Build/Tools/PDF Compress
Utility1 credit / callPOST /api/v1/tools/pdf/compress

PDF Compress

Lossless PDF compression — typical 5–85% savings

Compress PDF files losslessly by deflating content streams (zlib level-9) and consolidating the cross-reference table. No visual quality loss. Typical savings range from 5% on already-optimised PDFs to 85% on PDFs with uncompressed content streams.

How it works

Accepts a multipart PDF upload, applies zlib deflate to every uncompressed content stream, consolidates the xref table, and returns the compressed PDF binary with savings headers.

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Parameters

filerequired
Source PDF file to compress· e.g. report.pdf

Example request

curl
curl -X POST https://aplicious.com/api/v1/tools/pdf/compress \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@report.pdf" \
  --output report-compressed.pdf

Example response

json
# Returns compressed PDF binary
# Response headers:
X-Saved-Bytes: 142000
X-Saved-Percent: 38
X-Page-Count: 10
X-Compression-Method: zlib-deflate-xref-consolidation
Content-Type: application/pdf
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