over the style, position, and angle. An existing PDF can be updated or a new one created from scratch.
Convert PDF to Image - Creates an array of images or a multi-page tiff from a PDF.
Compress PDF - Compresses the images in the PDF to make it smaller.
Un-protect and Copy PDF - Using the document password, create an un-protected copy of a protected PDF.
Convert Image to PDF - Creates a PDF starting from one or many images. It also supports multi-page tiff images.
Encrypt PDF - Encrypts an existing PDF with a password,
Split PDF Pages In Half - Supports spitting individual pdf pages horizontally or vertically with an overlap
Rotate PDF - rotate entire pdf by 90, 180, or 270 degrees
Convert Txt to PDF - Convert a text to pdf with a choice of font type and size
Split PDF Into Chunks - Splits a PDF document into multiple smaller PDFs with a specified number of pages per chunk

Functions:

Get PDF Metadata - Retrieves metadata on the PDF: page count, title, author, security, encryption, etc.
Get PDF Text - Retrieves the text content from a PDF.
Get PDF Form Fields - Retrieves the populated form field values of an unflattened PDF.
Get PDF Signature Fields - Retrieves the populated signature field values of an unflattened PDF.
Get PDF Bookmarks - Retrieves the list of bookmarks and associated page number in the PDF
Find Pages with Text - Retrieves an array of page numbers that contain a specified search string within the PDF

Parents

Muhammad Bilal Qureshi over 4 years ago

Hi, i'm using the following code while using this service but it's giving me this error in the process model node Create PDF

ERROR DETAILS: An error occurred in executing an Activity Class.

please note that the expression is working fine in the expression rules

{
  'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfContent'(
    page: 1,
    xPercent: 10,
    yPercent: 10,
    angle: 0,
    sections: {
      'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfSection'(
        style: null,
        components: {
          'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfText'(
            value: "Some"
          ),
          'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfText'(
            value: "text"
          )
        }
      )
    }
  )
}

Comment

Muhammad Bilal Qureshi over 4 years ago

Hi, i'm using the following code while using this service but it's giving me this error in the process model node Create PDF

ERROR DETAILS: An error occurred in executing an Activity Class.

please note that the expression is working fine in the expression rules

{
  'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfContent'(
    page: 1,
    xPercent: 10,
    yPercent: 10,
    angle: 0,
    sections: {
      'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfSection'(
        style: null,
        components: {
          'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfText'(
            value: "Some"
          ),
          'type!{urn:appian:ps:pdftools}PdfText'(
            value: "text"
          )
        }
      )
    }
  )
}

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