REST web API - Convert file online

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The REST web API allows developers direct access to our online conversions. It provides easy access to all conversion functionalities available at aconvert.com. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, comments, bug reports or customized requests.

Our REST web API is designed as easy-to-use as possible. With this API you can easily integrate a file conversion service on your website, app or software in a few minutes.

API URL:

We provide REST web API on both Windows server and Linux server. Windows server is for document and image conversions. Linux server is for ebook, audio and video conversions.

The API URL of Windows server: https://s2.aconvert.com/convert/api-win.php (temporarily unavailable)
The API URL of Linux server: https://s3.aconvert.com/convert/api-linux.php (temporarily unavailable)

API Input:

To start a conversion it requires basic inputs including source file and target format. Other inputs are optional.

Name	Format	Type	Description
file	file	necessary	The source file you want to convert.
targetformat	text	necessary	The target format you want to convert to.
key	text	optional	Enter your key to remove limitations.
url	text	optional	The URL of online file you want to convert.
code	number	optional	The code number to specify conversion type. The API will automatically determine conversion type based on source file format and target file format unless you specify the conversion type. 86000: Document; 87000: Ebook; 83000: Image; 84000: Icon; 81000: Video; 82000: Audio.

API Output:

Using the GET method to get information about the status of the conversion, either success or failed.

Status	Result
Success	Return the URL of output files.
Error	Return the error message.

API Key:

The API is limited to convert file less than 100kb only. To remove limitations you need to purchase an API key. You can click the button below to make a purchase. You will get an email with key information in 24 hours after purchasing.

We also provide customized services. For example: Add a specific conversion function, deploy a brand new server for only your company to use, API URL uses your company's domain or sub-domain. Contact us at support@aconvert.com if you need customized services.

Sample Form:

This is a sample form shows how to convert PDF file using REST web API. Add a file, select target format, click submit button and wait for a few seconds.

Sample Code:

The sample html source codes to use REST web API. You can save the source codes to a html file and test it.

<html>
<head>
    <title>Test REST Web API</title>
</head>
<body>
     <form action="#" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="conversionform" id="conversionform">
         <p>API Key: <input id="key" name="key" type="text" /></p>
         <p>Local file: <input id="file" name="file" type="file" /></p>
         <p>Target format:
             <select name="targetformat" id="targetformat"">
                 <option value="pdf" selected >PDF</option>
                 <option value="docx">DOCX</option>
                 <option value="doc">DOC</option>
                 <option value="rtf">RTF</option>
                 <option value="pptx">PPTX</option>
                 <option value="epub">EPUB</option>
                 <option value="html">HTML</option>
                 <option value="txt">TXT</option>
                 <option value="jpg">JPG</option>
                 <option value="tif">TIFF</option>
                 <option value="png">PNG</option>
             </select>
         </p>
         <p><input type="button" value="Convert" onclick="convertpdfform()" /></p>
         <p><span id="resulttext">Conversion Results: </span></p>
     </form>
<script src="https://www.aconvert.com/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://www.aconvert.com/js/jquery.form.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {
  });
  function showResponse(responseText, statusText, xhr, $form)  {
    resulttext.innerHTML=responseText;
  }
  function showError(responseText, statusText, xhr, $form)  {
  }
  function convertpdfform() {
    options = {
      success:       showResponse, 
      error:         showError,
      url:       "https://s2.aconvert.com/convert/api-win.php",
    };
    $('#conversionform').ajaxForm(options);
    $('#conversionform').ajaxSubmit(options);
    return false;
  }
</script>
</body>
</html>