API2Convert documentation

A REST API to convert, compress, capture and process files at scale. Create a job, add inputs and conversions, and download the result — or stream it straight to your cloud storage.

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Base URL https://api.api2convert.com · Schema /v2/schema

Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs from your first conversion to webhooks and cloud delivery.

API Reference

Every endpoint, interactive — send real requests right from the browser with “Try it”.

Formats Explorer

Search 500+ targets and every per-conversion option across all categories and tools.

Downloads

OpenAPI spec, official SDKs and an AI agent skill.

Convert a file in one request

Authenticate with your API key, then create a job that converts a remote JPG to PNG and starts immediately:

curl -X POST "https://api.api2convert.com/v2/jobs" \
  -H "x-oc-api-key: <your-api-key>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": [
        {
            "type": "remote",
            "source": "https://example-files.online-convert.com/raster%20image/jpg/example.jpg"
        }
    ],
    "conversion": [
        {
            "category": "image",
            "target": "png"
        }
    ],
    "process": true
}'

Poll GET /v2/jobs/{job_id} until status is completed, then read the download URL from output[].uri. Full walkthrough in the Quickstart.

All guides

Getting started

Quickstart Convert your first file in five minutes.
Authentication & API keys Authenticate requests with your API key or a job token.
Security & data protection Keep your API key safe, secure your integration, and how api2convert protects your data.
Jobs & lifecycle How jobs, conversions, inputs and outputs fit together.

Importing files

Importing files Remote URLs, direct uploads, base64 and cloud inputs.
Download engines Control how a remote URL is fetched: file, video, website, screenshot, zip.

Processing

Convert files Convert between 500+ formats; discover per-format options.
PDF operations PDF/A, booklets, rotate, split, protect, page layout and OCR.
Image operations Resize, crop and rotate images.
Video operations Cut, extract frames, slideshow, merge streams and edit video.
Audio operations Adjust volume, normalize, trim and edit audio.
Create archives Create and extract password-protected archives.
File analysis Read and edit metadata, and analyze image content.
Extract assets Pull assets and media streams out of files.
Compare files Diff two images, PDFs or videos.
Compress files Reduce file size by quality or target size.
Add watermark Overlay a graphic on PDF pages, or an image/logo onto video.
Capture website Turn a URL into an image, PDF or HTML.
Create thumbnails Generate thumbnails from images, PDFs and video.
Create hashes Generate MD5, SHA and other digests.

Delivering output

Output & cloud storage Download URLs and S3/GCS/Azure/FTP/Drive/YouTube export.
Webhooks & callbacks Get notified when a job finishes.

Accounts & limits

Errors & warnings Status codes, error and warning payloads.
Rate limits & contracts Quotas, concurrency and contract limits.
Statistics Query your API usage by day, month or year.
Presets Reusable conversion templates.

Resources

SDKs & libraries Official SDKs for PHP, Python, Node.js, Java, .NET, Go, Ruby and Rust.
Service status Check live API uptime and incident history, and subscribe to status updates.