image-info

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Use the image-info endpoint to get metadata from an image.

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The image-info endpoint takes an HTTP POST form submission, where an image is sent as binary data.

POST https://api.dpdf.io/v1.0/image-info HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer DP.xxx-api-key-xxx

info

Refer to image-info in the Client Libraries section of the Users Guide for this endpoint using the DynamicPDF API's client libraries.

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Request/Response

Request	Request Data	Response
POST	image as byte array	JSON document containing metadata.

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Parameters

Parameters	Type	Description
Header
Authorization	Bearer DP.V9xxxx	The API key used to authenticate endpoint.	REQUIRED
Content-type	string	The content type of the image
Request Body
Body	byte array	The file data of a supported image type.	REQUIRED

Image Content Types

The image-info endpoint supports the following content types.

Application	MIME Type	File Extension
Bitmap	image/bmp	bmp
graphic interchange format	image/gif	gif
image file	image/ief	ief
JPEG image	image/jpeg	jpe
JPEG image	image/jpeg	jpeg
JPEG image	image/jpeg	jpg
JPEG file interchange format	image/pipeg	jfif
scalable vector graphic	image/svg+xml	svg
TIF image	image/tiff	tif
TIF image	image/tiff	tiff
RGB bitmap	image/x-rgb	rgb

Example Request

curl -X POST "https://api.dpdf.io/v1.0/image-info" 
-H  "accept:application/json" 
-H  "Authorization: Bearer DP.xxx-api-key-xxx" 
-H  "Content-Type: image/png" 
--data-binary "@c:/holding/getting-started/getting-started.png"

info

An image is sent to the endpoint as binary data. In this example request, the binary is coming from a file, but it could also come from a URL, a database, or other source.

Example Response

[
    {
        "pageNumber": 1,
        "width": 90,
        "height": 81,
        "horizondalDpi": 72.008995,
        "verticalDpi": 72.008995,
        "numberOfComponents": 4,
        "bitsPerComponent": 16,
        "colorSpace": "rgb"
    }
]

Multi-Page Tiffs

The image-info endpoint also supports multi-page tiffs.

Example Request

curl -X POST "https://api.dpdf.io/v1.0/image-info" 
-H  "accept:application/json" 
-H  "Authorization: Bearer DP.xxx-api-key-xxx" 
-H  "Content-Type: image/tiff" 
--data-binary "@c:/holding/getting-startedmultipage.tiff"

Example Response

[
    {
        "pageNumber": 1,
        "width": 816,
        "height": 1056,
        "horizondalDpi": 96,
        "verticalDpi": 96,
        "numberOfComponents": 3,
        "bitsPerComponent": 8,
        "colorSpace": "rgb"
    },
    {
        "pageNumber": 2,
        "width": 816,
        "height": 1056,
        "horizondalDpi": 96,
        "verticalDpi": 96,
        "numberOfComponents": 3,
        "bitsPerComponent": 8,
        "colorSpace": "rgb"
    },
    {
        "pageNumber": 3,
        "width": 816,
        "height": 1056,
        "horizondalDpi": 96,
        "verticalDpi": 96,
        "numberOfComponents": 3,
        "bitsPerComponent": 8,
        "colorSpace": "rgb"
    },
    {
        "pageNumber": 4,
        "width": 816,
        "height": 1056,
        "horizondalDpi": 96,
        "verticalDpi": 96,
        "numberOfComponents": 3,
        "bitsPerComponent": 8,
        "colorSpace": "rgb"
    }
]

Further Information

You can also use one of DynamicPDF's provided client libraries to integrate the endpoints into your client applications if you prefer. For more information, refer to the relevant Users Guide sections:

• DynamicPDF API's Endpoints - (cloud-api-overview), and
• DynamicPDF API's Client Libraries - (cloud-api-client-libraries).