Apache PDFBox

Apache PDFBox is an open-source Java library for working with PDF documents. It allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents, and the ability to extract content from documents with support for digital signatures.

Apache PDFBox is listed with 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Documents API, Forms API, Operations API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Document Processing, Java, PDF, Text Extraction, and Apache.

The Apache PDFBox catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Apache PDFBox’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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20.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware Heartbeat 38/100 slowing Full breakdown ↓
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5 APIs 7 Features 5 Use Cases

Document Processing Java PDF Text Extraction Apache Open Source

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 20.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 3.6 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 1.8 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.1 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 4.7 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 19.0 — up to +20.3 composite points
Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 11.9 — up to +17.6 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
RPA and Document AI (RPA marketplaces, intelligent document processing)	undeclared	-	-	-
PDF and Document Standards (PDF tooling, document signing trust, invoice documents)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

PDF

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache PDFBox Documents Signatures API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache PDFBox API pricing

Not yet checked against Apache PDFBox's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Apache PDFBox's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Pdfbox Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Pdfbox Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Apache PDFBox

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Pdfbox Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

PDF Text Extraction

Extract plain text and structured content from PDF documents

PDF Creation

Create new PDF documents programmatically with Java API

PDF Manipulation

Merge, split, rotate, and resize pages in existing PDFs

Digital Signatures

Apply and verify digital signatures for document authenticity

Form Filling

Read and fill interactive PDF forms (AcroForms)

PDF/A Validation

Validate and create PDF/A documents for archiving

Font Handling

Embed and extract fonts, handle Type 1, TrueType, and OpenType

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Pdfbox Context

11 classes · 32 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache PDFBox — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Apache PDFBox API Rules

12 rules · 5 errors 4 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 11

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

CreateDocumentRequest

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DocumentInfo

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DocumentMetadata

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Apache Pdfbox Agentic Access

8 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Invoice Processing

Extract data from PDF invoices for automated processing

Document Generation

Generate PDF reports, contracts, and certificates programmatically

Legal Document Management

Digitally sign and verify legal documents

Form Data Collection

Fill PDF forms and extract submitted data

Archive Management

Convert documents to PDF/A for long-term archiving

Integrations 4

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Apache Tika

Content detection and text extraction integration

Spring Boot

Spring Boot starter for PDF processing in web applications

Maven Central

Available as org.apache.pdfbox on Maven Central

iText/OpenPDF

Complementary PDF library for advanced PDF generation

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-pdfbox
name: Apache PDFBox
description: Apache PDFBox is an open-source Java library for working with PDF documents. It allows creation of new PDF documents,
  manipulation of existing documents, and the ability to extract content from documents with support for digital signatures.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-pdfbox.png
tags:
- Document Processing
- Java
- PDF
- Text Extraction
- Apache
- Open Source
tags_raw:
- Document Processing
- Java
- PDF
- Text Extraction
- Apache
- Open Source
- Open-Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-pdfbox/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-pdfbox:apache-pdfbox-documents-api
  name: Apache PDFBox Documents API
  description: The Documents API from Apache PDFBox — 3 operation(s) for documents.
  humanURL: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
  tags:
  - Documents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-pdfbox-documents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
- aid: apache-pdfbox:apache-pdfbox-forms-api
  name: Apache PDFBox Forms API
  description: The Forms API from Apache PDFBox — 1 operation(s) for forms.
  humanURL: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
  tags:
  - Forms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-pdfbox-forms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
- aid: apache-pdfbox:apache-pdfbox-operations-api
  name: Apache PDFBox Operations API
  description: The Operations API from Apache PDFBox — 2 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-pdfbox-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
- aid: apache-pdfbox:apache-pdfbox-pages-api
  name: Apache PDFBox Pages API
  description: The Pages API from Apache PDFBox — 1 operation(s) for pages.
  humanURL: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
  tags:
  - Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-pdfbox-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
- aid: apache-pdfbox:apache-pdfbox-signatures-api
  name: Apache PDFBox Signatures API
  description: The Signatures API from Apache PDFBox — 1 operation(s) for signatures.
  humanURL: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
  tags:
  - Signatures
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-pdfbox-signatures-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/2.0/getting-started.html
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apache-pdfbox-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apache-pdfbox-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apache-pdfbox-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-pdfbox-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-pdfbox-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-pdfbox-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/pdfbox
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-pdfbox-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-pdfbox-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/apache-pdfbox-context.jsonld
- type: Blog
  url: https://pdfbox.apache.org/blog/
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: PDF Text Extraction
    description: Extract plain text and structured content from PDF documents
  - name: PDF Creation
    description: Create new PDF documents programmatically with Java API
  - name: PDF Manipulation
    description: Merge, split, rotate, and resize pages in existing PDFs
  - name: Digital Signatures
    description: Apply and verify digital signatures for document authenticity
  - name: Form Filling
    description: Read and fill interactive PDF forms (AcroForms)
  - name: PDF/A Validation
    description: Validate and create PDF/A documents for archiving
  - name: Font Handling
    description: Embed and extract fonts, handle Type 1, TrueType, and OpenType
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Invoice Processing
    description: Extract data from PDF invoices for automated processing
  - name: Document Generation
    description: Generate PDF reports, contracts, and certificates programmatically
  - name: Legal Document Management
    description: Digitally sign and verify legal documents
  - name: Form Data Collection
    description: Fill PDF forms and extract submitted data
  - name: Archive Management
    description: Convert documents to PDF/A for long-term archiving
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache Tika
    description: Content detection and text extraction integration
  - name: Spring Boot
    description: Spring Boot starter for PDF processing in web applications
  - name: Maven Central
    description: Available as org.apache.pdfbox on Maven Central
  - name: iText/OpenPDF
    description: Complementary PDF library for advanced PDF generation

Apache PDFBox API — frequently asked questions

Does Apache PDFBox have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Apache PDFBox, including Apache PDFBox Documents API, Apache PDFBox Forms API and Apache PDFBox Operations API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apache PDFBox API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for Apache PDFBox, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Apache PDFBox API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Apache PDFBox, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Apache PDFBox API ready for AI agents?

Apache PDFBox has a Kin Score of 20.5 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 17.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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