Flatten PDF API

Flatten preexisting annotations in PDF files to prevent unauthorized edits with our PDF flattening API.

Prevent unauthorized changes

Flatten comments, highlights, form fields, and other annotations to make them non-editable and visually locked into a PDF.

Automate with Zapier

Automatically flatten annotations in new PDF files uploaded to Google Drive using our Zapier integration. Just drop a file into a folder. Nutrient handles the rest, with no manual editing required.

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Try it out

This example will flatten all the annotations in your supplied document into the PDF. This ensures they're no longer editable.


Try it out in three steps

  1. Add an annotated PDF named document.pdf to your project folder.
  2. Run the code from the same folder.
  3. Open result.pdf to see the output.
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \
-o result.pdf \
--fail \
-F document=@document.pdf \
-F instructions='{
"parts": [
{
"file": "document"
}
],
"actions": [
{
"type": "flatten"
}
]
}'

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No document storage

No input or resulting documents are stored on our infrastructure. All files are deleted as soon as a request finishes. Alternatively, check out our self-hosted product.

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