Getting started with the Pdftools SDK
Get up and running with the Pdftools SDK, the Toolbox add-on, and the Pdftools SDK Shell Tool.
Find an integration guide in your language or framework by clicking one of the following cards:
🗃️ Pdftools SDK
Learn how to integrate advanced PDF functionalities into in-house applications.
🗃️ Toolbox add-on
Learn how to implement a library that empowers your developers with low-level access to the content of PDF files.
📄️ Pdftools SDK Shell Tool
Use the Pdftools SDK from the command line.
Functionality
The following sections Pdftools SDK and Toolbox add-on provide an overview of the available features of the SDK.
Pdftools SDK
Integrate a comprehensive development library with advanced PDF functionalities into in-house applications.
- Archive PDFs to PDF/A
- Compress and optimize PDFs
- Convert images to PDFs
- Convert PDFs to images
- Merge and split PDFs
- Sign and certify PDFs
- Secure and encrypt PDFs
- Validate PDFs
Toolbox add-on
An add-on to the Pdftools SDK that provides low-level access to the content of PDF files.
- Add and fill form fields
- Edit
- Extract information
- Generate PDFs
- Layout for printing
- Manage annotations
- Manage metadata
- Redact
Use both the Pdftools SDK and the Toolbox add-on with the Pdftools SDK Shell Tool.
Trial license
The Pdftools SDK and Pdftools SDK Shell Tool don't require a trial license key, but the Toolbox add-on requires it. You can use the same license key for Pdftools SDK, Pdftools Shell Tool, and the Toolbox add-on.
| SDK | To try the SDK | Output files | Get a license key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pdftools SDK | No trial license key is needed. | Watermarked results without a license key. | To remove the watermark from the output files, contact the sales team through the Contact page. |
| Pdftools SDK Shell Tool | |||
| Toolbox add-on | Obtain a license key to try the SDK. | Obtain a license key to use the SDK. | To try the SDK, contact sales team through the Contact page. |