Split a PDF
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"source": {},
"ranges": [
{}
],
"output": "<string>",
"metadata": {}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split"
payload = {
"source": {},
"ranges": [{}],
"output": "<string>",
"metadata": {}
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({source: {}, ranges: [{}], output: '<string>', metadata: {}})
};
fetch('https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'source' => [
],
'ranges' => [
[
]
],
'output' => '<string>',
'metadata' => [
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"source\": {},\n \"ranges\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"output\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"source\": {},\n \"ranges\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"output\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"source\": {},\n \"ranges\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"output\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyEdit
Split a PDF
Split a PDF into individual pages or page ranges.
POST
/
v1
/
pdfs
/
split
Split a PDF
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"source": {},
"ranges": [
{}
],
"output": "<string>",
"metadata": {}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split"
payload = {
"source": {},
"ranges": [{}],
"output": "<string>",
"metadata": {}
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({source: {}, ranges: [{}], output: '<string>', metadata: {}})
};
fetch('https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'source' => [
],
'ranges' => [
[
]
],
'output' => '<string>',
'metadata' => [
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"source\": {},\n \"ranges\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"output\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"source\": {},\n \"ranges\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"output\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"source\": {},\n \"ranges\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"output\": \"<string>\",\n \"metadata\": {}\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyPhase
Phase 2Request
object
required
The PDF to split. One of:
{ "pdf_id": "pdf_abc123" }{ "url": "https://example.com/doc.pdf" }{ "base64": "JVBERi0x..." }
array
required
Array of page range strings. Each range produces one output PDF.
["1", "2", "3"]— splits into individual pages["1-3", "4-6", "7-10"]— splits into chunks["1,3,5", "2,4,6"]— cherry-pick pages into groups
string
default:"url"
url or base64.object
Metadata applied to all output PDFs.
Response
{
"id": "bat_split1",
"object": "batch",
"status": "completed",
"results": [
{
"index": 0,
"range": "1-3",
"pdf_id": "pdf_split_1",
"url": "https://files.pdfbase.dev/pdf_split_1.pdf?token=sig_a",
"pages": 3,
"bytes": 45000
},
{
"index": 1,
"range": "4-6",
"pdf_id": "pdf_split_2",
"url": "https://files.pdfbase.dev/pdf_split_2.pdf?token=sig_b",
"pages": 3,
"bytes": 52000
}
],
"created_at": "2026-05-19T12:05:00Z"
}
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pdfbase.dev/v1/pdfs/split \
-H "Authorization: Bearer pk_live_xxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"source": { "pdf_id": "pdf_report" },
"ranges": ["1-5", "6-10", "11-15"],
"output": "url"
}'