Compress & Optimize

Add this step to your Zapier Workflow to compress & optimize your PDF files. This will reduce the file size of your PDF whilst maintaining the quality.

Input

Name	Description	Required
Source PDF URL	Provide the URL to the source PDF document, or a filetoken:// link from PDF.co Built-In Files Storage. If you use another cloud service such as Google Drive or Dropbox ensure the link is publicly accessible.	Yes
Output File Name	The output file name. If left blank then the name preview-compressed.pdf will be used.	No
Custom Profiles	A JSON string which adds options for the conversion process. See Custom Profiles for more.	No

Source PDF URL & Google

When using Google Drive, it’s typically recommended to choose the File option. For more advanced file integration techniques, see Integrating File Sources with pdf.co.

Output

Name	Description
url	The temporary URL on the PDF.co file server.
outputLinkValidTill	A timestamp which indicates how long the url will be available for.
error	Details of any errors (if any).
status	The response status code. If all good this will be 200.
name	The name of the file.
jobId	The unique identifier for the job.
credits	The credits spent on the process.
remainingCredits	The credits left on your account.
duration	The time it took for the process.

Custom profiles

Use Custom Profiles to enhance your workflow with additional processing options. Enter JSON configuration to customize OCR settings, output format, text extraction methods, and more.

Sample JSON

{ "ImageOptimizationFormat": "JPEG", "JPEGQuality": 25, "ResampleImages": true, "ResamplingResolution": 120, "GrayscaleImages": true }

You can use any regular API parameter from the API Reference within Zapier using the std_params feature in profiles. The std_params enables the definition of regular API parameters in a JSON format, See Standard Parameters for detailed documentation and examples.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
outputDataFormat	string	-	If you require your output as base64 format, set this to base64
JPEGQuality	integer	25	Controls JPEG compression quality from 1 (worst quality, smallest size) to 100 (best quality, largest size).
ImageOptimizationFormat	string	-	The image optimization format. e.g. "JPEG" / "Fax" / "Flate"
JPEGQuality	integer	-	Quality setting for "JPEG" format. e.g. 0 - 100
ResampleImages	boolean	-	Whether to resample the images or not. e.g. true / false
ResamplingResolution	integer	-	The DPI (Dots-Per-Inch) setting for the document resampling. e.g. 72 / 96 / 120 / 150 / 200
GrayscaleImages	boolean	-	Whether or not to remove color from images. e.g. false / true