Announcing the Be My PDF Developer API
Merge, split, OCR, compress, and sign PDFs from any stack with a simple REST API. Free tier included.
Everything you can do in the Be My PDF UI is now available as a REST API — one endpoint per operation, sensible defaults, and a generous free tier.
What's in v1
- • POST /v1/merge — combine an ordered list of PDFs.
- • POST /v1/split — extract page ranges into separate files.
- • POST /v1/compress — quality presets from screen to prepress.
- • POST /v1/ocr — searchable-text overlay on scanned PDFs.
- • POST /v1/sign — add a signature with audit trail.
- • POST /v1/convert — PDF ↔ Word, Excel, image formats.
Design choices
Every endpoint accepts multipart/form-data, returns the processed file as the response body, and includes an X-Request-Id for support. No webhooks required for small jobs; async job endpoints for anything over 200 pages. Rate limits are generous on the free tier and disappear on paid plans.
Get started
Sign up, generate an API key, and curl your first PDF in under two minutes. Full docs at /api. See our workflow guide for automation ideas.
Frequently asked questions
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Free forever. No signup. 100% in-browser — your document never leaves your device.
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