Doc Conversion API Blog

With our latest addition to our conversion list, you can now convert your PDF documents to word documents using our REST API. This will allow you to Convert PDF to Word (DOC & DOCX), so you can have more control over the document content, you can edit, process, and re-format these documents easily after conversion. You can also make use of our REST API for other conversions after processing and editing your documents.

PDF to Word conversion is not an easy job, and even though there are a number of tools that can do this conversion, you will often see them compromise on your document format or quality, Which is not ideal, especially when often, the main purpose of converting the document to word would is to preserve the formatting and make edits without having to start from scratch. This is why Doc Conversion API will always bring you the very best quality in your conversion.

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Our conversion API is seriously simple, secure, fast, and accurate, it works with on all computers, systems, and languages, as we welcome all platforms.

Convert PDF to Word using REST API (curl)

Doc Conversion API prides itself in being easy to use and integrate with all programming languages and frameworks; you can find a list of code examples here.

In order to convert from PDF to Word (Doc & Docx), all you need is a simple POST request, using the conversion URL along with your APP credentials (Application ID and Secret Key).

PDF to DOC

If you’re looking to convert PDF to DOC, you will need to use the following URL:

https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=doc

And write the following curl request:

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=doc' \
  --header 'X-ApplicationID: <Your_Application_ID>' \
  --header 'X-SecretKey: <Your_Application_SecretKey>' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  --form inputFile=undefined \
  --form optionsJSON=

Where:

PDF to DOCX

Similarly, If you’re looking to convert PDF to DOCX, you will need to use the following URL:

https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=docx

And write the following curl request:

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=docx' \
  --header 'X-ApplicationID: <Your_Application_ID>' \
  --header 'X-SecretKey: <Your_Application_SecretKey>' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  --form inputFile=undefined \
  --form optionsJSON=

Where:

* If you have any questions or need any further help, please contact us at [email protected]

Do you have a DOC file and would like to take snapshots of all the pages?, maybe use them as thumbnails? Suppose you have a Word document with 100’s of pages, it would be a tedious task to manually convert every page into an image. That’s why you need our DOC to JPEG converter API, as it will automatically convert every page of the DOC file as JPEG image without the need for any additional software.

Doc Conversion API offers an easy to use, fast, secure, and reliable REST API that you can connect to, and convert any Word DOC to a JPEG image while maintaining formatting and quality. Our API is carefully designed with a focus on quality and reliability. It is simple to execute, however, it is also highly flexible and can be configured to carry out heavy and complex conversions with maximum accuracy.

Convert DOC to JPEG using the REST API (CURL)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all programming languages and frameworks, you can find a list of code examples here.

You can simply convert from DOC to JPEG by making a POST request, using the below URL Along with your APP credentials (Application ID and Secret Key):

https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=jpeg

To make the following curl request:

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=jpeg' \
  --header 'X-ApplicationID: <Your_Application_ID>' \
  --header 'X-SecretKey: <Your_Application_SecretKey>' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  --form inputFile=undefined \
  --form 'optionsJSON={"pages" : "all"}'

X-ApplicationID is your Application ID

X-SecretKey      is your Secret Key

OutPutFormat is JPEG

InputFile         is the file you would like to convert

optionsJSON is a JSON String containing any additional options relevant to the conversion type.

Convert DOC to JPEG using the REST API (PHP)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all main programming languages and frameworks, you can find a list of code examples here.

For this PHP example, we’re using a direct URL to our word document (the document we’re converting) for simplicity, you can also upload your local documents to the service.

We’re going to be using this example:

http://www.snee.com/xml/xslt/sample.doc

We’re going to create a simple PHP page that reads the Doc file from a URL, and converts this file into a JPEG image that is displayed as a web page:

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This code will execute the conversion, and display the Word DOC content as a JPEG page.

If you have any questions or need any further help, please contact us at [email protected]

At Doc Conversion API, we want to make all conversions and document operations as easy as possible, so we decided to save you the worry of having to have specific storage configuration, as you can use local files, or files stored on the cloud.

As we’ve explained how to use cloud storage files in previous blogs, this time we’re going to focus on using a local file in your conversion, so you can use your own files that are stored on your local computer.

Using the REST API Calls to Convert Local Files

This method is most suitable for backend conversion and processing of documents, if you have a recurring conversion type or want to convert a large number of files, and would like to automate your conversion process.

As explained in previous blog posts, you can use files stored on the cloud, or files with direct download URL, but in this example, we’re going to use a file that is stored on your local disk.

Since our servers will not have direct access to local storage, we need to send an array of bytes that contains all the information about the file to the end-point.

The first step would be to locate the file you would like to use, and get the full path of the file. For simplicity, we’re going to be a word document file called “sample” and stored in the documents folder, but you can use any file and store it anywhere you would like, as long as you’re able to specify the correct path. So the path for our file will be:
/Users/MacBookPro/Documents/sample.doc

The file looks like this:

Now we have the file path, we can go ahead and use it in our code, below is a sample PHP code that will perform a simple doc to HTML conversion, create an HTML file, and return, “operation completed successfully” when the conversion is done.

 <?php
 $ch = curl_init();
 $path = 'fl.html';
 $file_name_with_full_path = "/full/path/to_file/fileName.docx";

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,"https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=html");
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 2);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('X-ApplicationID: ','X-SecretKey: '));

if (function_exists('curl_file_create')) { // php 5.5+
 $cFile = curl_file_create($file_name_with_full_path);
 } else { //
 $cFile = '@' . realpath($file_name_with_full_path);
 }

$post = array(
 "optionsJson"=>"{}",
 "inputFile"=> $cFile
 );

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 $server_output = curl_exec($ch);

if($server_output === false)
 {
 echo 'Curl error occurred: ' . curl_error($ch);
 }
 else
 {
 echo 'Operation completed successfully';
 }

// save PDF buffer
 file_put_contents($path, $server_output);
 ?>

Make sure to replace the path with the valid path to your file, and update your Application ID and Secret Key (you can get those from your Doc Conversion API dashboard).

After executing this code, you should now have a converted HTML file on your local disk. Our output for this example looks like this:

You can, of course, customize the code sample enough to fit your needs. More code examples can be found on our documentation page, and specific conversion examples can be found on our blog.
If you need any further help, please contact us at [email protected].

At Doc Conversion API, we want to make all conversions and document operations as easy as possible, so we decided to save you the worry of having to have specific storage configuration, as you can use a local file, or any files stored on the cloud.

As we’ve explained how to use cloud storage files in previous blogs, this time we’re going to focus on using a local file in your conversion, so you can use your own files that are stored on your local computer.

Using the Web App to Convert Local Files

If you’re looking to use an intuitive interface for a quick conversion, without the need to write code or test connections etc, then this is the right method for you, it’s quick, easy, and requires no configuration.

1. Login to your Doc Conversion API dashboard and click on Files.
2. From the Files, window click on File Import.

3. Select the file you’d like to convert and click on choose.

4. This will upload the file to your dashboard and add it to the file list.
5. To convert the file, click on the PDF icon under the convert tab.

6. This will create a new PDF file and add it to your file list.

You can now download the converted PDF file or use the HTML viewer to view or embed this file in your web page.

If you need any further help, please contact us at [email protected].

Following our recent release of the word count feature, we are happy to announce that we have now released a Find and Replace feature, for word documents.

We at Doc Conversion API, are focused on our customers and their success, and we believe that our success is represented by our customers’ success. That is why we listen to our customers’ needs and requests, and we spend our working hours analyzing and developing ways to bring these requests to life, while still maintaining the ease of use and reliability of our tools.

Almost everybody who uses a computer knows to how search for words in a document; however, you would need a special software to read this documents almost 99.9% of the time.

On top of that, the process of opening every document, searching for the words, and replacing them, can be quite time consuming, and as with everything, the more documents you have, the harder it becomes to remain accurate and maintain the same levels of efficiency.

This is why we have taken it upon ourselves to build a highly reliable, flexible yet simple, REST API to find and replace words in your documents. With this new feature, you can now easily find and replace any amount of words with a single API call, saving you’re the time and effort, and providing you great accurate results that you can immediately integrate in your process, without having to worry if you had missed anything.

Using The REST API to Find and Replace Words (CURL)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all programming languages and frameworks; you can find a list of code examples here.

You can simply find and replace any words in your documents by making a POST request, using the below URL Along with your APP credentials (Application ID and Secret Key):

https://api.docconversionapi.com//utility/replace

To make the following curl request:

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.docconversionapi.com//utility/wordcount' \
  --header 'X-ApplicationID: <Your_Application_ID>' \
  --header 'X-SecretKey: <Your_Application_SecretKey>' \
  --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  --form inputFile= <INPUT FILE PATH> \
  --form optionsJSON= {"searchItems": "OLD_WORD", "replaceItems": "NEW_WORD", "matchCase": "true", "matchWholeWord": "true"}'

Where:

X-ApplicationID   is your application ID

X-SecretKey                 is your secret ky

OutPutFormat   is HTML

InputFile          is the file you would to like to convert

optionsJSON    is a JSON String containing the word you would like to search and the word you would like to replace it with.

Using The REST API to Find and Replace Words (PHP)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all main programming languages and frameworks; you can find a list of code examples here.

For this PHP example, we’re using a direct URL for our word document (the document we would like to use the find and replace feature for) for simplicity; you can also upload documents to the service or use your own linked storage files.

We’re going to be using this example:

https://www2.cdc.gov/cdcup/library/templates/CDC_UP_Test_Plan_Template.doc

We’re going to create a simple PHP page that reads the Doc file from a URL, and finds the word Test, and replaces it with new-test.

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This code will search for the word “Test”, and replace it with “new-test” in a newly created file.

If you have any questions or need any further help, please contact us at [email protected]

We at Doc Conversion API, continue to develop new features that will bring value to our customers and enhance their experience. That’s why we’re happy to announce that we have now released a new word count feature for word documents (.doc, .docx, etc).

The new word count feature has been highly requested by our customers, and we believe that it will make a big difference, as it is super simple, accessible and easy to use. Anyone can use it, even without any programming background.

Finding your word count is easy if you have a single document or two, but when you have a large number of documents to process and go through, it can be quite time consuming and it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain accuracy.

Instead of writing long pieces of code and wasting your time going through the iterations of testing and optimizing your code, we have now created an optimum solution for you; an easy to use, highly reliable, REST API that you can just call into with a few simple lines, to get your documents word count.

This feature will give you the exact number of words in your documents, and it supports Word documents only at the moment, so extensions like (.doc, .docx, etc) are all supported, with clear plans of expanding this feature in the future to cover more document formats.

Using the REST API to find your word count (CURL)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all programming languages and frameworks; you can find a list of code examples here.

You can simply find the word count for your documents by making a POST request, using the below URL Along with your APP credentials (Application ID and Secret Key):

https://api.docconversionapi.com//utility/wordcount

To make the following curl request:

curl --request POST \
 --url 'https://api.docconversionapi.com//utility/wordcount' \
 --header 'X-ApplicationID: <Your_Application_ID>' \
 --header 'X-SecretKey: <Your_Application_SecretKey>' \
 --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
 --form inputFile= <INPUT FILE PATH> \
 --form optionsJSON=

Where:

X-ApplicationID is your application ID

X-SecretKey                 is your secret ky

OutPutFormat   is HTML

InputFile          is the file you would to like to convert

optionsJSON    is a JSON String containing any additional options relevant to the request type.

Using the REST API to find your word count (PHP)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all main programming languages and frameworks; you can find a list of code examples here.

For this PHP example, we’re using a direct URL for our word document (the document we would like to find the word count for) for simplicity; you can also upload documents to the service or use your own linked storage files.

We’re going to be using this example (this document has 39 words):

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/neilb/TestWordDoc.doc

We’re going to create a simple PHP page that reads the Doc file from a URL, and finds the total number of words in this file:

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This code will execute the word count, and display the number of words (769) as an HTML page.

If you have any questions or need any further help, please contact us at [email protected]

With Doc Conversion API, you can convert easily between document formats, converting between Word DOC to HTML is a very important conversion for a number of reasons.

It will allow you to turn an existing Word document into an HTML page, this will eliminate the risk of losing or editing any document content. With this conversion, you no longer need to worry about downloading documents and having them in a single location, you can access them from any device (mobile phones, tablets, computers), on any platform, with no extra software.

While there are a number of ways to convert a Word DOC to an HTML page, there has not been a single perfect method to do this both easily and efficiently, and without compromising on formatting or fidelity. But that’s where Doc Conversion API comes for the rescue, as it provides a very simple, reliable REST API that you can call into and execute with simple code, and quickly convert your Word Documents into fully formatted HTML pages.

Using the REST API to convert Doc to HTML (CURL)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with all programming languages and frameworks, you can find a list of code examples here.

You can simply convert from DOCto HTML by making a POST request, using the below URL Along with your APP credentials (Application ID and Secret Key):

https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=html

To make the following curl request:

curl --request POST \
 --url 'https://api.docconversionapi.com/convert?outputFormat=html' \
 --header 'X-ApplicationID: <Your_Application_ID>' \
 --header 'X-SecretKey: <Your_Application_SecretKey>' \
 --header 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
 --form inputFile=undefined \
 --form optionsJSON=

Where:
X-ApplicationID is your DCA Application ID

X-SecretKey      is your DCA Secret key

OutPutFormat is HTML

InputFile         is the file you would to like to convert

optionsJSON is a JSON String containing any additional options relevant to the conversion type.

Using the REST API to convert Doc to HTML (PHP)

Doc Conversion API is compatible with most programming languages and frameworks, you can find a list of code examples here.

For this PHP example, we’re using a direct URL for our word document (the document we’re converting) for simplicity, you can also upload documents to the service.

We’re going to be using this example:

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/neilb/TestWordDoc.doc

We’re going to create a simple PHP page that reads the Doc file from a URL, and converts this file into an HTML page:

Download this page / View this page

This code will execute the conversion, and display the Word Doc content as an HTML page.

If you have any questions or need any further help, please contact us at [email protected]