How to Fill out PDF Form 1040 with PDF.co using Postman

Step 1: Go to Collections Tab and Click on PDF.co API v.1 Folder

First of all, go to Collections Tab and choose the API v.1 folder.

Step 2: Click on PDF Info Reader Folder

Secondly, choose the PDF Info Reader folder to proceed.

Step 3: Click on Get/pdf/info

The next step would be clicking on get/pdf/info.

Step 4: Enter the Form’s Link on URL Key’s Value

It’s time to enter the link of the form on URL Key’s value.

Step 5: Click on the Send Button

To send the information, just click this button.

Step 6: Scroll Down and Make Sure that the Status is 200 OK

At this step, just make sure everything worked well by checking that the status is OK.

Step 7: See All the List Fields in the Body

Now, you can see all the list fields in the body.

Now that we have a list of all of the IRS Form 1040’s fields, we are ready to fill out the form.

Step 8: Click on the PDF Text Tools Folder

Go back to PDF.co API v.1 folder and click on the PDF Text Tools folder

Step 9: Click Post /pdf/edit/add Endpoint

Click on Add Text, Images, and Fields to PDF folder and click Post /pdf/edit/add endpoint

Step 10: Click on Body and Select Raw

Now, select Body and click on Raw.

Step 11: Copy and Paste This Code in the Field Box

To proceed, just copy-paste the following code into the field box.

{
"async": false,
"encrypt": false,
"name": "f1040-filled",
"url": "https://bytescout-com.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-form/f1040.pdf",
"fields": [
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].FilingStatus[0].c1_01[1]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "True"
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_02[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "John A."
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].f1_03[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "Doe"
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].YourSocial_ReadOrderControl[0].f1_04[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "123456789"
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].YourSocial_ReadOrderControl[0].f1_05[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "Joan B."
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].YourSocial_ReadOrderControl[0].f1_05[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "Joan B."
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].YourSocial_ReadOrderControl[0].f1_06[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "Doe"
},
{
"fieldName": "topmostSubform[0].Page1[0].YourSocial_ReadOrderControl[0].f1_07[0]",
"pages": "1",
"text": "987654321"
}     

],
“annotations”:[
{
“text”:”Sample Filled with PDF.co API using /pdf/edit/add. Get fields from forms using /pdf/info/fields”,
“x”: 10,
“y”: 10,
“size”: 12,
“pages”: “0-“,
“color”: “FFCCCC”,
“link”: “https://pdf.co”
}
],
“images”: [
]
}

Step 12: Click on the Send Button

To run the whole process, just click on this button.

Step 13: Scroll Down and Make Sure that the Status is 200 OK

Check how the job worked by scrolling down to see the Status 200.

Step 14: Copy the Resulting URL and Paste in the Browser’s Address Bar

To check out the result, just paste the final URL into your browser.

The filled-out form should look like this.