Process, convert, OCR, extract, redact, sign, and fill documents using the Nutrient DWS API. Works with PDFs, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, and images.
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Process documents with the Nutrient DWS Processor API. Convert formats, extract text and tables, OCR scanned documents, redact PII, add watermarks, digitally sign, and fill PDF forms.
Get a free API key at nutrient.io
export NUTRIENT_API_KEY="pdf_live_..."
All requests go to https://api.nutrient.io/build as multipart POST with an instructions JSON field.
# DOCX to PDF
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.docx=@document.docx" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.docx"}]}' \
-o output.pdf
# PDF to DOCX
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"output":{"type":"docx"}}' \
-o output.docx
# HTML to PDF
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "index.html=@index.html" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"html":"index.html"}]}' \
-o output.pdf
Supported inputs: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, DOC, XLS, PPT, PPS, PPSX, ODT, RTF, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC, GIF, WebP, SVG, TGA, EPS.
# Extract plain text
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"output":{"type":"text"}}' \
-o output.txt
# Extract tables as Excel
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"output":{"type":"xlsx"}}' \
-o tables.xlsx
# OCR to searchable PDF (supports 100+ languages)
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "scanned.pdf=@scanned.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"scanned.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"ocr","language":"english"}]}' \
-o searchable.pdf
Languages: Supports 100+ languages via ISO 639-2 codes (e.g., eng, deu, fra, spa, jpn, kor, chi_sim, chi_tra, ara, hin, rus). Full language names like english or german also work. See the complete OCR language table for all supported codes.
# Pattern-based (SSN, email)
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"redaction","strategy":"preset","strategyOptions":{"preset":"social-security-number"}},{"type":"redaction","strategy":"preset","strategyOptions":{"preset":"email-address"}}]}' \
-o redacted.pdf
# Regex-based
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"redaction","strategy":"regex","strategyOptions":{"regex":"\\b[A-Z]{2}\\d{6}\\b"}}]}' \
-o redacted.pdf
Presets: social-security-number, email-address, credit-card-number, international-phone-number, north-american-phone-number, date, time, url, ipv4, ipv6, mac-address, us-zip-code, vin.
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"watermark","text":"CONFIDENTIAL","fontSize":72,"opacity":0.3,"rotation":-45}]}' \
-o watermarked.pdf
# Self-signed CMS signature
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"sign","signatureType":"cms"}]}' \
-o signed.pdf
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "form.pdf=@form.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"form.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"fillForm","formFields":{"name":"Jane Smith","email":"jane@example.com","date":"2026-02-06"}}]}' \
-o filled.pdf
For native tool integration, use the MCP server instead of curl:
{
"mcpServers": {
"nutrient-dws": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@nutrient-sdk/dws-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"NUTRIENT_DWS_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"SANDBOX_PATH": "/path/to/working/directory"
}
}
}
}