pdfops-dev

PDFops provides a hosted PDF manipulation API designed for AI agents, no‑code platforms like n8n, and Python developers. It offers endpoints to fill AcroForm fields, merge PDFs, list form fields, generate invoices from JSON, and more, with deterministic, byte‑identical output. Free tier allows 100 requests per IP per month without a key, and paid plans start at $16/mo for higher limits. The service emphasizes low latency, global distribution, and easy integration across languages.

pdfops-dev publishes 1 API contract indexed on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, API, PDF, AI, and No-code.

The pdfops-dev catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

pdfops-dev’s developer surface includes CLI, authentication, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, getting-started guide, support, and 22 more developer resources.

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58.8/100 strong Agent 29/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 1 Agent Skills

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Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-31 · rubric v0.25.0

Composite quality — 58.8/100 · strong

Contract Quality 11.3 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 17

Access Clarity 10.2 / 17

Operational Transparency 3.5 / 11

Contract Governance 8.1 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.4 / 15

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 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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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
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)
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
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

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

Contract Quality scores 53.2 — up to +11.7 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 32.1 — up to +8.8 composite points
Access Clarity scores 60.0 — up to +8.0 composite points

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

PDFops API

Deterministic PDF manipulation API (fill, merge, inspect) as described in the OpenAPI spec.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

pdfops-dev MCP Server

Remote MCP server at pdfops.dev requiring an API key.

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 1

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

pdfops-dev-fill-pdf-form

AGENT SKILL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Pdfops Dev Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Pdfops Dev Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Pdfops Dev Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Pdfops Dev Context

6 classes · 25 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

pdfops-dev API Rules

15 rules · 11 errors 2 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Pdfops Dev Authentication

1 scheme

SECURITY

Pdfops Dev Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

WellKnown

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Conformance

Webhooks

DataModel

ErrorCatalog

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Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CLI

CLI

SDKs

SDKs

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: pdfops-dev
name: pdfops-dev
image: https://pdfops.dev/og/home.png
description: PDFops provides a hosted PDF manipulation API designed for AI agents, no‑code platforms like n8n, and Python
  developers. It offers endpoints to fill AcroForm fields, merge PDFs, list form fields, generate invoices from JSON, and
  more, with deterministic, byte‑identical output. Free tier allows 100 requests per IP per month without a key, and paid
  plans start at $16/mo for higher limits. The service emphasizes low latency, global distribution, and easy integration across
  languages.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/pdfops-dev/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-10-31 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-10-30'
modified: '2026-10-30'
tags:
- Company
- API
- PDF
- AI
- No-code
- Python
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/pdfops-dev-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/pdfops-dev-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/pdfops-dev-vocabulary.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/pdfops-dev-conformance.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pdfops-dev-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pdfops-dev-plans-pricing.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/pdfops-dev-webhooks.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/pdfops-dev-data-model.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/pdfops-dev-cli.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/pdfops-dev-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/pdfops-dev-problem-types.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/pdfops-dev-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/pdfops-dev-mcp.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/pdfops-dev-well-known.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/pdfops-dev-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/pdfops-dev-vendors.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/pdfops-dev-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/pdfops-dev-packages.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://pdfops.dev/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://pdfops.dev/privacy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/pdfops
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pdfops-dev-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://pdfops.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pdfops.dev/docs
- type: Pricing
  url: https://pdfops.dev/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://pdfops.dev/blog
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://pdfops.dev/playground
- type: Support
  url: https://pdfops.dev/contact
apis:
- name: PDFops API
  description: Deterministic PDF manipulation API (fill, merge, inspect) as described in the OpenAPI spec.
  humanURL: https://pdfops.dev/docs
  baseURL: https://pdfops.dev
  aid: pdfops-dev:pdfops-api
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-31'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 22
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=local,contract=local,surfaces=local,docs=local,regulatory=local

pdfops-dev API — frequently asked questions

Does pdfops-dev have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from pdfops-dev, including PDFops API.

How do I authenticate with the pdfops-dev API?

pdfops-dev uses bearer-token authentication (1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Pdfops Dev Authentication.

How much does the pdfops-dev API cost?

APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for pdfops-dev, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing Plans on this page.

Does pdfops-dev have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for pdfops-dev: Remote MCP server at pdfops.dev requiring an API key.

Is the pdfops-dev API ready for AI agents?

pdfops-dev has a Kin Score of 58.8 out of 100 (strong) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-10-31.

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