PDF to Office API

Convert PDF to editable DOCX, PPTX and XLSX with industry leading accuracy.

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Convert PDFs to editable DOCX, PPTX and XLSX files

Without question, restoring PDFs into MS Office formats is a challenging and non-trivial task. Our technology is able to preserve the formatting of complex documents and even restores tables. Checkout our online converter and try it out with your own example files.

Industry Leading Accuracy

Our PDF to Office conversion technology features unparalleled accuracy in terms of formatting and content preservation. CloudConvert has partnered with the industry leader PDFTron and builds on the same technology used by many professional document applications, such as Adobe Acrobat or Foxit.

Async or Sync

By default, the CloudConvert API converts your files asynchronously and we notify you via webhooks when we are done. Depending on your needs there is also a synchronous API to convert files on-the-fly.

Storage Integration

CloudConvert directly fetches the input files from your object storage and then stores the output file at the same place. We are integrated with your existing and trusted storage provider, such as S3, Azure, Google Cloud or many others.

Custom Workflows

Our API uses the concept of Jobs and allows to do multiple operations with one single API call. For example, it is possible to convert the same file to multiple output formats, adding a watermark and creating a thumbnail with one single Job!

Developer Friendly

Our extensive API Documentation helps to get you started quickly. There is a Job Builder which generates ready-to-use request payloads and code snippets for you. We do provide free and timely support, directly from the builders of CloudConvert.

Raw Request PHP node.js Ruby Python Java .NET 

POST https://sync.api.cloudconvert.com/v2/jobs
{
  "tasks": {
    "import-my-file": {
      "operation": "import/url",
      "url": "https://my.url/file.pdf"
    },
    "convert-my-file": {
      "operation": "convert",
      "input": "import-my-file",
      "input_format": "pdf",
      "output_format": "docx"
    },
    "export-my-file": {
      "operation": "export/url",
      "input": "convert-my-file"
    }
  },
  "redirect": true
}

<?php
$job = (new Job())
    ->addTask(
        (new Task('import/url', 'import-my-file'))
            ->set('url', 'https://my.url/file.pdf')
    )
    ->addTask(
        (new Task('convert', 'convert-my-file'))
            ->set('input', 'import-my-file')
            ->set('input_format', 'pdf')
            ->set('output_format', 'docx')
    )
    ->addTask(
        (new Task('export/url', 'export-my-file'))
            ->set('input', 'convert-my-file')
    );

$cloudconvert->jobs()->create($job);
let exampleJob = await cloudConvert.jobs.create({
    "tasks": {
        "import-my-file": {
            "operation": "import/url",
            "url": "https://my.url/file.pdf"
        },
        "convert-my-file": {
            "operation": "convert",
            "input": "import-my-file",
            "output_format": "docx"
        },
        "export-my-file": {
            "operation": "export/url",
            "input": "convert-my-file"
        }
    }
});

job = await cloudConvert.jobs.wait(job.id);

job = cloudconvert.jobs.create({
  tasks: [
    {
      name: "import-my-file",
      operation: "import/url",
      url: "https://my-url/file.pdf"
    },
    {
      name: "convert-my-file",
      operation: "convert",
      input: "import-my-file",
      input_format: "pdf",
      output_format: "docx"
    },
    {
      name: "export-my-file",
      operation: "export/url",
      input: "convert-my-file"
    },
  ]
})
job = cloudconvert.Job.create(payload={
     "tasks": {
         'import-my-file': {
              'operation': 'import/url',
              'url': 'https://my.url/file.pdf'
         },
         'convert-my-file': {
             'operation': 'convert',
             'input': 'import-my-file',
             'input_format': 'pdf',
             'output_format': 'docx'
         },
         'export-my-file': {
             'operation': 'export/url',
             'input': 'convert-my-file'
         }
     }
 })
final JobResponse createJobResponse = cloudConvertClient.jobs().create(
    ImmutableMap.of(
        "import-my-file",
            new UrlImportRequest()
                .setUrl("https://my.url/file.pdf"),
        "convert-my-file",
            new ConvertFilesTaskRequest()
                .setInput("import-my-file")
                .setInputFormat("pdf"),
                .setOutputFormat("docx"),
        "export-my-file",
            new UrlExportRequest()
                .setInput("convert-my-file")
    )
).getBody();
var job = await CloudConvert.CreateJobAsync(new JobCreateRequest
      {
        Tasks = new
        {
          import_it = new ImportUrlCreateRequest
          {
            Url = "https://my.url/file.pdf"
          },
          convert = new ConvertCreateRequest
          {
            Input = "import_it",
            Input_Format = "pdf",
            Output_Format = "docx"
          },
          export_it = new ExportUrlCreateRequest
          {
            Input = "convert"
          }
        }
      });

Use our Job Builder to generate ready-to-use requests and code snippet for the CloudConvert API.

Job Builder API Documentation
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