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Welcome to FreeConvert.com API V1! On this documentation you will find how to send API requests to convert, merge, or optimize your files using FreeConvert.com.

Our API uses API keys to authenticate requests. You can view and manage your API keys in the User Dashboard.

Your API keys can be used to consume your account credits, so be sure to keep them secure! Do not share your secret API keys in publicly accessible areas such as GitHub, client-side code, and so forth.

All API requests must be made over HTTPS. Calls made over plain HTTP will fail. API requests without authentication will also fail.

Base URLs:

Email: Support

Getting Started

FreeConvert.com is an online tool to convert audio, video, image, or document files.

Simply drag and drop your files, convert and download/export the file. There is no software to install or account registrations.

Most of our file conversions have advanced options for you to control the output file. For example:

This guide leads you through a typical implementation of the FreeConvert API. It contains creating a task, job and handling the result. For more in depth documentation please use the menu on the left to directly jump to specific api endpoints.

Terminology

Tasks

Tasks are individual activities you can perform in FreeConvert.

Import Tasks

Import tasks are used to upload files into FreeConvert for using them later in other tasks. Example: Downloading files from device, URL or a S3 bucket. FreeConvert stores the imported files only for 4 hours. See Import Files from left menu to find different ways to import files into FreeConvert.

Processing Tasks

Processing tasks are used to perform file transformation activities in FreeConvert. Processing tasks subjects the files imported by Import tasks into modification according to the type of the processing task. See Convert, Compress and Merge operations from left menu to find more info.

Export Tasks

Export tasks are used to export one or multiple output files from FreeConvert, for example by generating public URLs or by storing them on your S3 bucket. See Export Files from left menu to find different ways to export files from FreeConvert.

Jobs

Job is a collection of tasks. A job can have import tasks, processing tasks and export tasks defining a workflow that FreeConvert should follow. For example, The first task of a job could be importing the file from your device. The second task could be converting this file into a different format and the final task of the job could be exporting the file to a S3 bucket or exporting the download URL.

It's also possible to have multiple processing tasks and multiple export tasks within a single job. This is useful if you want to convert a file and create a thumbnail at the same time, for example.

We can convert a file using a Job in which we define all the tasks that the Job is comprised of. Or we can execute individual tasks step by step. Following sections explain how to execute individual tasks before explaining how to submit a Job containing multiple tasks.

Import File - From device

Import / Upload

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload',
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload',
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload"
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}

Upload Task Response

{
    ...
    "result": {
        "form": {
            "url": "https://server100.freeconvert.com/api/upload/625e27e075ae740013481967",
            "parameters": {
                "expires": 1650352160710,
                "size_limit": 5368709120,
                "max_file_count": 1,
                "signature": "503808ac1738adbd"
            }
        }
    },
    ...
}

Upload File to the Server

# You can also use wget
# URL will be dynamic and will differ from task to task
curl -L "https://server100.freeconvert.com/api/upload/625e27e075ae740013481967/" \
  -F "expires=1650352160710" \
  -F "max_file_count=1" \
  -F "size_limit=5368709120" \
  -F "signature=503808ac1738adbd" \
  -F "file=@/path/to/file.ext" \
# URL will be dynamic and will differ from task to task
POST https://server100.freeconvert.com/api/upload/625e27e075ae740013481967 HTTP/1.1
Host: server301.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: multipart/form-data;boundary="boundary"

# value1
--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="example.mp3"
Content-Type: audio/mpeg

# value2
--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="signature" signature_value
const formData = new FormData();

for (const parameter in task.result.form.parameters) {
  formData.append(parameter, task.result.form.parameters[parameter]);
}

fetch(task.result.form.url, {
  method: "POST",
  body: formData,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

payload = {
  'signature': '9c5db43ce428c4c4'
}
files= [('file',(file_name ,open(file_path,'rb'),'audio/mpeg'))]

headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

# URL will be dynamic and will differ from task to task
result = requests.request('POST', task.result.form.url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files)

print(result.json())
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

url = URI(task.result.form.url)

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)

request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer' + access_token

form_data = [
  ['file', File.open(file_path)],
  ['signature', '9c5db43ce428c4c4']
]

request.set_form form_data, 'multipart/form-data'

result = https.request(request)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php
$client = new Client();

$headers = [
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token
];

$options = [
  'multipart' => [
    [
      'name' => 'file',
      'contents' => Utils::tryFopen($file_path, 'r'),
      'filename' => $file_name,
      'headers'  => [
        'Content-Type' => '<Content-type header>'
      ]
    ],
    [
      'name' => 'signature',
      'contents' => '9c5db43ce428c4c4'
    ]
]];

try {
  $request = new Request(
    'POST',
    $task->result->form->url,
    $headers
  );

  $response = $client->sendAsync($request, $options)->wait();

  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
Unirest.setTimeouts(0, 0);
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post(task.result.form.url)
  .header("Authorization", String.format("Bearer %s", access_token))
  .field("file", new File(file_path))
  .field("signature", "9c5db43ce428c4c4")
  .asString();
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "bytes"
  "mime/multipart"
  "os"
  "path/filepath"
  "io"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
  url := task[result[form[url]]]
  method := "POST"

  payload := &bytes.Buffer{}
  writer := multipart.NewWriter(payload)
  file, errFile1 := os.Open(file_path)
  defer file.Close()

  part1, errFile1 := writer.CreateFormFile("file",filepath.Base(file_path))
  _, errFile1 = io.Copy(part1, file)

  if errFile1 != nil {
    fmt.Println(errFile1)
    return
  }
  _ = writer.WriteField("signature", "9c5db43ce428c4c4")
  err := writer.Close()

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }

  client := &http.Client {}
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer" + access_token)

  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", writer.FormDataContentType())
  res, err := client.Do(req)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}


If you want to upload a file from your device storage, you have to use the import/upload API endpoint. This is a two-step process.

The first request will provide you a response which contains details about uploading the actual file from your device. The response contains the url that the file must be uploaded to and other paramaters that should be submitted.

The second request is to actually upload the file using the information we got from the first request.

Import File - From URL

Import / URL

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

# Body Parameter
{
  "url": "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  "filename": "some.jpg", # optional
}
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

# Body Parameter
{
  "url": "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  "filename": "some.jpg", // optional
}
const inputBody = {
  url: "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  filename: "some.jpg", // optional
};
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url", {
  method: "POST",
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

request_body = {
  'url': 'https://example.com/some.jpg',
  'filename': 'some.jpg', # optional
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url',
  data = request_body,
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

request_body = {
  'url' => "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  'filename' => "some.jpg", # optional
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url',
  body: request_body,
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$request_body = array(
  'url' => "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  'filename' => "some.jpg", # optional
)

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
      'content' => json_encode($request_body),
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  jsonReq := map[string][]string{
    "url": string{"https://example.com/some.jpg"},
    "filename": string{"some.jpg"}, // optional
  }
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url",
    data
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}


If uploading a file directly from a URL, it will take only one step. FreeConvert will fetch the file from the URL you have specified in the url field.

We have a bunch of other options available for importing files into FreeConvert.

Convert File

Convert Task

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "output_format": "png",
  "options": {
    # …advanced options…
  },
}
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "output_format": "png",
  "options": {
    <!-- …advanced options… -->
  },
}
const inputBody = {
  input: import_task_id,
  input_format: "jpg",
  output_format: "png",
  options: {
    // …advanced options…
  },
};
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert", {
  method: "POST",
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

request_body = {
  'input': import_task_id,
  'input_format': 'jpg',
  'output_format': 'png',
  'options': {
    # …advanced options…
  }
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert',
  data = request_body,
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

request_body = {
  'input' => import_task_id,
  'input_format' => 'jpg',
  'output_format' => 'png',
  'options': {
    # …advanced options…
  }
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert',
  body: request_body,
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$request_body = array(
  'input' => import_task_id,
  'input_format' => 'jpg',
  'output_format' => 'png',
  'options' => {
    // …advanced options…
  },
)

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
      'content' => json_encode($request_body),
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  jsonReq := map[string][]string{
    "input": string{import_task_id},
    "input_format": string{"jpg"},
    "output_format": string{"png"},
    "options": map[string[]]string{
      // …advanced options…
    }
  }
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert",
    data
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}


In this example, we convert an imported file from jpg to png. We must provide the import task id as the input so FreeConvert will use that imported file for the conversion.

You can get the possible conversion formats for an operation from the following API endpoint: GET /query/view/options

See Tasks > List Operations from the left menu to find the parameters and the use of this endpoint.

Most of our file conversions have advanced options that let you control the output file. You'll get the possible advanced options for a specific input and output combination including the hints.

Compress File

Compress Task

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "options": {
    # …advanced options…
  },
}
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "options": {
    <!-- …advanced options… -->
  },
}
const inputBody = {
  input: import_task_id,
  input_format: "jpg",
  options: {
    // …advanced options…
  },
};
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress", {
  method: "POST",
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

request_body = {
  'input': import_task_id,
  'input_format': 'jpg',
  'options': {
    # …advanced options…
  }
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress',
  data = request_body,
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

request_body = {
  'input' => import_task_id,
  'input_format' => 'jpg',
  'options': {
    # …advanced options…
  }
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress',
  body: request_body,
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$request_body = array(
  'input' => import_task_id,
  'input_format' => 'jpg',
  'options' => {
    // …advanced options…
  },
)

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
      'content' => json_encode($request_body),
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  jsonReq := map[string][]string{
    "input": string{import_task_id},
    "input_format": string{"jpg"},
    "options": map[string[]]string{
      // …advanced options…
    }
  }
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress",
    data
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}


In this example, we are going to compress an imported jpg file. We must provide the import task id as the input so FreeConvert will use that imported file for the compression.

Depending on the input file format, we have different kinds of compression options, which is a part of our advanced options that let you control the output file. You'll get the possible advanced options for a specific input and output combination including the hints.

Merge File

Merge Task

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "output_format": "pdf",
  "filename": "some.pdf", # optional
  "options": {
    # …advanced options…
  },
}
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "output_format": "pdf",
  "filename": "some.pdf", // optional
  "options": {
    <!-- …advanced options… -->
  },
}
inputBody = {
  input: [task_id_1, task_id_2],
  output_format: "pdf",
  filename: "some.pdf", // optional
  options: {
    // …advanced options…
  },
};
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge", {
  method: "POST",
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

request_body = {
  'input': [task_id_1, task_id_2],
  'output_format': 'pdf',
  'filename': 'some.pdf', # optional
  'options': {
    # …advanced options…
  }
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge',
  data = request_body,
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

request_body = {
  'input' => [task_id_1, task_id_2],
  'output_format' => 'pdf',
  'filename' => 'some.pdf', # optional
  'options': {
    # …advanced options…
  }
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge',
  body: request_body,
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$request_body = array(
  'input' => array(task_id_1, task_id_2),
  'output_format': 'pdf',
  'filename': 'some.pdf', # optional
  'options' => {
    // …advanced options…
  },
)

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
      'content' => json_encode($request_body),
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  jsonReq := map[string][]string{
    "input": []string{task_id_1, task_id_2},
    "output_format": string{"pdf"},
    "filename": string{"some.zip"}, // optional
    "options": map[string[]]string{
      // …advanced options…
    }
  }
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge",
    data
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}


We are going to merge two (or as many as you want) imported or converted image files (jpg, png, etc...) into a single PDF or GIF file. We must provide the task ids as the input so FreeConvert will use those files for the merge task.

You can use this merge task according to your needs.

For example, say you have several files and the only requirement is to merge those into a single PDF or GIF. In this case, all you need to do is just upload or import those files into FreeConvert and then start the merge task by including the import task ids from the previous step.

If you also need to decrease the size of your input files before merging them, then you have to perform one more step which is the compress task before starting the merge task.

In summary, all the tasks in FreeConvert are independent from each other, you can decide the flow and order of tasks as you want.

FreeConvert also supports a few advanced options while merging files, right now we only allow merging images and pdf files.

Export File - From URL

Export Task

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": [
    "import_task_id_1",
    "import_task_id_2"
  ],
  "filename": "some.zip", # optional
  "archive_multiple_files": true
}
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

# Body Parameter
{
  "input": [
    "import_task_id_1",
    "import_task_id_2"
  ],
  "filename": "some.zip", // optional
  "archive_multiple_files": true
}
inputBody = {
  input: [import_task_id_1, import_task_id_2],
  filename: "some.zip", // optional
  archive_multiple_files: true,
};
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url", {
  method: "POST",
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

request_body = {
  'input': [import_task_id_1, import_task_id_2],
  'filename': 'some.zip', # optional
  'archive_multiple_files': true,
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url',
  data = request_body,
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

request_body = {
  'input' => [import_task_id_1, import_task_id_2],
  'filename' => 'some.zip', # optional
  'archive_multiple_files' => true,
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url',
  body: request_body,
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$request_body = array(
  'input' => array(import_task_id_1, import_task_id_2),
  'filename' => 'some.zip', # optional
  'archive_multiple_files' => true,
)

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
      'content' => json_encode($request_body),
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  jsonReq := map[string][]string{
    "input": []string{import_task_id_1, import_task_id_2}
    "filename": string{"some.zip"}, // optional
    "archive_multiple_files": bool{"true"},
  }
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url",
    data
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}


Like import files, we have several ways to export a file from FreeConvert. Here, we're going to use export/url in order to retrieve a download link to the converted file.

We have a bunch of other options available for exporting files into FreeConvert.

Jobs

Job definition

{
  tag: "conversion",
  tasks: {
    import: {
      operation: "import/url",
      url: "https://example.com/some.jpg",
      filename: "some.jpg", // optional
    },
    convert: {
      operation: "convert",
      input: "import",
      output_format: "png",
      options: {
        png_compression_quality: 70,
      },
    },
    export: {
      operation: "export/url",
      input: "convert",
      filename: "some.zip",
    },
  },
}

Submit Job

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access_token}'

# Body Parameter
{
  ...
  # follow the sample job definition above
}
POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

# Body Parameter
{
  ...
  # follow the sample job definition above
}
inputBody = {
  ...
  // follow the sample job definition above
};
const headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  Accept: "application/json",
  Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
};

fetch("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs", {
  method: "POST",
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers,
})
  .then(function (res) {
    return res.json();
  })
  .then(function (body) {
    console.log(body);
  });
import requests

request_body = {
  ...
  # follow the sample job definition above
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = requests.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
  data = request_body,
  headers = headers
)

print(result.json())
require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

request_body = {
  ...
  # follow the sample job definition above
}
headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer' + access_token
}

result = RestClient.post(
  'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
  body: request_body,
  headers: headers
)

JSON.parse(result)
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' $access_token,
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$request_body = array(
  ...
  // follow the sample job definition above
)

try {
  $response = $client->request(
    'POST',
    'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
    array(
      'headers' => $headers,
      'content' => json_encode($request_body),
    )
  );
  print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
}
catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
  // handle exception or api errors.
  print_r($e->getMessage());
}

// ...
URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
  new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream())
);

String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
  response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();

System.out.println(response.toString());
package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  jsonReq := map[string][]string{
    ...
    // follow the sample job definition above
  }
  headers := map[string][]string{
    "Content-Type": string{"application/json"},
    "Accept": string{"application/json"},
    "Authorization": string{"Bearer" + access_token},
  }

  data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})

  req, err := http.NewRequest(
    "POST",
    "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs",
    data
  )
  req.Header = headers

  client := &http.Client{}
  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  // ...
}


Instead of executing Tasks individually as shown earlier, we can define the whole conversion process using a single Job. The Job shown here defines three tasks.

  1. Import a jpg file from a specified URL.
  2. Convert the file to png format.
  3. Export a download URL.

Advanced Options

Convert (JPG -> PDF) Advanced Options

{
  "sourceExt": "jpg",
  "targetExt": "pdf",
  "operation": "convert",
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "strip",
      "hint": "Strip the image of any profiles, EXIF, and comments to reduce size",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "pdf_page_size",
      "hint": "",
      "data_type": "string",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "1240.2x1753.95",
          "hint": "A4"
        },
        {
          "value": "1753.95x2480.25",
          "hint": " A3"
        },
        {
          "value": "1275x1650",
          "hint": " Letter"
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "pdf_orientation",
      "hint": "Only available if PDF page size is not \"same as image\"",
      "data_type": "string",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "portrait",
          "hint": "Portrait"
        },
        {
          "value": "landscape",
          "hint": "Landscape"
        }
      ],
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "pdf_page_size",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "1240.2x1753.95",
            "label": "A4"
          },
          {
            "value": "1753.95x2480.25",
            "label": " A3"
          },
          {
            "value": "1275x1650",
            "label": " Letter"
          },
          ...
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "pdf_margin",
      "hint": "Adds a white margin around the PDF.",
      "data_type": "float",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "1",
          "hint": "None"
        },
        {
          "value": "0.95",
          "hint": "Small"
        },
        ...
      ],
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "pdf_page_size",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "1240.2x1753.95",
            "label": "A4"
          },
          {
            "value": "1753.95x2480.25",
            "label": " A3"
          },
          {
            "value": "1275x1650",
            "label": " Letter"
          },
          ...
        ]
      }
    },
    ...
  ]
}

FreeConvert supports some outstanding advanced options in terms of converting, compressing, and merging files that make us the number one file converter in the web world. We are now making them available to our API users as well.

From the advanced options endpoints, you can generate all the possible options based on your operation and file types. Here, we'll share an example of how to use those options.

Let's say, you want to convert a JPG to a PDF. Now if you make a request to our convert advanced options API like below:

/query/options/convert?input_format=jpg&output_format=pdf

Then you'll get a response like this:

Now let's generate the options from the above response. From our response, we can see an array named options that includes all the possible advanced options. Each options contains some common fields: name, hint, data_type.

We can see another field name type somewhere when the data_type is a string but only allow some specific values. In that case, you can also see the enum_values field that will give you a list what are the possible values.

Few of them also depend on others. On the above example pdf_orientation is depends on pdf_page_size. In this scenario, you'll see another field named depends_on that includes:

Now let's say I want to convert my JPG file to PDF, and I want the PDF page should be A4 in size and it should contain a large margin. So, my options will be like:

{ pdf_page_size: 1240.2x1753.95, pdf_margin: 0.8 }

Errors

This section is to introduce to users possible errors and response codes that our API returns.

Response Codes:

FreeConvert.com API responds with the following standard HTTP status codes when encountered with an error:

Error Code Meaning
400 Bad Request -- Your request parameter is invalid.
401 Unauthorized -- Your API key is invalid.
403 Forbidden -- Your access is denied.
404 Not Found -- The specified content could not be found.
405 Method Not Allowed -- You tried to access with an invalid method.
406 Not Acceptable -- You requested a format that isn't json.
409 Already exists -- You're requesting to create something that already exists.
429 Too Many Requests -- You're sending too many requests.
500 Internal Server Error -- We had a problem with our server. Try again later.

Rate Limits

Some endpoints of the FreeConvert API are rate limited. If your API requests are rate limited, we will return a 429 HTTP response code along with the Retry-After header with the time in seconds to wait before the next request. We also specify X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining in the headers of these endpoints.

Error Info

If a Job or Task has a status failed we provide additional info about these in message and code attributes of the task.

Authentication

Every request to the FreeConvert API must include an API Key so that we can identify you. Once you have signed up for an account, you can generate an API key by visiting the API keys page from your User Dashboard.

All API requests are authenticated using the Authorization: Bearer API_KEY in the header.

API keys do not expire unless you delete them.

User

Current User

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/account/me", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /account/me

Show the current user information

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "email": "ysqunbyfxjkgotcpjp@test.com",
  "role": "user",
  "stripeId": "cus_LAOHqzua0vfHGj",
  "interface": "api",
  "parent": "",
  "team": "625c2530448d2800121f7fb8",
  "teamRole": "OWNER",
  "iat": 1646709671,
  "exp": 1649301671
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successful user lookup, returns a list of attributes for the user in the response body. User
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Tasks

Tasks are the building blocks of FreeConvert.com API. A job, such as converting a file, usually involves several tasks. For example, for a file conversion job, you would typically create a file import task, convert task, and finally an export task.

Different tasks have their own API endpoints. For example, for converting a file you can use the convert task endpoint.

List Tasks

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /process/tasks

Get a list of all tasks for the current user with their payload, results, and status.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
status query string false List tasks matching the specified status [created, processing, completed, canceled, failed, deleted, insufficiant_minute]
operation query string false FIlter the list to only show tasks with a given operation (for example, import/url, convert...etc.)
job query string false Show a list of tasks for the specified job id.
per_page query integer false Number of tasks per page, defaults to 50. Limited at 200.
page query integer false If the list of tasks include multiple pages, this specify which page to show.

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "docs": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "operation": "convert",
      "status": "completed",
      "payload": {
        "options": {
          "image_custom_width": 450,
          "image_custom_height": 300
        }
      },
      "ignoreError": false,
      "job": "4bbaedb0-902b-4b27-8218-8f40d3470a54",
      "result": {
        "url": "http://example.com/output.ext"
      },
      "endedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
      "dependsOn": [
        {
          "name": "import-1",
          "operation": "import/upload",
          "status": "processing",
          "ignoreError": false,
          "endedAt": null,
          "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
          "payload": {
            "redirect": "https://example.com"
          },
          "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
          "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
          "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
          "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
      "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z"
    }
  ],
  "totalDocs": 150,
  "limit": 10,
  "totalPages": 15,
  "page": 1,
  "pagingCounter": 16,
  "hasPrevPage": false,
  "hasNextPage": true,
  "prevPage": null,
  "nextPage": 2
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successful tasks lookup, returns a list of tasks in the response body. Inline
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Show a Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId} \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /process/tasks/{taskId}

Show details of a task using its task Id.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
taskId path string(ObjectID) true ID of the task to show.
include query string false Use this option to include payload, dependsOn, and job details in the result. You can seperate multiple inlude values with a comma.

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "operation": "convert",
  "status": "completed",
  "payload": {
    "options": {
      "image_custom_width": 450,
      "image_custom_height": 300
    }
  },
  "ignoreError": false,
  "job": "4bbaedb0-902b-4b27-8218-8f40d3470a54",
  "result": {
    "url": "http://example.com/output.ext"
  },
  "endedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "dependsOn": [
    {
      "name": "import-1",
      "operation": "import/upload",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "redirect": "https://example.com"
      },
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z"
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successful lookup. Task details are returned in the response body (as per Show a Task endpoint). Task
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Delete a Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X DELETE https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId} \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

DELETE https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com


const headers = {
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}',
{
  method: 'DELETE',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.delete 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.delete('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('DELETE','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

DELETE /process/tasks/{taskId}

Deleting a task also deletes its files.

All tasks are automatically removed after 24 hours of creation. Files from a task are deleted 4 hours after the task creation.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
taskId path string(ObjectID) true ID of the task to delete.

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Task successfully deleted (empty response body). None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Wait for Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com


const headers = {
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/wait", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /process/tasks/{taskId}/wait

Block the request until the task status is success or failed.

This method is not recommended since your system may timeout the request for tasks that takes a long time to complete (i.e. large video conversions). We may also queue your tasks when our systems are busy.

Instead, use webhooks to receive notification of task completion or error.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
taskId path string(ObjectID) true ID of task to wait for

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Returns the completed or failed task details (status, operation...etc) None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Cancel a Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel',
{
  method: 'POST',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/tasks/{taskId}/cancel

Cancel a task that has a status of created or processing. If you cancel a task, all tasks that depends on it AND has ignoreError set to false will also fail.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
taskId path string(ObjectID) true ID of task to cancel

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "operation": "convert",
  "status": "completed",
  "payload": {
    "options": {
      "image_custom_width": 450,
      "image_custom_height": 300
    }
  },
  "ignoreError": false,
  "job": "4bbaedb0-902b-4b27-8218-8f40d3470a54",
  "result": {
    "url": "http://example.com/output.ext"
  },
  "endedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "dependsOn": [
    {
      "name": "import-1",
      "operation": "import/upload",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "redirect": "https://example.com"
      },
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z"
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Returns the updated task details (status, operation...etc) Task
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

List Operations

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options?operation=string&input_format=string \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options?operation=string&input_format=string HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options?operation=string&input_format=string',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options',
  params: {
  'operation' => 'string',
'input_format' => 'string'
}, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options', params={
  'operation': 'string',  'input_format': 'string'
}, headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options?operation=string&input_format=string");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/view/options", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /query/view/options

List all possible operations by extention types

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
operation query string true type of operation
input_format query string true input extension

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "type": "document",
  "targets": {
    "video": [
      {
        "name": "WEBM",
        "slug": "webm",
        "ext": "webm",
        "type": "video",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "audio": [
      {
        "name": "OGG",
        "slug": "ogg",
        "ext": "ogg",
        "type": "audio",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "image": [
      {
        "name": "PNG",
        "slug": "png",
        "ext": "png",
        "type": "image",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "document": [
      {
        "name": "DOCX",
        "slug": "docx",
        "ext": "docx",
        "type": "document",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "archive": [
      {
        "name": "7z",
        "slug": "7z",
        "ext": "7z",
        "type": "archive",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "ebook": [
      {
        "name": "AZW3",
        "slug": "azw3",
        "ext": "azw3",
        "type": "ebook",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "vector": [
      {
        "name": "WMF",
        "slug": "wmf",
        "ext": "wmf",
        "type": "vector",
        "device": false
      },
      "..."
    ]
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successfully get list of possible operation None

Jobs

List Jobs

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /process/jobs

Get a list of all jobs for the current user

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
status query string false List jobs matching the specified status. Possible statuses are [created, processing, completed, failed]
tag query string false Show a list of jobs containing the specified tag.
include query string false include tasks of each job in the job list.
per_page query integer false Number of jobs per page, defaults to 50. Limited at 200.
page query integer false If the list of jobs include multiple pages, this specify which page to show.

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "docs": [
    {
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "tag": "my-job",
      "interface": "api",
      "isRemoved": false,
      "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
      "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
      "startedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
      "status": "created",
      "tasks": [
        {
          "name": "import-1",
          "operation": "import/upload",
          "status": "processing",
          "ignoreError": false,
          "endedAt": null,
          "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
          "payload": {
            "redirect": "https://example.com"
          },
          "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
          "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
          "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
          "result": {
            "form": {
              "url": "https://server301.freeconvert.com/api/upload/5ff3e7337e69c10060706883",
              "parameters": {
                "expires": 1609834355208,
                "size_limit": 5368709120,
                "max_file_count": 1,
                "signature": "46d0fab9c3534661"
              }
            }
          },
          "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
        },
        {
          "name": "convert-1",
          "operation": "convert",
          "status": "processing",
          "ignoreError": false,
          "endedAt": null,
          "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
          "payload": {
            "input_format": "jpg",
            "output_format": "png",
            "options": {
              "quality": 75
            }
          },
          "dependsOn": [
            "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
          ],
          "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
          "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
          "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
          "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
        },
        {
          "name": "export-1",
          "operation": "export/url",
          "status": "processing",
          "ignoreError": false,
          "endedAt": null,
          "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
          "payload": {
            "filename": "some.pdf",
            "archive_multiple_files": true
          },
          "dependsOn": [
            "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
            "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
          ],
          "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
          "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
          "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
          "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "totalDocs": 150,
  "limit": 10,
  "totalPages": 15,
  "page": 1,
  "pagingCounter": 16,
  "hasPrevPage": false,
  "hasNextPage": true,
  "prevPage": null,
  "nextPage": 2
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successful jobs lookup, returns a list of jobs in the response body. You can get more details on the response format by referring to Show a Job endpoint Inline
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Create Job

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "tag": "custom-tag",
  "tasks": {
    "my-upload-1": {
      "operation": "import/upload"
    },
    "convert-task-1": {
      "operation": "convert",
      "input": "my-upload-1",
      "output_format": "png"
    },
    "export-task-1": {
      "operation": "export/url",
      "input": "convert-task-1",
      "filename": "output-file.png"
    }
  }
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/jobs

Creates a new job along with all of its tasks. A job cretaion request must include at least one task.

When you initiate a job with the Create job API, you would receive real-time updates of your tasks and jobs via WebSocket. In rare cases, an export job may become completed even before you have subscribed to WebSocket. To avoid this you may call the Get job API once after the WebSocket subscription just to check if the job has finished and have the result ready.

The best practice would be to check if the socket returns the expected url value just after the subscription. If not call the Get job API once and manually check the value. If the GET API doesn’t return the url, the job is still processing.

Body parameter

{
  "tag": "custom-tag",
  "tasks": {
    "my-upload-1": {
      "operation": "import/upload"
    },
    "convert-task-1": {
      "operation": "convert",
      "input": "my-upload-1",
      "output_format": "png"
    },
    "export-task-1": {
      "operation": "export/url",
      "input": "convert-task-1",
      "filename": "output-file.png"
    }
  }
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» tag body string false An abitrary string which has no effect. It can be used to identify a job with an ID in your system/application.
» tasks body object true A job consists of one or more tasks. For example, the example shown inludes an import, conversion, and a export task. Task names should only contain alphanumerals, dash (-), and underscore (_).
»» operation body string true Specify the endpoint for the given task. For example, import/upload, convert, export/s3...etc.
»» input body any false Specify the names of the input tasks for the task. For example, in a convert task, you can enter the import task's name to convert that specific imported file. You can also enter multiple input task names in an array.
»»» anonymous body string false none
»»» anonymous body [string] false none
»» ignore_error body boolean false By default, the job will fail if one of the tasks within it fails. You can ignore failure of specific tasks with this property.
»» Other body string false List of available properties for a task depending on the task's operation.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "tag": "my-job",
  "interface": "api",
  "isRemoved": false,
  "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "startedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "status": "created",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "name": "import-1",
      "operation": "import/upload",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "redirect": "https://example.com"
      },
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "result": {
        "form": {
          "url": "https://server301.freeconvert.com/api/upload/5ff3e7337e69c10060706883",
          "parameters": {
            "expires": 1609834355208,
            "size_limit": 5368709120,
            "max_file_count": 1,
            "signature": "46d0fab9c3534661"
          }
        }
      },
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    },
    {
      "name": "convert-1",
      "operation": "convert",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "input_format": "jpg",
        "output_format": "png",
        "options": {
          "quality": 75
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    },
    {
      "name": "export-1",
      "operation": "export/url",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "filename": "some.pdf",
        "archive_multiple_files": true
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
        "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Job succesfully created. Returns details of the created job as per the Show jobs endpoint. Job
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Show a Job

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId} \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /process/jobs/{jobId}

Show details of a job using its job ID.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
jobId path string(ObjectID) true ID of the job to show

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "tag": "my-job",
  "interface": "api",
  "isRemoved": false,
  "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "startedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "status": "created",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "name": "import-1",
      "operation": "import/upload",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "redirect": "https://example.com"
      },
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "result": {
        "form": {
          "url": "https://server301.freeconvert.com/api/upload/5ff3e7337e69c10060706883",
          "parameters": {
            "expires": 1609834355208,
            "size_limit": 5368709120,
            "max_file_count": 1,
            "signature": "46d0fab9c3534661"
          }
        }
      },
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    },
    {
      "name": "convert-1",
      "operation": "convert",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "input_format": "jpg",
        "output_format": "png",
        "options": {
          "quality": 75
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    },
    {
      "name": "export-1",
      "operation": "export/url",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "filename": "some.pdf",
        "archive_multiple_files": true
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
        "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successful lookup. Job details returned in the response body. Job
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Delete a Job

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X DELETE https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId} \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

DELETE https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com


const headers = {
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}',
{
  method: 'DELETE',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.delete 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.delete('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('DELETE','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

DELETE /process/jobs/{jobId}

Deleting a job would delete all the tasks and files of that job.

All files that belongs to a task within a job are automatically deleted 4 hours after task creation. Job entries are deleted after 24 hours of creation.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
jobId path string(ObjectID) true ID of the job to delete.

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Job succesfully deleted (empty response body). None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Wait for Job

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com


const headers = {
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/jobs/{jobId}/wait", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /process/jobs/{jobId}/wait

Block the request until the job status is success or failed.

This method is not recommended since your system may timeout the request for jobs that takes a long time to complete (i.e. large video conversions). Please note that we may also queue your jobs when our systems are busy.

Instead, use webhooks to receive notification of job completion or error.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
jobId path string(ObjectID) true ID of job to wait for

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Returns the completed or failed job details. None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
404 Not Found Content not found None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Import Files

URL

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "url": "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  "filename": "some.jpg"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/url", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/url

Creates a new task to import a file into FreeConvert from an URL

Body parameter

{
  "url": "https://example.com/some.jpg",
  "filename": "some.jpg"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» url body string true The image URL of the remote path
» filename body string false Name of the file

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": "200",
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "filename": "some.jpg",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "operation": "import/url"
  },
  "operation": "import/url",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Upload

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "redirect": "https://example.com"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/upload", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/upload

Creates an upload task to submit one file to FreeConvert.com. You can also use this method to directly send your user's files to FreeConvert without storing them on your application.

For example, you could use the form object in the result key of the response to allow browser-based file uploading.

Here is a Form Upload Example (in the right panel) on how to utilize the url and other post parameters from our response to create a file upload form.

Form Upload Example

<form action="https://server301.freeconvert.com/api/upload/5ff3e7337e69c10060706883/"
  method="POST"
  enctype="multipart/form-data">    
    <input type="hidden" name="expires" value="1609834355208">
    <input type="hidden" name="max_file_count" value="1">
    <input type="hidden" name="size_limit" value="5368709120">
    <input type="hidden" name="signature" value="46d0fab9c3534661">
    <input type="file" name="file">
    <input type="submit">
</form>

IMPORTANT parameters (both keys and values) are dynamically generated. Do not hardcode them in your application.

Task status change to completed as soon as the upload finishes.

Body parameter

{
  "redirect": "https://example.com"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» redirect body string false The URL to redirect after completion of the upload.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": "200",
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "redirect": "https://example.com"
  },
  "operation": "import/upload",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "result": {
    "form": {
      "url": "https://server301.freeconvert.com/api/upload/5ff3e7337e69c10060706883",
      "parameters": {
        "expires": 1609834355208,
        "size_limit": 5368709120,
        "max_file_count": 1,
        "signature": "46d0fab9c3534661"
      }
    }
  },
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created File successfully imported. None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Google Cloud Storage

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "project_id": "demo_project_id",
  "bucket": "bucket-demo",
  "client_email": "demo@1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  "private_key": "private key",
  "file": "demo.pdf"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/googlecloud", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/googlecloud

Creates a new task to import a file form google cloud storage into FreeConvert

Body parameter

{
  "project_id": "demo_project_id",
  "bucket": "bucket-demo",
  "client_email": "demo@1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  "private_key": "private key",
  "file": "demo.pdf"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» project_id body string true The Google Cloud Project ID (api-project-...).
» bucket body string true The Google Cloud Storage Bucket name.
» client_email body string true The client email of the service account to use (...@api-project-....iam.gserviceaccount.com).
» private_key body string true The private key of the service account.
» file body string true Filename of the input file (the filename in the bucket, including path).
» filename body string false The filename of the input file, including extension. If none provided we will use the file parameter as the filename for the file.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "startedAt": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.330Z",
  "endedAt": null,
  "expiresAt": "2021-12-19T07:02:15.724Z",
  "payload": {
    "project_id": "vast-cogency-329405",
    "bucket": "demo",
    "client_email": "demo@1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
    "private_key": "",
    "file": "demo.pdf"
  },
  "job": "61bf0107e39b480011724973",
  "name": "import",
  "operation": "import/googlecloud",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.330Z",
  "user": "113.11.39.191",
  "createdAt": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.148Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.331Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "61bf0107e39b480011724974",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Azure Blob

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "container": "container_name",
  "storage_account": "storage_account_name",
  "storage_access_key": "storage_access_key",
  "blob": "blob name"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/azureblob", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/azureblob

Creates a new task to import a file form azure blob storage into FreeConvert

Body parameter

{
  "container": "container_name",
  "storage_account": "storage_account_name",
  "storage_access_key": "storage_access_key",
  "blob": "blob name"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» container body string true Azure container name.
» storage_account body string true The name of the Azure storage account (This is the string before.blob.core.windows.net).
» storage_access_key body string true The Azure secret key. Only required alternatively, if you are not providing a SAS token.
» blob body string true Azure blob name of the input file (the filename in the bucket, including path).
» sas_token body string false The Azure SAS token
» filename body string false The filename of the input file, including extension. If none provided we will use the blob parameter as the filename for the file.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "startedAt": "2021-12-19T06:06:24.740Z",
  "endedAt": null,
  "expiresAt": "2021-12-19T07:02:15.724Z",
  "payload": {
    "container": "*****",
    "storage_account": "*****",
    "storage_access_key": "*****",
    "blob": "railway.pdf",
    "operation": "import/azureblob"
  },
  "job": "61becbe0e39b480011724969",
  "operation": "import/azureblob",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-12-19T06:06:24.740Z",
  "user": "612f012d0c9c43393c424ab6",
  "createdAt": "2021-12-19T06:06:24.689Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-12-19T06:06:24.741Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "61becbe0e39b48001172496a",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/624c5a94814ef00012b6d30b"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

S3

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
  "region": "us-east-2",
  "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
  "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
  "key": "file.jpg"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/s3", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/s3

Creates a new task to import a file form S3 bucket into FreeConvert

Body parameter

{
  "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
  "region": "us-east-2",
  "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
  "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
  "key": "file.jpg"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» bucket body string true The Amazon S3 bucket where to download the file
» region body string true Specify the Amazon S3 endpoint, e.g. us-west-2 or eu-west-1
» access_key_id body string true AWS access key id
» secret_access_key body string true AWS secret access key
» key body string true S3 key of the input file's relative path
» endpoint body string false Use a custom S3 API endpoint. The default endpoint is built from the configured region

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": "200",
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
    "region": "us-east-2",
    "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
    "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
    "key": "file.jpg"
  },
  "operation": "import/s3",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

SFTP

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "host": "your_sftp_domain_name_or_ip",
  "port": 33,
  "username": "your_sftp_username",
  "password": "your_sftp_password",
  "file_string": "dir/file.jpg"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/sftp", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/sftp

Creates a new task to import a file form SFTP server into FreeConvert

Body parameter

{
  "host": "your_sftp_domain_name_or_ip",
  "port": 33,
  "username": "your_sftp_username",
  "password": "your_sftp_password",
  "file_string": "dir/file.jpg"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» host body number true The SFTP server hostname or ip
» port body string false The SFTP port. Defaults to 22
» username body string true The SFTP username
» password body string true The SFTP password
» private_key body string false Alternatively to using password, you can provide a private key
» file_string body string true File name of the input file (the filename on the server, including path)

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": "200",
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "host": "your_sftp_domain_name_or_ip",
    "port": 33,
    "username": "your_sftp_username",
    "password": "your_sftp_password",
    "file_string": "dir/file.jpg"
  },
  "operation": "import/sftp",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Base64

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "file": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEKjAqMAAD/2wBDAAoHBwgHBgoICAgLCgoLDhgQDg0NDh0VFhEYIx8lJCIfIiEmKzcvJik0KSEiMEExNDk7Pj4+JS5ESUM8SDc9Pjv/.....",
  "filename": "some.jpg"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/import/base64", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/import/base64

Creates a new task to import a file as base64 encoded string into FreeConvert

Body parameter

{
  "file": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEKjAqMAAD/2wBDAAoHBwgHBgoICAgLCgoLDhgQDg0NDh0VFhEYIx8lJCIfIiEmKzcvJik0KSEiMEExNDk7Pj4+JS5ESUM8SDc9Pjv/.....",
  "filename": "some.jpg"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» file body string true The base64 encoded file content
» filename body string true The filename of the input file, including extension

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": "200",
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "file": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEKjAqMAAD/2wBDAAoHBwgHBgoICAgLCgoLDhgQDg0NDh0VFhEYIx8lJCIfIiEmKzcvJik0KSEiMEExNDk7Pj4+JS5ESUM8SDc9Pjv/.....",
    "filename": "some.jpg"
  },
  "operation": "import/base64",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Export Files

Export URL

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "filename": "some.zip",
  "archive_multiple_files": true
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/url", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/export/url

Creates a temporary URL to download the file (Please note that files are automatically deleted 4-hours after the task creation). Files can also be manually deleted by deleting the task.

Body parameter

{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "filename": "some.zip",
  "archive_multiple_files": true
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body [string] true The ID of the task to create temporary URLs for. Multiple task IDs can be provided as an array.
» filename body string false The name of the file
» archive_multiple_files body boolean false By default multiple files are exported individually, enabling this option will create a single ZIP file URL for all of the exported files.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "filename": "some.pdf",
    "archive_multiple_files": true
  },
  "dependsOn": [
    "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
    "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
  ],
  "operation": "export/url",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "example.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Returns the newly created task object None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Export to Google Cloud Storage

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": "task_id",
  "project_id": "vast-cogency-329405",
  "bucket": "fc-demo",
  "client_email": "fc-demo@1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  "private_key": "private_key"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/googlecloud", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/export/googlecloud

Creates a new task to export a file form FreeConvert into google cloud storage

Body parameter

{
  "input": "task_id",
  "project_id": "vast-cogency-329405",
  "bucket": "fc-demo",
  "client_email": "fc-demo@1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  "private_key": "private_key"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body string true The ID of the task to export. Multiple task IDs can be provided as an array.
» project_id body string true The Google Cloud Project ID (api-project-...).
» bucket body string true The Google Cloud Storage Bucket name.
» client_email body string true The client email of the service account to use (...@api-project-....iam.gserviceaccount.com).
» private_key body string true The private key of the service account.
» file body string false Filename of the file to create (the filename in the bucket, including path).
» file_prefix body string false Alternatively to using file, you can specify a file prefix for exporting files.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "created",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "dependsOn": [],
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "startedAt": null,
  "endedAt": null,
  "expiresAt": "2021-12-19T07:02:15.724Z",
  "payload": {
    "project_id": "demo_project_id",
    "bucket": "demo",
    "client_email": "fc-demo@1234.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
    "private_key": ""
  },
  "job": "61bf0107e39b480011724973",
  "name": "export",
  "operation": "export/googlecloud",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.265Z",
  "user": "113.11.39.191",
  "createdAt": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.266Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-12-19T09:53:11.266Z",
  "id": "61bf0107e39b480011724976",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/61bf0107e39b480011724976"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Export to Azure

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": "task_id",
  "container": "container_name",
  "storage_account": "storage_account_name",
  "storage_access_key": "storage_access_key",
  "filename": "fc.jpg",
  "metadata": {
    "ContentType": "image/jpeg"
  },
  "blob_prefix": ""
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/azureblob", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/export/azureblob

Creates a new task to export a file form FreeConvert into azure blob storage

Body parameter

{
  "input": "task_id",
  "container": "container_name",
  "storage_account": "storage_account_name",
  "storage_access_key": "storage_access_key",
  "filename": "fc.jpg",
  "metadata": {
    "ContentType": "image/jpeg"
  },
  "blob_prefix": ""
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body string true The ID of the task to export. Multiple task IDs can be provided as an array.
» storage_account body string true The name of the Azure storage account (This is the string before.blob.core.windows.net).
» container body string true Azure container name.
» blob body string true Blob name for storing the file (the filename in the container, including path)
» filename body string false The filename of the input file, including extension. If none provided we will use the blob parameter as the filename for the file.
» storage_access_key body string true The Azure secret key. Only required alternatively, if you are not providing a SAS token.
» sas_token body string false The Azure SAS token.
» blob_prefix body string false Alternatively to using.blob, you can specify a blob prefix for exporting files.
» metadata body string false Object of additional Azure meta data.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
    "region": "us-east-2",
    "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
    "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
    "key": "file.jpg"
  },
  "operation": "import/s3",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Export to S3

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3 HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
  "region": "us-east-2",
  "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
  "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
  "key": "file.jpg",
  "acl": "private"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/s3", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/export/s3

This endpoint will allow users to export their files to AWS S3 using our API (Please note that files are automatically deleted 4-hours after the task creation). Files can also be manually deleted by deleting the task.

Body parameter

{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
  "region": "us-east-2",
  "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
  "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
  "key": "file.jpg",
  "acl": "private"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body [string] true The ID of the task to create temporary URLs for. Multiple task IDs can be provided as an array.
» bucket body string true The Amazon S3 bucket where to store the file
» region body string true Specify the Amazon S3 endpoint, e.g. us-west-2 or eu-west-1
» access_key_id body string true AWS access key id
» secret_access_key body string true AWS secret access key
» key body string true S3 key for storing the file (the filename in the bucket, including path)
» acl body string false S3 ACL for storing the file. Possible values like private, public-read , public-read-write, authenticated-read, bucket-owner-read, bucket-owner-full-control
» endpoint body string false Use a custom S3 API endpoint. The default endpoint is built from the configured region

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "bucket": "your_bucket_name",
    "region": "us-east-2",
    "access_key_id": "your_access_key_id",
    "secret_access_key": "the_secret_access_key_of_your_account",
    "key": "file.jpg",
    "acl": "private"
  },
  "dependsOn": [
    "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
    "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
  ],
  "operation": "export/s3",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "example.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Returns the newly created task object None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Export to SFTP

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "host": "your_sftp_domain_name_or_ip",
  "port": 33,
  "username": "your_sftp_username",
  "password": "your_sftp_password",
  "file_string": "dir/file.jpg"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/export/sftp", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/export/sftp

This endpoint will allow our users to export processed files into an sftp account using our API

Body parameter

{
  "input": [
    "task_id_1",
    "task_id_2"
  ],
  "host": "your_sftp_domain_name_or_ip",
  "port": 33,
  "username": "your_sftp_username",
  "password": "your_sftp_password",
  "file_string": "dir/file.jpg"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body [string] true The ID of the task to create temporary URLs for. Multiple task IDs can be provided as an array.
» host body number true The SFTP server hostname or ip
» port body string false The SFTP port. Defaults to 22
» username body string true The SFTP username
» password body string false The SFTP password
» private_key body string false Alternatively to using password, you can provide a private key
» file_string body string true File name of the file to create (the filename on the server, including path)

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "host": "your_sftp_domain_name_or_ip",
    "port": 33,
    "username": "your_sftp_username",
    "password": "your_sftp_password",
    "file_string": "dir/file.jpg"
  },
  "operation": "import/sftp",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Task succesfully created. Returns details of the created task as per the show tasks None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Convert

Convert Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "output_format": "png",
  "options": {
    "image_custom_width": 450,
    "image_custom_height": 300
  }
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/convert", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/convert

Creates a task to convert one input file from an input_format to outut_format

Body parameter

{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "output_format": "png",
  "options": {
    "image_custom_width": 450,
    "image_custom_height": 300
  }
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body string true The ID of the task that needs to perform in this compress task, in general, will be the task id of import / upload task or any other task.
» input_format body string false Extension of the input file
» output_format body string true Extension of the output file
» options body object false Options depend on the type of conversion. For example, an image can be resized by dimension or by percentage.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "input_format": "jpg",
    "output_format": "png",
    "options": {
      "image_custom_width": 450,
      "image_custom_height": 300
    },
    "operation": "convert"
  },
  "dependsOn": [
    "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  ],
  "operation": "convert",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "inks": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Returns the newly created task object None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Compress

Compress Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "output_format": "png",
  "options": {
    "pdf_compression_level": "strong",
    "pdf_convert_to_gray": true
  }
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/compress", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/compress

Creates a task to compress one input file

Body parameter

{
  "input": "import_task_id",
  "input_format": "jpg",
  "output_format": "png",
  "options": {
    "pdf_compression_level": "strong",
    "pdf_convert_to_gray": true
  }
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body string true The ID of the task that needs to perform in this compress task, in general, will be the task id of import / upload task or any other task.
» input_format body string false Extension of the input file
» filename body string false Name of the output file
» options body object false Options depend on the type of compress. For example, an image can be compressed only by quality.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "input_format": "pdf",
    "filename": "sample.pdf",
    "options": {
      "pdf_compression_level": "strong",
      "pdf_convert_to_gray": true
    },
    "operation": "compress"
  },
  "dependsOn": [
    "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  ],
  "operation": "compress",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Returns the newly created task object None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Merge

Merge Task

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "input": [
    "import_task_id_1",
    "import_task_id_2"
  ],
  "output_format": "pdf",
  "filename": "some.pdf"
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/merge", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST /process/merge

Use this endpoint to merge two or more files. For example, you can convert multiple JPG or PNG files to a single PDF or GIF file.

Body parameter

{
  "input": [
    "import_task_id_1",
    "import_task_id_2"
  ],
  "output_format": "pdf",
  "filename": "some.pdf"
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» input body [string] true The ID of the task that needs to perform in this merge task, in general, will be the task id of import / upload task or any other task.
» output_format body string true Extension of the output file
» filename body string false Name of the output file

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "status": "processing",
  "message": "",
  "code": 200,
  "parentUser": null,
  "isRemoved": false,
  "ignoreError": false,
  "endedAt": null,
  "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "payload": {
    "output_format": "pdf",
    "filename": "some.pdf",
    "operation": "merge"
  },
  "dependsOn": [
    "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
    "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
  ],
  "operation": "merge",
  "lastAcknowledgeTime": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "user": "620deb73617adb001968c8eb",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
  "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20",
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/process/tasks/5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Returns the newly created task object None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Advanced Options

Convert

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert?input_format=string&output_format=string \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert?input_format=string&output_format=string HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert?input_format=string&output_format=string',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert',
  params: {
  'input_format' => 'string',
'output_format' => 'string'
}, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert', params={
  'input_format': 'string',  'output_format': 'string'
}, headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert?input_format=string&output_format=string");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/convert", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /query/options/convert

Use this endpoint to generate convert advanced options. Our getting started section can help grab a general idea of how to use the advanced options.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
input_format query string true input file extension
output_format query string true output file extension

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "sourceExt": "png",
  "targetExt": "gif",
  "operation": "convert",
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "gif_loop_count",
      "hint": "Leave empty (0) to loop infinitely. Only applies when creating a GIF from multiple images.",
      "data_type": "number"
    },
    {
      "name": "resize_type",
      "hint": "Choose a method if you want to resize the output image. This parameter has no effect but it's options may help you identify sub-options.",
      "data_type": "string",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "keep_original",
          "hint": "Keep original size"
        },
        {
          "value": "by_width_keep_ar",
          "hint": "Enter Width (px)"
        },
        {
          "value": "by_height_keep_ar",
          "hint": "Enter Height (px)"
        },
        {
          "value": "dimension",
          "hint": "Enter Width X Height (px)"
        },
        {
          "value": "percent",
          "hint": "As a percentage"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "image_custom_width",
      "hint": "Enter target width in pixels. If no height is specified, we will keep the image's aspect ratio intact to avoid stretching",
      "data_type": "number",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "resize_type",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "dimension",
            "label": "Enter Width X Height (px)"
          },
          {
            "value": "by_width_keep_ar",
            "label": "Enter Width (px)"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "image_resize_percentage",
      "hint": "For example, 25 will make both width and height 25% of the original (1/4 of the original). Use this option when you want to resize output image \"As a percentage\" of original.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "100",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "resize_type",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "percent",
            "label": "As a percentage"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "image_custom_height",
      "hint": "Enter target height in pixels. If no width is specified, we will keep the image's aspect ratio intact to avoid stretching",
      "data_type": "number",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "resize_type",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "by_height_keep_ar",
            "label": "Enter Height (px)"
          },
          {
            "value": "dimension",
            "label": "Enter Width X Height (px)"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "strip",
      "hint": "Strip the image of any profiles, EXIF, and comments to reduce size",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "auto-orient",
      "hint": "Correctly orient the image using the gravity sensor data stored in EXIF",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_frame_speed",
      "hint": "Delay between frames (in 1/100 of a second). Only applies when creating a GIF from multiple images.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "100"
    },
    {
      "name": "trim_image",
      "hint": "Trim tall images from top & bottom to fit GIF width",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_trim_image_in_pixel",
      "hint": "Enter GIF width in pixels",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "480"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successfully get list of possible options None
400 Bad Request Bad Request None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Compress

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress?input_format=string \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress?input_format=string HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress?input_format=string',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress',
  params: {
  'input_format' => 'string'
}, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress', params={
  'input_format': 'string'
}, headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress?input_format=string");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/compress", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /query/options/compress

Use this endpoint to generate compress advanced options. Our getting started section can help grab a general idea of how to use the advanced options.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
input_format query string true input file extension

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "sourceExt": "gif",
  "targetExt": "gif",
  "operation": "compress",
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "gif_undo_optimization",
      "hint": "May increase file size. Better for fixing buggy GIFs",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "false"
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_compress_reduce_frames",
      "hint": "For certain types of GIFs, you maybe able to reduce file size further by dropping frames. Not available when \"Undo optimization\" is set to \"true\"",
      "data_type": "string",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "no-change",
          "hint": "None"
        },
        {
          "value": "duplicate",
          "hint": " Remove Duplicate Frames"
        },
        {
          "value": "n2",
          "hint": " Drop every 2nd frame"
        },
        {
          "value": "n3",
          "hint": " Drop every 3rd frame"
        },
        {
          "value": "n4",
          "hint": " Drop every 4th frame"
        },
        {
          "value": "n5",
          "hint": " Drop every 5th frame"
        }
      ],
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_undo_optimization",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": false,
            "label": ""
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_compress_match_frames_fuzz_factor",
      "hint": "This option lets you match identical frames with ‘similar’ colors. Higher values match more similar colors as identical. Available when \"Remove Duplicate Frames\" option is used along with gif_undo_optimization set to false.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "5",
      "units": "%",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_compress_reduce_frames",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "duplicate",
            "label": " Remove Duplicate Frames"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_color",
      "hint": "This parameter is not used in operations but it's options may help you identify sub-options.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "75",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "no-change",
          "hint": "None"
        },
        {
          "value": "reduce",
          "hint": " Reduce the number of colors"
        },
        {
          "value": "reduce_dither",
          "hint": " Reduce the number of colors and dither"
        },
        {
          "value": "single",
          "hint": " Use a single color table"
        }
      ],
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_undo_optimization",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": false,
            "label": ""
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_compress_number_of_colors",
      "hint": "GIF files support up to 256 different colors. Reducing the number of colors in colormap can reduce GIF file size. You can choose to reduce colors up to just 2 colors.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "256",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_color",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "reduce",
            "label": " Reduce the number of colors"
          },
          {
            "value": "reduce_dither",
            "label": " Reduce the number of colors and dither"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_compression_level",
      "hint": "Applies lossy LZW compression. Default (75) is a good balance between compression & quality. Higher values compress more. Not available with the \"Undo optimizations\" method.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "75",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_undo_optimization",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": false,
            "label": ""
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_optimize_transparency",
      "hint": "Replace repeating/duplicate color pixels with transparency for better compression. Available when gif_undo_optimization set to false.",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "false",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_undo_optimization",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": false,
            "label": ""
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_optimize_transparency_fuzz_factor",
      "hint": "Match similar colors as equal. Available when \"gif_optimize_transparency\" is set to \"true\" and \"gif_undo_optimization\" set to \"false\".",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "5",
      "units": "%",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "gif_optimize_transparency",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": true,
            "label": ""
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successfully get list of possible options None
400 Bad Request Bad Request None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Merge

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge?input_format=bmp&output_format=gif \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge?input_format=bmp&output_format=gif HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge?input_format=bmp&output_format=gif',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge',
  params: {
  'input_format' => 'string',
'output_format' => 'string'
}, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge', params={
  'input_format': 'bmp',  'output_format': 'gif'
}, headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge?input_format=bmp&output_format=gif");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.freeconvert.com/v1/query/options/merge", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET /query/options/merge

Use this endpoint to generate merge advanced options. Our getting started section can help grab a general idea of how to use the advanced options."

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
input_format query string true Input file extension matching the specified file types [bmp, jpeg, jpg, png, tiff, tga, webp, eps]
output_format query string true Output file extension matching the specified file types [gif, pdf]

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "sourceExt": "png",
  "targetExt": "gif",
  "operation": "merge",
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "gif_loop_count",
      "hint": "Leave empty (0) to loop infinitely. Only applies when creating a GIF from multiple images.",
      "data_type": "number"
    },
    {
      "name": "resize_type",
      "hint": "Choose a method if you want to resize the output image. This parameter has no effect but it's options may help you identify sub-options.",
      "data_type": "string",
      "type": "enum",
      "enum_values": [
        {
          "value": "keep_original",
          "hint": "Keep original size"
        },
        {
          "value": "by_width_keep_ar",
          "hint": "Enter Width (px)"
        },
        {
          "value": "by_height_keep_ar",
          "hint": "Enter Height (px)"
        },
        {
          "value": "dimension",
          "hint": "Enter Width X Height (px)"
        },
        {
          "value": "percent",
          "hint": "As a percentage"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "image_custom_width",
      "hint": "Enter target width in pixels. If no height is specified, we will keep the image's aspect ratio intact to avoid stretching",
      "data_type": "number",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "resize_type",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "dimension",
            "label": "Enter Width X Height (px)"
          },
          {
            "value": "by_width_keep_ar",
            "label": "Enter Width (px)"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "image_resize_percentage",
      "hint": "For example, 25 will make both width and height 25% of the original (1/4 of the original). Use this option when you want to resize output image \"As a percentage\" of original.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "100",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "resize_type",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "percent",
            "label": "As a percentage"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "image_custom_height",
      "hint": "Enter target height in pixels. If no width is specified, we will keep the image's aspect ratio intact to avoid stretching",
      "data_type": "number",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "resize_type",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": "by_height_keep_ar",
            "label": "Enter Height (px)"
          },
          {
            "value": "dimension",
            "label": "Enter Width X Height (px)"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_frame_speed",
      "hint": "Delay between frames (in 1/100 of a second). Only applies when creating a GIF from multiple images.",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "100"
    },
    {
      "name": "trim_image",
      "hint": "Trim tall images from top & bottom to fit GIF width",
      "data_type": "boolean",
      "default_value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_fill_color_smaller_image",
      "hint": "Fill color for smaller images",
      "data_type": "string",
      "default_value": "#000000",
      "depends_on": {
        "name": "trim_image",
        "meta": [
          {
            "value": false,
            "label": ""
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "gif_trim_image_in_pixel",
      "hint": "Enter GIF width in pixels",
      "data_type": "number",
      "default_value": "480"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successfully get list of possible options None
400 Bad Request Bad Request None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Webhooks

Webhook lets you receive status updates for your jobs and tasks. You can create webhooks using the User Dashboard

Events

event description
job.created Emitted upon creating a new job
job.success Emitted when a job completes successfully.
job.failed Emits when a job has failed.

In all 3 cases, the payload includes the Job. See an example on the right side.

Failing Webhooks

If your webhook endpoint returns a 4XX or 5XX HTTP status code, we will re-try sending the webhook event up to 3 times (in 30-minute intervals. If you have enabled the "Webhook unreachable" notification from your user dashboard, we will also send you an email when a webhook fails.

If the webhook endpoint returns 410 status code, we will automatically disable this webhook. You can always re-enable it manually from the User Dashboard.

Signing Webhooks

For verifying that the webhook is actually coming from FreeConvert.com, you should validate it. When we send a webhook, we cryptographically sign it using a unique signing secret use this key to make sure the webhook is coming from us. You can get this secret by clicking the edit icon next to your webhook.

The FreeConvert-Signature header contains a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) with SHA-256. Here is a PHP example on how to calculate this signature for validation:

$signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $payload, $signingSecret);

$signingSecret can be found in the user dashboard's webhook settings (Click show on the SECRET column of the webhook). $payload is the full request body (the JSON string) that we sent to your webhook endpoint.

List Webhooks

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X GET https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

GET https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Accept: application/json


const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks',
{
  method: 'GET',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.get 'https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('GET','https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("GET");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

GET https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks

Lists all webhooks for the user

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
url query string false List webhooks matching the specified url.
per_page query integer false Number of webhooks per page, defaults to 50. Limited at 200.
page query integer false If the list of webhooks include multiple pages, this specify which page to show.

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "docs": [
    {
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023424b20",
      "name": "example-webhook",
      "status": "active",
      "events": [
        "job.created",
        "job.finished"
      ],
      "url": "http://your-domain.com/webhook-url",
      "signingSecret": "XXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "createdAt": "2020-07-17T07:14:56.004Z",
      "updatedAt": "2020-08-29T07:15:23.005Z",
      "lastErrorAt": "2020-07-21T02:16:03.000Z",
      "lastResponseCode": "NETWORK_ERROR",
      "links": {
        "self": "http://api.freeconvert.comhttps://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/5ff3e22059136b0023424b20"
      }
    }
  ],
  "totalDocs": 150,
  "limit": 10,
  "totalPages": 15,
  "page": 1,
  "pagingCounter": 16,
  "hasPrevPage": false,
  "hasNextPage": true,
  "prevPage": null,
  "nextPage": 2
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
200 OK Successful jobs lookup, returns a list of jobs in the response body. You can get more details on the response format by referring to Show a Job endpoint Inline
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Create a Webhook

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X POST https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

POST https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

const inputBody = '{
  "url": "string",
  "events": [
    "job.created"
  ]
}';
const headers = {
  'Content-Type':'application/json',
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks',
{
  method: 'POST',
  body: inputBody,
  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.post 'https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('POST','https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

POST https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks

Create a webhook to receive task/job updates in your application.

Body parameter

{
  "url": "string",
  "events": [
    "job.created"
  ]
}

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
body body object false CODE SAMPLES at the Right panel
» url body string false URL to send notifications to.
» events body [string] false Select notification events to be sent via the webhook.

Example responses

201 Response

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023424b20",
  "name": "example-webhook",
  "status": "active",
  "events": [
    "job.created",
    "job.finished"
  ],
  "url": "http://your-domain.com/webhook-url",
  "signingSecret": "XXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "createdAt": "2020-07-17T07:14:56.004Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-08-29T07:15:23.005Z",
  "lastErrorAt": "2020-07-21T02:16:03.000Z",
  "lastResponseCode": "NETWORK_ERROR",
  "links": {
    "self": "http://api.freeconvert.comhttps://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/5ff3e22059136b0023424b20"
  }
}

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
201 Created Returns the created webhook. Please see example on the right. Webhook
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Delete a Webhook

Code samples

# You can also use wget
curl -X DELETE https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId} \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}'

DELETE https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId} HTTP/1.1
Host: api.freeconvert.com


const headers = {
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}'
};

fetch('https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}',
{
  method: 'DELETE',

  headers: headers
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

result = RestClient.delete 'https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}',
  params: {
  }, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

import requests
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.delete('https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array();

try {
    $response = $client->request('DELETE','https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

 // ...

URL obj = new URL("https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
    }

    data := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{jsonReq})
    req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

DELETE https://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/{webhookId}

Delete a specific webhook.

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
webhookId path string(ObjectID) true ID of the webhook to delete.

Responses

Status Meaning Description Schema
204 No Content Webhook succesfully deleted (empty response body). None
400 Bad Request Invalid request body None
401 Unauthorized Access token is missing or invalid None
403 Forbidden Access Denied None
406 Not Acceptable Request not acceptable None
429 Too Many Requests Too many requests None

Socket

Code samples

const socket = io("https://notification.freeconvert.com/", {
    transports: ["websocket"],
    path: "/socket.io",
    auth: { token: `Bearer ${YOUR_TOKEN_HERE}` },
});
//for subscribe job and task
socket.emit("subscribe", `job.{jobId}`);
socket.emit("subscribe", `task.{taskId}`);

//for unsubscribe job and task
socket.emit("unsubscribe", `job.{jobId}`);
socket.emit("unsubscribe", `task.{taskId}`);

socket.on("task_started", (data) => {
    console.log("task_started", data);
});

socket.on("job_started", (data) => {
    console.log("job_started", data);
});

If you would like to receive real-time updates of your tasks and jobs, you can use FreeConvert.com Socket API. The hostname for Socket.io updates is notification.freeconvert.com. Socket.io clients are available in Javascript and many other languages.

To join a channel, you must authorize using the Authorization: Bearer API_KEY as shown to the right.

Note:

When you initiate a job with the Create job API, you would receive real-time updates of your tasks and jobs via WebSocket. In rare cases, an export job may become completed even before you have subscribed to WebSocket. To avoid this you may call the Get job API once after the WebSocket subscription just to check if the job has finished and have the result ready.

The best practice would be to check if the socket returns the expected url value just after the subscription. If not call the Get job API once and manually check the value. If the GET API doesn’t return the url, the job is still processing.

Websocket Channels & Events

Channel description available event
job.{jobId} Get job update related event job_started job_failed job_completed
task.{taskId} Task related all event task_started task_completed task_failed task_min_update
user.{userId}.jobs User job releted event job_started job_failed job_completed
user.{userId}.tasks User task releted event task_started task_completed task_failed task_min_update

Schemas

Job

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "tag": "my-job",
  "interface": "api",
  "isRemoved": false,
  "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "startedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "status": "created",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "name": "import-1",
      "operation": "import/upload",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "redirect": "https://example.com"
      },
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "result": {
        "form": {
          "url": "https://server301.freeconvert.com/api/upload/5ff3e7337e69c10060706883",
          "parameters": {
            "expires": 1609834355208,
            "size_limit": 5368709120,
            "max_file_count": 1,
            "signature": "46d0fab9c3534661"
          }
        }
      },
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    },
    {
      "name": "convert-1",
      "operation": "convert",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "input_format": "jpg",
        "output_format": "png",
        "options": {
          "quality": 75
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    },
    {
      "name": "export-1",
      "operation": "export/url",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "filename": "some.pdf",
        "archive_multiple_files": true
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb3",
        "5fcb12f03f51983f4074dfb4"
      ],
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    }
  ]
}

Properties

Name Type Required Restrictions Description
id string(uuid) true read-only ID of the job
tag string false none An abitrary string which has no effect. It can be used to identify a job with an ID in your system/application.
interface string false read-only The platform from where the API request has been created
isRemoved boolean false none none
createdAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of the creation of the job (ISO8601)
updatedAt string(date-time) false read-only ISO8601 timestamp of the last update of job.
startedAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the job completed or failed (ISO8601)
status string true read-only Status of the Job. Possible values are [created, processing, completed, failed]
tasks [Task] true none none

Enumerated Values

Property Value
interface api
interface web
status created
status processing
status completed
status failed

Task

{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "operation": "convert",
  "status": "completed",
  "payload": {
    "options": {
      "image_custom_width": 450,
      "image_custom_height": 300
    }
  },
  "ignoreError": false,
  "job": "4bbaedb0-902b-4b27-8218-8f40d3470a54",
  "result": {
    "url": "http://example.com/output.ext"
  },
  "endedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "dependsOn": [
    {
      "name": "import-1",
      "operation": "import/upload",
      "status": "processing",
      "ignoreError": false,
      "endedAt": null,
      "job": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
      "payload": {
        "redirect": "https://example.com"
      },
      "createdAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.067Z",
      "updatedAt": "2021-01-05T03:50:56.115Z",
      "server": "server301.freeconvert.com",
      "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b20"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z",
  "updatedAt": "2016-08-29T09:12:33.001Z"
}

Properties

Name Type Required Restrictions Description
id string(uuid) false read-only ID of the task.
operation string true none Name of the operation. For example, to upload a file to FreeConvert using the URL upload method requires a task with operation import/url. Possible operations are [ import/url, import/upload, import/googlecloud, import/azureblob, import/s3, import/sftp, import/base64, convert, compress, merge, export/url, export/googlecloud, export/azureblob, export/s3, export/sftp, ]
status string false read-only Status of the task. Can be one of [created, processing, completed, failed, canceled, deleted].
payload object false none Payload sent by you for the task. Payload depends on the type of operation of the task.
ignoreError boolean false none If this task should be ignored if failed.
job string(uuid) false none The Job ID the task belongs to.
result object false read-only Shows the result of the task. If the task has succesfully finished, result property will list the created file(s) here.
endedAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the task finished. Format ISO8601.
dependsOn [Task] false none List the task(s) this task depends on. For example, a convert task may list an upload task as a dependency. Only available if the include parameter is set to dependsOn.
createdAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the task is created. Format ISO8601.
updatedAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the task was last updated. Format ISO8601.

Enumerated Values

Property Value
operation import/url
operation import/upload
operation import/googlecloud
operation import/azureblob
operation import/s3
operation import/sftp
operation import/base64
operation convert
operation compress
operation merge
operation export/url
operation export/googlecloud
operation export/azureblob
operation export/s3
operation export/sftp
status created
status processing
status completed
status canceled
status failed
status deleted
status insufficiant_minute

User

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023324b1f",
  "email": "ysqunbyfxjkgotcpjp@test.com",
  "role": "user",
  "stripeId": "cus_LAOHqzua0vfHGj",
  "interface": "api",
  "parent": "",
  "team": "625c2530448d2800121f7fb8",
  "teamRole": "OWNER",
  "iat": 1646709671,
  "exp": 1649301671
}

Properties

Name Type Required Restrictions Description
id string(uuid) true none ID of the User
email string(email) true none Email of the User
role string(string) true none Role of the User
stripeId string(string) false none Stripe ID of the user
interface string(enum) false none The platform from where the API request has been created
parent string(string) false none none
team string(string) true none The ID of the team
teamRole string(enum) true none The role inside the team
iat number(unix) false none none
exp number(unix) false none none

Webhook

{
  "id": "5ff3e22059136b0023424b20",
  "name": "example-webhook",
  "status": "active",
  "events": [
    "job.created",
    "job.finished"
  ],
  "url": "http://your-domain.com/webhook-url",
  "signingSecret": "XXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "createdAt": "2020-07-17T07:14:56.004Z",
  "updatedAt": "2020-08-29T07:15:23.005Z",
  "lastErrorAt": "2020-07-21T02:16:03.000Z",
  "lastResponseCode": "NETWORK_ERROR",
  "links": {
    "self": "http://api.freeconvert.comhttps://notification.freeconvert.com/webhooks/5ff3e22059136b0023424b20"
  }
}

Properties

Name Type Required Restrictions Description
id string(uuid) false read-only ID of the webhook
name string false none Name of the webhook
status string false none Status of the webhook [active, inactive]
events [string] false none Events for which this webhook will be notified for
url string false none Webhook URL
signingSecret string false read-only Webhook signing secret
createdAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the webhook is created. Format ISO8601.
updatedAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the webhook was last updated. Format ISO8601.
lastErrorAt string(date-time) false read-only Timestamp of when the webhook was last rejected. Format ISO8601.
lastResponseCode string(date-time) false read-only Last error message received timestamp when sending the webhook.
links object false none none

Enumerated Values

Property Value
status active
status inactive

Schema

{
  "id": 0
}

Properties

Name Type Required Restrictions Description
id integer(int64) false none none