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Important Notice: Are You Seeing Unknown Credit Card Charges?

If you are seeing credit card charges labeled as PDFA.co, or PDFB.co, or PDF3.co, or anything similar, know that these charges are NOT from PDF.co. If unknown charges following this format (PDF + a letter or number .co) appear in your statement, please contact your bank immediately.

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Introducing PDF.co MCP Server: Easy Integration with AI-Powered Tools

We’re excited to announce the release of the PDF.co MCP Server, a new bridge between the PDF.co API platform and the next generation of AI-powered development environments.

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PDF: Past, Present, and Future

PDF is one of the most ubiquitous formats in use today. However much of a technophobe someone might be, they’ll probably understand that if you say “I’ll send you a PDF”, they’ll be getting an electronic document that they can view and print out.

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New PDF.co Integration with n8n: Unlock Smarter Document Automation

We’re excited to share some big news — PDF.co now integrates directly with n8n, giving developers, technical teams, and automation builders a whole new way to handle documents and PDFs inside their workflows.

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Introducing Our New Advanced PDF Compression Endpoint

We’re excited to announce a brand-new PDF compression API endpoint that delivers even smaller file sizes and better performance!

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New Feature: Smart Credit Refill — Never Run Out of PDF.co Credits Again

Our team is excited to announce a powerful new feature designed to keep your workflows running smoothly: Smart Credit Refill.

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PDF.co Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance

We are proud to announce that PDF.co, under Artifex Software, has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance, reinforcing our shared commitment to data security, privacy, and regulatory excellence.

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IP ranges used by PDF.co API

The IPs in use by PDF.co Web API at any given time are highly dynamic, meaning that the published ranges may cover other IP addresses not currently in use by PDF.co Web API. This means that it is often not desirable to open up your firewall to the whole of the AWS region for security reasons. If you wanted to do this regardless you can find the published IP ranges from AWS here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-ip-ranges.html

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PDF.co Key Updates in October 2022

PDF.co Key Updates in October 2022. PDF.co team has been working hard to bring up new updates and new features to PDF.co API Platform.

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Our Gratitude and some Exciting News: Artifex Software and ByteScout Join Forces

First and foremost, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you. Your trust as our valued customer has been critical to our growth and success. Today, we have exciting news to share regarding the future of ByteScout. We are certain that the changes described here will enhance our service while maintaining the high standards you have come to expect.

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Boosting Productivity: The Dynamic Duo of PDF.co and ChatGPT

PDF.co now works with ChatGPT thanks to the new Zapier ChatGPT plugin. This brings many exciting possibilities for users. They can now easily perform actions and searches using Zapier’s huge collection of over 5,000 apps directly within ChatGPT. With this integration, users can search through emails, create replies based on the content, and do many other tasks. The plugin is rolling out to ChatGPT Plus users in the U.S. and Canada.

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PDF.co Platform Updates in February 2023

We are thrilled to share the updates to the PDF.co API platform that we know you’re going to love! Our team has been working hard behind the scenes to make your PDF-related tasks easier, faster, and more secure.

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API Update in July: Improvements & Fixes

PDF.co fights against COVID-19 and offers FREE data extraction tools providing accurate document processing. You are eligible to apply if you are a developer (or a team of developers) working on coronavirus prevention, analysis, treatment, research projects in hospitals, and non-profits. Don’t hesitate to contact us at any time.

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PDF.co API Platform Updates in March 2021

PDF.co fights against COVID-19 by offering our tools for rapid data extraction and document processing for free to any developers working on coronavirus prevention, analysis, treatment, research projects in hospitals, and non-profits. If you know someone working on these projects, please ask them to contact us.

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New PDF.co PDF Edit Add Helper Tool Facilitates PDF Form Filling and Template-Based Document Generation

We are excited to announce the launch of our latest visual tool – the PDF Edit Add Helper. It is designed to help PDF.co users quickly create configurations for filling out PDF forms, creating PDF templates, and re-using them with PDF.co for automatic PDF filling and PDF template-based document generation.

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Differences between PDF and PDF/A formats

Encryption software is counterproductive for archiving documents because without the encryption key or algorithms or password the archived document cannot be viewed. The encryption might also be subjected to future alterations which will affect access to the document. PDF/A also requires the use of standards-based metadata.

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PDF.co Released Updates & New Features

We’re happy to announce that PDF.co Request Tester is now available! The new tool gets the data from documents using a data extraction template. With this API method, you may extract data from custom areas, by search, form fields, tables, multiple pages, and more!

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Latest Update about PDF.co Web API

PDF.co is currently putting a lot of effort to fight against COVID-19! We offer FREE licenses for developers and organizations who work on coronavirus analysis, treatment, prevention and research projects in non-profits and medical institutions. These are tools for automated data extraction and swift document processing. If you know someone working on these projects, please ask them to not hesitate to CONTACT US.

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Introducing PDF.co's New AI-Powered Invoice Parser

Time-consuming, tedious tasks like invoice processing take valuable resources away from far more important activities. That's why we're excited to introduce PDF.co's new AI-powered Invoice Parser, designed to revolutionize how you handle invoices!

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PDF.co Announces Enhanced Pay-as-you-go Features and User-Controlled Data Encryption for All Plans

PDF.co team is thrilled to announce a significant update to PDF.co, making our platform more accessible and convenient for users across all plans. This update allows users to enjoy a true pay-as-you-go experience, with no subscription required for storing multiple templates or using user-controlled data encryption.

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10 Ways PDF Automation Can Improve Document Security

Ensuring strong document security is important with the continuous advancements in PDF automation, organizations now have access to a wide range of powerful techniques and tools that can significantly enhance document security and protect sensitive information from potential threats such as unauthorized access, tampering, or data breaches. PDF automation empowers organizations to implement security measures that go beyond traditional methods. It enables the smooth integration of various security features and processes into document workflows, providing a comprehensive and cohesive approach to safeguarding sensitive information.

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