Export Form Data

POST https://api.pdfrest.com/exported-form-data

Export form data from PDFs containing AcroForms or XFA forms to a data file.

Required form-data body parameters:

• One of:
  • file - File to be uploaded and processed
  • id - Alphanumeric ID (UUID) of existing file on server to be processed

• data_format - Format of the exported data file. File formats vary by PDF form type:

  • For AcroForm based PDF forms: fdf, xfdf, or xml
  • For XFA based PDF forms: xdp, xfd, or xml

Optional form-data body parameters:

• output - File name of output file (without extension)

Request Body

[{"name"=>"file", "value"=>nil, "datatype"=>"null"}, {"name"=>"id", "value"=>"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "datatype"=>"string"}, {"name"=>"output", "value"=>"pdfrest_export-form-data-pdf", "datatype"=>"string"}, {"name"=>"data_format", "value"=>"xml", "datatype"=>"string"}]

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