Document Processing

Robots

At Transloadit, we call our features Robots because you can make them work together to create encoding pipelines unique to your use case.

• /document/convert

  converts documents into different formats

• /document/thumbs

  generates an image for each page in a PDF file or an animated gif file that loops through all pages

• /html/convert

  takes screenshots of web pages or uploaded HTML pages

Live demos

See our features in action through live demos and code samples, right here on our website:

• Convert all pages of a document into an animated GIF
• Convert all pages of a document into separate images
• Convert document files to PDF format
• Convert the first page of a document into an image
• Convert the format of your subtitle from srt to vtt
• Overlay videos with dynamic artwork, generated with HTML & JS
• Take a screenshot of a website (by uploading an HTML file)
• Take a screenshot of a website automatically (by using a URL)
• Take a scrolling screenshot of a website automatically (by using a URL)

Blog posts

We wrote the following posts about Document Processing on our blog:

• Convert Markdown to HTML (and PDF) April 19, 2021
• Re-loadit: the /document/convert Robot November 16, 2019
• Publishing without boundaries: Supporting the vision of Cambridge University Press January 16, 2018
• New Parameters for the /html/convert Robot April 29, 2013
• Adding `density` parameter to our /document/thumbs Robot April 17, 2013
• Convert PDF Files Into Animated Gifs - Animation Delays Now Supported December 12, 2012
• Make Document Thumbnails With Transloadit November 1, 2012
• Two New Robots and More Features March 30, 2012