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Develop your own integration with iLovePDF's REST API

1 mar. 2021
REST API

Looking to build your own solutions to convert, edit and organize PDF files? iLoveAPI offers a space for you to develop using iLovePDF's REST API to create your own PDF management applications with your favorite tools from iLovePDF. To help you integrate iLovePDF's REST API into your application, iLoveAP gives you access to:

Why use iLoveAPI?

Whether you are a small tech startup or a large enterprise, iLoveAPI offers an efficient, all-in-one solution to your document management needs.

Millions of users worldwide benefit from iLovePDF's tools to facilitate their digital document processes and speed up workflows. However, some businesses need to process documents on a very large scale.

Integrating iLovePDF's REST API into your own web page or application allows you to complete those processes in a fast, scalable manner, while having complete control of your security and authentication.

That's why even iLovePDF uses the iLovePDF REST API for processing the millions of files uploaded daily via ilovepdf.com and the iLovePDF mobile app.

Develop in PHP, Ruby, .Net or Node.js

iLoveAPI offers multiple API libraries allowing you to develop in different scripting languages. To guide you in your development, each library includes test-ready code examples which are available to download via Github. Check out the different libraries here:

Get the best quality and performance

To ensure the best developing experience, iLovePDF uses the latest PDF technology for processing files. Most tools are powered by award-winning PDF provider, PDF Tools AG to ensure top quality results in all your PDF file conversions.

iLovePDF's REST API also operates with 99.99% uptime. ⬆️ To put that into perspective, this means users might experience up to just 52.60 minutes of downtime per year! This guarantees a smooth web performance, allowing you to develop with speed and efficiency.

Communicate with Webhooks

After you have built your PDF editing solutions using iLovePDF's REST API, you can integrate Webhooks to push real-time data to your web application. This way you can make sure that everything is running smoothly for your users.

This reverse API function enables you to track all file uploads and downloads from local drives, URLs, or Cloud services, and fix any errors immediately.

How secure are my data transfers?

iLovePDF is certified under the international standard, ISO 27001. This means that a strong Security Management System is in place to ensure that your data is 100% safe ? when using any of iLovePDF's services. To protect your data, iLoveAPI uses:

  • HTTPS SSL Secure Connection (SHA256) for all your data transfers
  • JWT Authentication to protect your API projects
  • Client-side Domain filtering to block ads, spyware and data mining
  • Server-side IP filtering to protect your network traffic

What about image editing?

If you are also looking to build solutions to edit, optimize and convert images, you've come to the right place! iLoveAPI is not limited to PDF solutions but also offers a REST API for iLoveIMG, allowing you to easily create your own online image editing applications with tools from iLoveIMG.

About REST API

Never heard of a REST API? An API is an Application Programming Interface made up of a set of rules and mechanisms which allow applications to interact with one another. If you require specific data for your own app, you can send a request to an API, and it can return the data you need.

When you receive a response from an API, the way the data is presented is based on Representational State Transfer (REST). REST is an architectural style for writing an API.

A RESTful web service or system presents data in a suitable format that is convenient for the client. Data can be presented in a variety of formats, such as JSON, HTML or XML. For example, all iLovePDF's API responses are returned in JSON format.

There are loads of public REST APIs online that you can use to retrieve useful data for your own apps and services. Check out Web Concept's video for some great examples. With iLovePDF's REST API, you have all the information you need to develop your own PDF tools for your app.

Ready to start coding? Register as an iLovePDF REST API user to process your first 250 files for free every month.

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iLovePDF takes security very seriously. Remember that...
  • No matter which tool you are using, we use end-to-end encryption to ensure the highest protection against theft or interception of your documents.
  • Any document uploaded to our system is automatically deleted after 2 hours to prevent any unauthorized third-party access.
  • All our servers are secured under European legislation, one of the most restrictive in the world.