Add a header of footer to a PDF

Using 🤖/document/convert, you can add a header or footer to a PDF when converting a HTML file.

For it to work, you need to set pdf_display_header_footer to true and then include the HTML you'd like to insert as part of pdf_header_template or pdf_footer_template.

You can also have us inject text into an element by using the following classes:

date — formatted print date
title — document title
url — document location
pageNumber — current page number
totalPages — total pages in the document

Step 1:

Handle uploads

We can handle uploads of your users directly.Learn more

hello-world.html

text/html – 2.3 KB

":original": {
  "robot": "/upload/handle"
}

/upload/handle

This bot receives uploads that your users throw at you from browser or apps, or that you throw at us programmatically

Step 2:

Convert documents into different formats

We can process your documents in an automated way, saving you costly resources.Learn more

hello-world.pdf

application/pdf – 228 KB

1273 × 1648

"add-header-and-footer": {
  "use": ":original",
  "robot": "/document/convert",
  "format": "pdf",
  "pdf_display_header_footer": true,
  "pdf_footer_template": "<p class='pageNumber'>",
  "pdf_header_template": "<p class='title'>"
}

/document/convert

This bot converts documents into different formats

Step 3:

Export files to Amazon S3

We export to the storage platform of your choice.Learn more

:original

https://demos.transloadit.com/12/aa9f8d60624d12b852b36747f669b1/hello-world.html

add-header-and-footer

https://demos.transloadit.com/15/2a100881ba497f9d6f440a9c649f6c/hello-world.pdf

"exported": {
  "use": [
    "add-header-and-footer",
    ":original"
  ],
  "robot": "/s3/store",
  "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
  "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}

/s3/store

This bot exports encoding results to Amazon S3

Live Demo. See for yourself

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This live demo is powered by Uppy, our open source file uploader that you can also use without Transloadit, and tus, our open protocol for resumable file uploads that is making uploading more reliable across the world.

Build this in your own language

<!-- This pulls Uppy from our CDN -->
<!-- For smaller self-hosted bundles, install Uppy and plugins manually: -->
<!-- npm i --save @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/remote-sources @uppy/transloadit ... -->
<link
  href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v3.10.0/uppy.min.css"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>
<button id="browse">Select Files</button>
<script type="module">
  import {
    Uppy,
    Dashboard,
    ImageEditor,
    RemoteSources,
    Transloadit,
  } from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v3.10.0/uppy.min.mjs'
  const uppy = new Uppy()
    .use(Transloadit, {
      waitForEncoding: true,
      alwaysRunAssembly: true,
      assemblyOptions: {
        params: {
          // It's often better store encoding instructions in your account
          // and use a `template_id` instead of adding these steps inline
          steps: {
            ':original': {
              robot: '/upload/handle',
            },
            'add-header-and-footer': {
              use: ':original',
              robot: '/document/convert',
              format: 'pdf',
              pdf_display_header_footer: true,
              pdf_footer_template: '<p class='pageNumber'>',
              pdf_header_template: '<p class='title'>',
            },
            exported: {
              use: ['add-header-and-footer', ':original'],
              robot: '/s3/store',
              credentials: 'demo_s3_credentials',
              url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
            },
          },
        },
      },
    })
    .use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#browse' })
    .use(ImageEditor, { target: Dashboard })
    .use(RemoteSources, {
      companionUrl: 'https://api2.transloadit.com/companion',
    })
    .on('complete', ({ transloadit }) => {
      // Due to `waitForEncoding:true` this is fired after encoding is done.
      // Alternatively, set `waitForEncoding` to `false` and provide a `notify_url`
      console.log(transloadit) // Array of Assembly Statuses
      for (const assembly of transloadit) {
        console.log(assembly.results) // Array of all encoding results
      }
    })
    .on('error', (error) => {
      console.error(error)
    })
</script>

Read docs: Browsers

So many ways to integrate

Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. And there are many ways developers can put Transloadit to good use inside your company to automate media processing.