PDF Blocks

PDF Blocks is a secure, reliable, and fast service to work with PDF documents in your flow. Actions include: Merge PDF documents, add or remove passwords, watermark documents, remove, extract, reverse, and rotate pages, and more. Check https://www.pdfblocks.com/power-automate for documentation, examples, and tutorials. Users can choose to process their PDF documents in US or European servers to comply with data location requirements.

Status: Preview

Tier: Premium

Version: 1.2.0

Actions:

Name	Summary
AddPassword (string file, string password)	Add a password to a PDF
AddRestrictions (string file, string owner_password, [Optional]string user_password, [Optional]boolean allow_copy_content, [Optional]boolean allow_change_content, [Optional]boolean allow_print, [Optional]boolean allow_print_high_resolution, [Optional]boolean allow_comment_and_fill_form, [Optional]boolean allow_fill_form, [Optional]boolean allow_assemble_document, [Optional]boolean allow_accessibility)	Add restrictions to a PDF
AddWatermark (string file, [Optional]string line_1, [Optional]string line_2, [Optional]string line_3, [Optional]string image, [Optional]integer template, [Optional]string color, [Optional]integer transparency, [Optional]number margin)	Add a watermark to a PDF
ExtractPages (string file, [Optional]integer first_page, [Optional]integer last_page)	Extract pages from a PDF
MergeDocuments ([Optional]string file_1, [Optional]string file_2, [Optional]string file_3, [Optional]string file_4, [Optional]string file_5, [advanced][Optional]string file_6, [advanced][Optional]string file_7, [advanced][Optional]string file_8, [advanced][Optional]string file_9, [advanced][Optional]string file_10)	Merge PDF documents
RemovePages (string file, [Optional]integer first_page, [Optional]integer last_page)	Remove pages from a PDF
RemovePassword (string file, string password)	Remove the password from a PDF
RemoveRestrictions (string file)	Remove restrictions from a PDF
ReversePages (string file)	Reverse the pages of a PDF
RotatePages (string file, integer angle, [Optional]integer first_page, [Optional]integer last_page)	Rotate pages in a PDF

Triggers:

Name

Summary

Objects:

Name

Summary

Actions:

AddPassword

Summary: Add a password to a PDF

Description: Protect a PDF document with a password. Encrypt the PDF document to prevent unauthorized access. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/add-password-to-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.AddPassword (string file, string password)

Parameters:

Name

Type

Summary

Required

Related Action

file

string(binary)

(File Content)

The content of the PDF document

True

password

string

(Password)

The password required to open the file

True

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Password Protected PDF File Content

Description: The content of the password protected PDF document

AddRestrictions

Summary: Add restrictions to a PDF

Description: Add restrictions to prevent copying, printing, and modifying a PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/add-restrictions-to-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.AddRestrictions (string file, string owner_password, [Optional]string user_password, [Optional]boolean allow_copy_content, [Optional]boolean allow_change_content, [Optional]boolean allow_print, [Optional]boolean allow_print_high_resolution, [Optional]boolean allow_comment_and_fill_form, [Optional]boolean allow_fill_form, [Optional]boolean allow_assemble_document, [Optional]boolean allow_accessibility)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Required	Related Action
file	string(binary) (File Content)	The content of the PDF document	True
owner_password	string (Owner Password)	The password required to open and change permissions of the PDF document	True
user_password	string (User Password)	The password required to open the PDF document	False
allow_copy_content	boolean (Allow Copy Content)	User can copy text and images to the clipboard	False
allow_change_content	boolean (Allow Change Content)	User can change the content of the document	False
allow_print	boolean (Allow Print)	User can print the document	False
allow_print_high_resolution	boolean (Allow Print High Resolution)	User can print the document in high resolution	False
allow_comment_and_fill_form	boolean (Allow Comment And Fill Form)	User can add, edit and modify annotations and fill form fields	False
allow_fill_form	boolean (Allow Fill Form)	User can fill forms fields	False
allow_assemble_document	boolean (Allow Assemble Document)	User can assemble and manipulate the document	False
allow_accessibility	boolean (Allow Accessibility)	Accessibility programs can read text and images	False

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Locked PDF File Content

Description: The content of the locked PDF document

AddWatermark

Summary: Add a watermark to a PDF

Description: Add a watermark to a PDF document. Choose from many watermark templates in https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/add-watermark

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.AddWatermark (string file, [Optional]string line_1, [Optional]string line_2, [Optional]string line_3, [Optional]string image, [Optional]integer template, [Optional]string color, [Optional]integer transparency, [Optional]number margin)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Required	Related Action
file	string(binary) (File Content)	The content of the PDF document	True
line_1	string (1st Line)	The first line of text of the watermark	False
line_2	string (2nd Line)	The second line of text of the watermark	False
line_3	string (3rd Line)	The third line of text of the watermark	False
image	string(binary) (Image Content)	The content of the image of the watermark (for watermark templates with images)	False
template	integer(int32) (Template)	The id of the watermark template. To see all available templates visit https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/add-watermark-to-pdf	False
color	string (Color)Values: [Red, Blue, Gray, Black]	The color of the text of the watermark	False
transparency	integer(int32) (Transparency)	Transparency level for the watermark from 0 (opaque) to 100 (transparent)	False
margin	number(double) (Margin)	Distance in inches from the border of the page to the watermark	False

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Watermarked PDF File Content

Description: The content of the watermarked PDF document

ExtractPages

Summary: Extract pages from a PDF

Description: Extract one or more pages from a PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/extract-pages-from-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.ExtractPages (string file, [Optional]integer first_page, [Optional]integer last_page)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Required	Related Action
file	string(binary) (File Content)	The content of the PDF document	True
first_page	integer(int32) (First Page)	First page of the extracted PDF document	False
last_page	integer(int32) (Last Page)	Last page of the extracted PDF document	False

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Extracted PDF File Content

Description: The content of the extracted PDF document

MergeDocuments

Summary: Merge PDF documents

Description: Combine multiple PDF documents into a single PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/merge-pdf-documents

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.MergeDocuments ([Optional]string file_1, [Optional]string file_2, [Optional]string file_3, [Optional]string file_4, [Optional]string file_5, [advanced][Optional]string file_6, [advanced][Optional]string file_7, [advanced][Optional]string file_8, [advanced][Optional]string file_9, [advanced][Optional]string file_10)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Required	Related Action
file_1	string(binary) (1st File Content)	The content of the 1st PDF document	False
file_2	string(binary) (2nd File Content)	The content of the 2nd PDF document	False
file_3	string(binary) (3rd File Content)	The content of the 3rd PDF document	False
file_4	string(binary) (4th File Content)	The content of the 4th PDF document	False
file_5	string(binary) (5th File Content)	The content of the 5th PDF document	False
file_6	string(binary) (6th File Content)	The content of the 6th PDF document	False
file_7	string(binary) (7th File Content)	The content of the 7th PDF document	False
file_8	string(binary) (8th File Content)	The content of the 8th PDF document	False
file_9	string(binary) (9th File Content)	The content of the 9th PDF document	False
file_10	string(binary) (10th File Content)	The content of the 10th PDF document	False

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Merged PDF File Content

Description: The content of the merged PDF document

RemovePages

Summary: Remove pages from a PDF

Description: Remove one or more pages from a PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/remove-pages-from-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.RemovePages (string file, [Optional]integer first_page, [Optional]integer last_page)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Required	Related Action
file	string(binary) (File Content)	The content of the PDF document	True
first_page	integer(int32) (First Page)	First page to remove in the PDF document	False
last_page	integer(int32) (Last Page)	Last page to remove in the PDF document	False

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Removed Pages PDF File Content

Description: The content of the PDF document with some pages removed

RemovePassword

Summary: Remove the password from a PDF

Description: Remove the password from an encrypted PDF document. The PDF document will no longer require a password to open. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/remove-password-from-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.RemovePassword (string file, string password)

Parameters:

Name

Type

Summary

Required

Related Action

file

string(binary)

(File Content)

The content of the PDF document

True

password

string

(Password)

The password required to open the PDF document

True

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Unencrypted PDF File Content

Description: The content of the PDF document without password protection

RemoveRestrictions

Summary: Remove restrictions from a PDF

Description: Remove all the restrictions from a PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/remove-restrictions-from-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.RemoveRestrictions (string file)

Parameters:

Name

Type

Summary

Required

Related Action

file

string(binary)

(File Content)

The content of the PDF document

True

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Unrestricted PDF File Content

Description: The content of the PDF document without restrictions

ReversePages

Summary: Reverse the pages of a PDF

Description: Reverse the order of the pages of a PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/reverse-pages-of-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.ReversePages (string file)

Parameters:

Name

Type

Summary

Required

Related Action

file

string(binary)

(File Content)

The content of the PDF document

True

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Reversed PDF File Content

Description: The content of the PDF document with the pages reversed

RotatePages

Summary: Rotate pages in a PDF

Description: Rotate one or more pages in a PDF document. https://www.pdfblocks.com/docs/power-automate/rotate-pages-in-pdf

Syntax:

PDFBlocks.RotatePages (string file, integer angle, [Optional]integer first_page, [Optional]integer last_page)

Parameters:

Name	Type	Summary	Required	Related Action
file	string(binary) (File Content)	The content of the PDF document	True
angle	integer(int32) (Angle)Values: [, , , , , , ]	The angle of rotation of the page	True
first_page	integer(int32) (First Page)	First page to rotate in the PDF document	False
last_page	integer(int32) (Last Page)	Last page to rotate in the PDF document	False

Returns:

Type:string(binary)

Summary: Rotated PDF File Content

Description: The content of the PDF document with some pages rotated