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 The standalone Crocodoc API was subsequently deprecated and the crocodoc.com domain is no longer active.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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5.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

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CompanyDocumentsDocument ViewerPDFAnnotationDocument ConversionHTML5Acquired

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Composite quality — 5.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

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

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: crocodoc
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: '0.20'
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: Website
  url: https://crocodoc.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence