Integrate OrbConvert into your project in under 5 minutes.
Sign up at OrbConvert.com/register. You can use email/password or sign in with Google/GitHub.
Once registered, you will be on the Free plan which includes up to 100 MB per file, 5 files per batch, 1 GB / day of processed data, 7-day result retention, and safe queue processing.
Open Settings → Developers and click New Key under the API Keys section. API access is a paid feature: the Free plan does not include API keys, Pro includes up to 5, and Business up to 20.
Save your key securely. For security reasons, full keys are shown only once upon creation and cannot be retrieved again.
Use your API key to authenticate requests to the OrbConvert API:
# 1. Upload a file
curl -X POST https://api.orbconvert.com/api/uploads \
-H "x-api-key: ch_live_your_api_key_here" \
-F "file=@document.pdf"
# Response: { "file": { "fileId": "file_abc123" } }
# 2. Start the conversion
curl -X POST https://api.orbconvert.com/api/conversions \
-H "x-api-key: ch_live_your_api_key_here" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"fileId": "file_abc123", "toFormat": "docx"}'
# Response: { "conversionId": "conv_xyz789" }
# 3. Poll for status
curl -X GET https://api.orbconvert.com/api/conversions/conv_xyz789 \
-H "x-api-key: ch_live_your_api_key_here"
# Response: { "conversion": { "status": "completed", "progress": 100, "outputUrl": "https://api.orbconvert.com/api/files/conv_xyz789/download" } }No coding required. Visit the Tools page to convert files directly in the browser. Supported formats include:
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