$ man pdf-compress
/pdf-compress(1)
PRICE / CALL
$0.005
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
mediakitCATEGORY
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.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf_url | string | Publicly reachable URL of the source PDF to compress. | required |
| profile | string | Compression preset: ebook (smallest, web-quality), printer (medium), or prepress (largest, archival). enum: web · print · archive · mrc · max | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| pdf_url | string | URL where the compressed PDF can be downloaded. |
| original_size_bytes | string | Size of the source PDF in bytes before compression. |
| compressed_size_bytes | string | Size of the output PDF in bytes after compression. |
| saved_percent | string | Percentage of bytes shaved off relative to the original PDF size. |
EXAMPLES — two 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
ADJACENT — other endpoints in mediakit
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| compress-pdf | PDF compressor / PDF size reducer. | $0.005 |
| convert-html-to-markdown | Convert HTML to Markdown. | $0.005 |
| excel-to-csv | Excel (.xlsx / .xls) → CSV / TSV / JSON converter. | $0.005 |
| excel-to-google-sheets | Convert Excel to Google Sheets / XLSX to Google Sheets / spreadsheet import / Numbers to Google Sheets / Excel to gsheet. | $0.005 |
| html-to-markdown | HTML → Markdown converter. | $0.005 |
| xlsx-to-csv | Excel to CSV / XLSX to CSV / Numbers to CSV / spreadsheet to CSV. | $0.005 |
| json-yaml | JSON ↔ YAML bidirectional converter. | $0.002 |
| audio-transcribe | Audio transcribe / speech-to-text / Whisper-large / multi-language ASR / OpenAI Whisper API compat. | $0.01 |
SEE ALSO