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agentutility / mediakit / pdf-compress
PRICE / CALL
$0.005
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
mediakit
CATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
live
NAME
pdf-compress pdf compressor / shrink pdf / pdf size reducer / smaller pdf for email
synonym alias of compress-pdf — reuses the canonical handler.
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/pdf-compress
     Content-Type: application/json
     X-PAYMENT:    <signed-transferWithAuthorization>

     { ... }
↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.
DESCRIPTION

PDF compressor / shrink PDF / PDF size reducer / smaller PDF for email. Three quality levels: ebook (lowest, web-quality), printer (medium), prepress (highest, archival). CloudConvert engine.

INPUTrequest schema
propertytypedescriptionreq?
pdf_urlstringPublicly reachable URL of the source PDF to compress.required
profilestringCompression preset: ebook (smallest, web-quality), printer (medium), or prepress (largest, archival).
enum: web · print · archive · mrc · max
optional
OUTPUTresponse shape
fieldtypedescription
pdf_urlstringURL where the compressed PDF can be downloaded.
original_size_bytesstringSize of the source PDF in bytes before compression.
compressed_size_bytesstringSize of the output PDF in bytes after compression.
saved_percentstringPercentage of bytes shaved off relative to the original PDF size.
EXAMPLEStwo ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.org/v1/pdf-compress \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ }'
first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.
EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# install once
claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp"

# then ask Claude Code:
# "use the pdf-compress tool to ..."
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
tags
pdfpdf-compressionfile-size-reductionmediakitdocument-optimizationcloudconvertshrink-pdf
methods
POST
cluster
mediakit
price
$0.005 USDC per call
ADJACENTother endpoints in mediakit
endpointdescriptionprice
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excel-to-google-sheetsConvert Excel to Google Sheets / XLSX to Google Sheets / spreadsheet import / Numbers to Google Sheets / Excel to gsheet.$0.005
html-to-markdownHTML → Markdown converter.$0.005
xlsx-to-csvExcel to CSV / XLSX to CSV / Numbers to CSV / spreadsheet to CSV.$0.005
json-yamlJSON ↔ YAML bidirectional converter.$0.002
audio-transcribeAudio transcribe / speech-to-text / Whisper-large / multi-language ASR / OpenAI Whisper API compat.$0.01
SEE ALSO
agentutility(7) · mediakit(7) · x402(7) · mcp(7) · llms.txt · registry.json · bazaar.x402.org