Crocodoc

Crocodoc built an HTML5-based document viewing and annotation API that converted PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files into HTML5 for plugin-free, in-browser viewing, embedding, and markup. A 500 Startups / Y Combinator-lineage company, Crocodoc was acquired by Box in 2013, and its document-rendering technology became the foundation of the Box View API (later Box Content Preview / UI Elements). The standalone Crocodoc API was subsequently deprecated and the crocodoc.com domain is no longer active. This profile is retained as a historical/acquired-company record in the API Evangelist network; there is no live API surface to enrich.

Crocodoc is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Documents, Document Viewer, PDF, and Annotation.

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2.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →

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Company DocumentsDocument ViewerPDF Annotation Document Conversion HTML5 Acquired

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scored 2026-10-23 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 2.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 4.1 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.0 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 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 0 / 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

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
PDF and Document Standards (PDF tooling, document signing trust, invoice documents)	undeclared	-	-	1

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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.

HTML5

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

PDF

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

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Company 1

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: crocodoc
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:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/crocodoc.png
name: Crocodoc
description: Crocodoc built an HTML5-based document viewing and annotation API that converted PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
  files into HTML5 for plugin-free, in-browser viewing, embedding, and markup. A 500 Startups / Y Combinator-lineage company,
  Crocodoc was acquired by Box in 2013, and its document-rendering technology became the foundation of the Box View API (later
  Box Content Preview / UI Elements). The standalone Crocodoc API was subsequently deprecated and the crocodoc.com domain
  is no longer active. This profile is retained as a historical/acquired-company record in the API Evangelist network; there
  is no live API surface to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crocodoc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: box
x-acquired-year: '2013'
x-domain-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Documents
- Document Viewer
- PDF
- Annotation
- Document Conversion
- HTML5
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/box/
  name: Box
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: A 500 Startups / Y Combinator-lineage company, Crocodoc was acquired by Box in 2013, and its document-rendering
    technology became the foundation of the Box View API (later Box Content Preview / UI Elements).
- type: Website
  url: https://crocodoc.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence
x-lifecycle:
  state: deprecated
  reason: domain-does-not-resolve
  observed: '2026-09-27'
  detail: The company's own domain returned no A or AAAA record when probed. This is an observation about the domain, not
    a request from the company.
  indexed: true
  successor: box
  successor_in_catalog: true

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