Test API With Postman.

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DynamicPDF API's endpoints are easily tested using Postman.

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Use The DynamicPDF API's Postman collection to test using the six endpoints provided by API. To make testing easier we provide a Postman Collection and Environment you can import.

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You can also test the API endpoints directly in Postman by referring to the DynamicPDF API's Public Postman collection.

Here we provide a tutorial on using the collection and environment.

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You have probably heard of Postman if you have developed or used APIs. Postman is an exceptional tool for testing APIs and ensuring everything is functioning correctly. With Postman, it's a breeze to send requests to APIs and receive responses in an easy to understand interface.

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Download Postman for free at their website (Download Postman).

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Refer to the Postman Learning Center for more complete documentation detailing how to use Postman.

In this tutorial we provide a Postman environment file and a collection

• DynamicPDFCloudAPI.postman_environment.json
• DynamicPDFCloudAPI.postman_collection.json

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Download the environment and collection files and install in Postman before continuing.

Environment

The DynamicPDFCloudAPI.postman_environment.json provides the variables used by your collection's Postman requests. Use environments to group related values together.

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Refer to Managing Environments for more information on environments.

The DynamicPDF API environment contains two variables, Authorization and API-URL. Replace the Authorization variable's value with your desired value from the DynamicPDF CloudAPI Portal's Apps and API Keys. Also ensure the value for API-URL is correct.

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Be certain to change the URL if using one of our endpoint zones.

Templates

DynamicPDF has six Postman templates corresponding to the six REST endpoints.

Template	Endpoint
image-info template	image-info
pdf-info template	pdf-info
pdf-text template	pdf-text
pdf-xmp template	pdf-xmp
dlex-layout template	dlex-layout
pdf template	pdf

image-info

The image-info endpoint is a POST request that takes an Authorization key and Content-Type in the request header. The POST's body is binary and so Postman provides a Select File button for you to select the image file from your local system.

pdf-info

The pdf-info endpoint is a POST request that takes an Authorization key and Content-Type in the request header. The POST's body is binary and so Postman provides a Select File button for you to select the PDF file from your local system.

dlex-layout

The dlex-layout endpoint is a POST request that takes an Authorization key and Content-Type in the request header. The POST's body is form-data with a LayoutData and DlexPath form fields. The LayoutData is a file from your local system and so Postman provides a Select File button for you to select the JSON file from your local system. The DlexPath is a text field that takes the relative path from your CloudAPI storage space.

pdf

The pdf endpoint is a POST request that takes an Authorization key and Content-Type in the request header. The POST's body is form-data with a Instructions and one or more Resource form fields. The Instructions is a file from your local system and so Postman provides a Select File button for you to select the JSON file from your local system. The Resource is also a file from your local system.

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Recall that the instructions.json specifies resources in your CloudAPI storage space.

Examples

• Open the DynamicPDF CloudAPI environment tab.
• Modify the value for the authorization key.

• Make the environment active by checking the activation link.

image-info Example

• Duplicate the image-info Template in Postman.
• Add the Get Image Information sample project from your cloud storage space.

• Copy the dynamicpdfLogo.png to your local filesystem.

• Use the Select File button to select the file path to dynamicpdfLogo.png.
• Click the Send button to call the endpoint and the endpoint returns the image's information.

• Duplicate the pdf-text template and select any PDF from your local file system.
• Send the request and it returns the PDF's text.

• Duplicate the pdf-xmp template.
• Add the Get XMP Metadata sample project to your cloud storage space and download fw4.pdf to your local file system.
• Submit the PDF to the endpoint and it return the PDF's XMP metadata.

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Be certain to use a PDF document with XMP metadata. Download fw4.pdf from the Get XMP Metadata sample project if you require a sample PDF.

dlex-layout Example

• Add the dlex-layout Endpoint sample to your cloud storage.

• Download SimpleReportWithCoverPage.json to your local file system.

• Duplicate the dlex-layout template in Postman.
• Add the downloaded JSON file as your LayoutData.
• Set the DlexPath field's value as the relative path in cloud storage to the DLEX file.
• Click Send and the endpoint generates and returns the PDF.

pdf Example

• Add the Merge PDFs sample project to your cloud storage.

• Download instructions.json, DocumentA.pdf, and DocumentB.pdf to your local file storage.
• Open instructions.json in a text editor.

The instructions document has processing information for creating the merged PDF. The input types are the three PDF documents to merge. The first two are local resources, and so are not provided a relative path. Instead, when we call the endpoint we pass the content of those two files in the request as binary. The third resource is on the cloud, and so it specifies the relative path in cloud storage to the PDF.

{
  "author": "Alex Smith",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "pdf",
      "resourceName": "DocumentA.pdf",
      "startPage": 1,
      "pageCount": 1
    },
    {
      "type": "pdf",
      "resourceName": "DocumentB.pdf"
    },
    {
      "type": "pdf",
      "resourceName": "samples/merge-pdfs-pdf-endpoint/DocumentC.pdf"
    }
  ]
}

• Add instructions.json to the Instructions form field.
• Create a new Resource form field of type file.
• Add DocumentA.pdf to the first Resource and DocumentB.pdf to the second.
• Send the request to the endpoint and it returns the merged PDF.

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