GoNitro Generations API
The Generations API from GoNitro — 1 operation(s) for generations.
The Generations API from GoNitro — 1 operation(s) for generations.
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Nitro PDF Services Public Authentication Generations API
description: 'REST API for Nitro PDF Services: convert, transform, extract, and generate PDF documents, plus async job status/result retrieval. Machine-to-machine OAuth 2.0 client-credentials; short-lived bearer tokens. Assembled by API Evangelist from Nitro''s published per-tool OpenAPI reference fragments; schemas preserved verbatim.'
version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.gonitro.dev
description: API server
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Generations
paths:
/generations:
post:
tags:
- Generations
summary: Fill Forms
description: 'Generate PDF document with filled form fields
This endpoint is polymorphic: the operation performed is selected by the request body. Documented tools on this endpoint: create-fillable-forms, fill-forms.'
parameters:
- name: Accept
in: header
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/AcceptHeader'
- name: Prefer
in: header
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PreferHeader'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
multipart/form-data:
schema:
type: object
properties:
method:
type: string
description: 'The Generations'' endpoint method: `fill-forms`'
default: fill-forms
enum:
- fill-forms
params:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FormFillParams'
file:
type: string
format: binary
description: The source PDF document when using inline field values via `params.fields`. Use this parameter when providing form field values directly instead of a data file.
files:
type: array
items:
type: string
format: binary
description: The source PDF and data file when using a data file. `files[0]` is the source PDF document (application/pdf). `files[1]` is the data file containing form field values (CSV, JSON, XFDF, or FDF format).
delivery:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DeliverySingleFileOut'
required:
- method
- params
responses:
'200':
description: 'Returns either JSON or binary output depending on the Accept header (defaults to JSON).
JSON responses include a file URL for synchronous tasks or a job status for asynchronous tasks.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
oneOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformOperationFileResult'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/AsyncJobResponse'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
type: string
format: binary
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'413':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ContentTooLarge'
'415':
$ref: '#/components/responses/UnsupportedMediaType'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
security:
- BearerAuth: []
operationId: generateDocument
x-nitro-tools:
- create-fillable-forms
- fill-forms
components:
schemas:
PlatformOperationFileResult:
type: object
title: Sync - Single File
properties:
file:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileInfo'
HTTPCall:
type: object
properties:
URL:
type: string
description: Your delivery endpoint URL
nullable: false
format: uri
verb:
type: string
description: The HTTP method
default: PUT
enum:
- GET
- POST
- PUT
- DELETE
- PATCH
headers:
type: array
nullable: true
description: Headers your file delivery endpoint might need (Optional)
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Header'
required:
- URL
- verb
Header:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
value:
type: string
required:
- name
- value
AcceptHeader:
type: string
enum:
- application/json
- application/octet-stream
- '*/*'
default: '*/*'
description: "Controls response format and behavior. See endpoint description above for detailed response combinations.\n- `application/json`: Returns JSON response with operation result\n- `application/octet-stream`: Returns binary file content \n- `*/*`: Defaults to JSON response"
FileInfo:
type: object
properties:
URL:
type: string
format: uri
description: URL with processed file for download. Field will be `null` if `delivery` parameter for post-processing upload is defined.
nullable: true
contentType:
type: string
description: The file type
example: application/json
metadata:
type: object
properties:
fileSizeBytes:
type: number
nullable: true
pageCount:
type: number
description: Number of pages in resulting document.
nullable: true
Callback:
type: object
description: POST endpoint that will get JOB ID and location when processing starts only on async processesing (see example above)
properties:
URL:
type: string
description: Your POST endpoint callback URL.
nullable: false
format: uri
headers:
type: array
description: Headers your callback endpoint might need
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Header'
required:
- URL
DeliverySingleFileOut:
type: object
properties:
uploadResultTo:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPCall'
callback:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Callback'
description: "This endpoint lets you supply your own URL to receive the single-file output. The URL may point to a custom API endpoint or a pre-signed S3 URL. \n\n The HTTP method defaults to PUT, but you can change it based on your implementation needs via the `verb` parameter. You can also provide custom headers, such as authentication headers or any others required by your endpoint."
FormFillParams:
title: Fill Forms
type: object
properties:
strict:
type: boolean
default: false
description: Controls validation behavior when filling form fields. When `true`, requests fail with 422 if the input contains unknown field names or omits required fields; when `false`, unrecognized fields are silently ignored and only matching fields are filled.
example: true
fields:
type: array
nullable: true
default: null
description: Inline field name/value pairs to fill, as an alternative to supplying the values in a CSV, JSON, XFDF, or FDF data file.
items:
type: object
properties:
field:
type: string
description: Name of the PDF form field to fill.
value:
description: Value to set for the field. May be a string, number, boolean, or null.
nullable: true
oneOf:
- type: string
- type: integer
- type: number
- type: boolean
required:
- field
- value
example:
- field: firstName
value: Jane
- field: lastName
value: Doe
PreferHeader:
type: string
enum:
- respond-async
description: 'Controls synchronous vs asynchronous operation. See endpoint description above for behavior details.
- `respond-async`: Makes request asynchronous, returns job status for polling
- No value: Synchronous response'
AsyncJobResponse:
type: object
title: Async - Job
properties:
jobID:
type: string
example: 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef
status:
type: string
enum:
- running
progress:
type: number
description: Progress of the job as a float between 0.0 and 1.0
format: float
default: 0
example: 0
securitySchemes:
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT