Get number of pages in a PDF

POST https://api.pdfrest.com/pdf-info

This request demonstrates how to get the number of pages a PDF contains to drive conditional processing.

Edit the queries form-data field to specify the metadata you wish to retrieve from your input document. Select one or more values from the following:

• tagged - Checks for presence of structure tags in the input document. Returns true or false
• imageonly_ - Checks if the document is 'image only' meaning that it will only feature a series of embedded graphical image files, one per page and does not have any text or other features common to PDF documents, except for some metadata. Returns true or false
• title - The title of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have a title
• subject - The subject of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have a subject
• author - The author of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have an author
• producer - The producer of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have a producer
• creator - The creator of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have a creator
• creationdate_ - The creation date of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have a creation date
• modifieddate_ - The most recent modification date of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have a modification date
• keywords - The keywords of the PDF as listed in the metadata. Returns a string which may be empty if the document does not have keywords
• doclanguage_ - The language that the file claims to be written in. Returns a string
• pagecount_ - The number of pages in the PDF document. Returns an integer
• containsannotations_ - Checks whether the document contains annotations, such as notes, highlighted text, file attachments, crossed out text, and text callout boxes. Returns true or false
• containssignature_ - Checks if the document contains any digital signatures. Returns true or false
• pdfversion_ - Retrieves the version of the PDF standard that the document was created with. Returns a string of the form X.Y.Z where X, Y, and Z are the major, minor, and extension versions respectively
• filesize_ - Retrieves the size of the input file in bytes. Returns an integer
• filename - The name of the input file. Returns a string
• restrictpermissionsset - Checks whether the document has restrict permissions set to prevent printing, copying, signing etc. Returns true or false
• containsxfa_ - Checks whether the document contains XFA forms. Returns true or false
• containsacroforms_ - Checks whether the document contains Acroforms. Returns true or false
• containsjavascript_ - Checks whether the document contains javascript. Returns true or false
• containstransparency_ - Checks whether the document contains transparent objects. Returns true or false
• containsembeddedfile - Checks whether the document contains one or more embedded files. Returns true or false
• usesembeddedfonts - Checks whether the document contains fully embedded fonts. Returns true or false
• usesnonembeddedfonts - Checks whether the document contains non-embedded fonts. Returns true or false
• pdfa - Checks whether the document claims and conforms to a PDF/A standard. Returns true or false
• requirespasswordtoopen_ - Checks whether the document requires a password to open. Returns true or false.
  • NOTE: A document requiring a password cannot be opened by this route and will not be able to return much other information

Request Body

[{"name"=>"file", "value"=>nil, "datatype"=>"null"}, {"name"=>"id", "value"=>"", "datatype"=>"null"}, {"name"=>"queries", "value"=>"page_count", "datatype"=>"string"}]

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