BAbannerbear

Flatten PDF for print

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Flatten transparency and form fields, and embed fonts for print. Async — returns 202 with a pending job; poll GET /tool_jobs/{uid} until status is completed or failed.

post/tools/flatten_pdf

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.bannerbear.com/v5
  • Auth
    HTTP bearer

Request body

pdf_urlstring uri required

PDF URL

color'original' | 'cmyk'

Convert to CMYK if your printer asks for it

text'embed' | 'outline'

Outlines remove any font dependency but the text can no longer be selected

metadatastring

Arbitrary metadata string stored with the tool run

Response

Tool run accepted

uidstring
tool'flatten_pdf'
status'pending' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'failed'

pending → running → completed / failed

progressinteger

0-100 job progress, 100 once completed

inputsobject

Inputs the job was created with

metadatastring nullable

Arbitrary metadata string round-tripped from the create request

selfstring uri
created_atstring date-time
completed_atstring date-time nullable
error_messagestring nullable

Human-readable failure reason (only present on failed jobs)

Changes