PDF Tools

Split PDF by Pages

Splits PDFs at specified page numbers. Useful for extracting sections, distributing documents, and batch processing.

# Uses

Use this task for splitting a PDF into multiple smaller PDFs at specified page numbers.

# Basic Usage

# Parameters Explained

# files

required

array

An array of PDF file objects to be split at specified page numbers.

# page_numbers

required

string

The page numbers after which the PDF file is split. In the case of 1,5,6-8, the result will be six PDF files, the first of which will contain page 1, the second of which will contain pages 2-5, the third of which will contain page 6, a set of single page PDFs of pages 7-8 and a final PDF with pages 9 till the end of the original PDF. The value all splits after every page.

# function

required

string

The pdf_tools function to call, in this case it would be split_pages

# Result

The newly created files are returned in files. The same files are returned in attachments, which adds them to the stub's attachments.

        {
  "split_pdf_by_pages": {
    "success": true,
    "payload": {
      "files": [
        {
          "fileuuid": "8142ce6c-f3cd-526c-a5d3-747799ed2b01",
          "filename": "report_1.pdf",
          "originalname": "report_1.pdf",
          "contentType": "application/pdf",
          "visibility": "private"
        },
        {
          "fileuuid": "8142ce6c-f3cd-526c-a5d3-747799ed2b02",
          "filename": "report_2.pdf",
          "originalname": "report_2.pdf",
          "contentType": "application/pdf",
          "visibility": "private"
        }
      ],
      "attachments": [...]
    }
  }
}