---
title: "Convert PDF to PDF/A"
method: POST
path: "/job/add/pdfstudio___pdf_to_pdfa"
tags: ["Document AI — PDF"]
---

# Convert PDF to PDF/A

`POST /job/add/pdfstudio___pdf_to_pdfa`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest`
- URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/job/add/pdfstudio___pdf_to_pdfa`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Convert a PDF to PDF/A for long-term archival compliance. Pipeline: pdfstudio___pdf_to_pdfa. Use processing_lane for Start-SLA (no_sla|sla_24h|sla_12h|sla_6h|sla_1h|instant).

## Response `200`

Success

- object: PDF to PDF/A archive conversion
  - `status` 'success' | 'error', required: HTTP-Level Status
  - `job_id` string, required
  - `message` string: Human-readable status message
  - `pipeline` string: Name of the executed pipeline
  - `operation` string: Executed operation
  - `processing_time` string: Total processing time including queue (format: 123.45ms)
  - `result` object, required: The actual processing result
    - `status` 'completed' | 'failed' | 'timeout': Job-Level Status
    - `message` string: Pipeline-specific status message
    - `duration_ms` string: Pure pipeline processing time in ms
    - `output_files` object: Generated files as download URLs, indexed by page number (00001, 00002, ...)

## Other responses

- `202`: Accepted — job continues in the background
- `4XX`: Error
- `5XX`: Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/paperoffice/apis/paperoffice-ai-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/paperoffice/apis/paperoffice-ai-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/paperoffice/apis/paperoffice-ai-api/revisions/c6a6228a4509?raw)