Compressing PDF files can reduce file size and make sharing or storing documents easier.
The ConvertAPI Java client allows developers to integrate ConvertAPI’s conversion services into their Java applications easily.
It provides:
- Methods for authenticating the client.
- Set up conversion parameters.
- Initiating conversions.
- Creating conversion workflows.
- Handling the results of conversions.
First things first, let’s address installation. The ConvertAPI library is available as a JAR file that can be downloaded from our GitHub respository and placed into your project library directory.
If you are using Maven, you can add the following dependency to your pom.xml:
Once installed, the next step is to import the library and authenticate the user by adding an API key like this:
import com.convertapi.*;
Config.setDefaultSecret(“<YOUR SECRET HERE>”);
This will set the default secret for accessing the ConvertAPI service.
Make sure to replace <YOUR SECRET HERE> with your own ConvertAPI secret.
ConvertApi.convert(“pdf”, “compress”,
new Param(“File”, Paths.get(“/path/to/my_file.pdf”))
).get().saveFilesSync(Paths.get(“/path/to/result/dir”));
Then you call the `convert` method to initiate the conversation. This function takes three arguments:
“pdf”: This specifies that the input file is a PDF.
“compress”: This specifies that the PDF should be compressed.
With the “File” parameter, you input the file you want to convert using the Paths class. Then you can execute the saveFilesSync function, so the compressed file gets saved to the specified directory.
Here is a complete code
import com.convertapi.*;
Config.setDefaultSecret(“<YOUR SECRET HERE>”);
ConvertApi.convert(“pdf”, “compress”,
new Param(“File”, Paths.get(“/path/to/my_file.pdf”))
).get().saveFilesSync(Paths.get(“/path/to/result/dir”));
That’s all there is to it! With just a few lines of code, you can easily compress PDF files in Java using ConvertAPI.
With ConverAPI Compressor, you are the master of your PDF compression options. You can choose from many available algorithms and image quality settings to get exactly the desired results.
Not only that, but this endpoint also takes it one step further by allowing you to remove redundant objects such as fonts, bookmarks, annotations, and more! To top it all off, its greatest feature is its ability to optimize page content streams in the PDF file for faster web view capabilities while simultaneously linearizing compressed files and subsetting embedded fonts – giving zoomable clarity with minimized loading time like never before with API.