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Rotate PDF API

Rotate all or selected pages by 90, 180 or 270 degrees, or let auto-detect fix the orientation.

Environment

EnvironmentBase URL
Productionhttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1

There is one environment and no sandbox, so every request here is real and counts toward your limits.

Request

POSThttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1/tools/rotate-pdf
Content type
multipart/form-data
Auth
X-API-Key with tools:run
Accepts
pdf
Files per request
1 to 500
Largest file
2 GB
Job timeout
120 s
Rate weight
2 units

Parameters

Send these as a JSON string in the options form field. Anything else is rejected.

NameTypeDefaultAllowed
angleinteger9090, 180, 270
pagesstring——
autoDetectDetect orientation with OCRbooleanfalse—

Response

StatusBodyWhen
201pdfThe run finished within 60 seconds
202Job summary JSONStill running; poll the job
4xx, 5xxError JSONSee error codes

A file response carries X-Sada-Job and X-Sada-Expires-At. For long work, post to /v1/tools/rotate-pdf/jobs instead. See jobs and webhooks.

Also runs on the device

In the web tool and apps, Rotate PDF can run locally with no upload. The API always processes on the server.

Try it yourself!

Pick a file, set the options and run a real request with your key. The code follows your changes.

Headers

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Body

curl -X POST "https://api.sadafiles.com/v1/tools/rotate-pdf" \  -H "X-API-Key: $SADAFILES_API_KEY" \  -F "files[]=@input.pdf" \  -o output.pdf

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