PDF to DOCX

Convert PDF documents to Word documents.

Try PDF to Word in the browser →

Convert.FAST uses this same API — what you see in the browser is what you get in code.

Quick reference


Job type	`document.pdf-to-docx`
targetFormat	`docx`
Category	documents
Input formats	`.pdf`
Output extension	`.docx`
Costing	5 credit per page
Max file size	1 GB
Max pages	1000

Example

# 1) Submit
JOB_ID=$(curl -sS -X POST "https://api.tools.fast/convert" \
  -H "X-Fast-Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  -F "targetFormat=docx" | jq -r '.id')
# → 202 Accepted: {"id": "019e3a7b-...", "status": "Queued"}

# 2) Poll until terminal status
while true; do
  RESPONSE=$(curl -sS "https://api.tools.fast/convert/job/${JOB_ID}" \
    -H "X-Fast-Api-Key: $API_KEY")
  STATUS=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.status')
  [ "${STATUS}" = "Succeeded" ] && break
  [ "${STATUS}" = "Failed" ] || [ "${STATUS}" = "Canceled" ] && { echo "$RESPONSE" | jq; exit 1; }
  sleep 1
done

# 3) Download
curl -sS "https://api.tools.fast/convert/job/${JOB_ID}/download" \
  -H "X-Fast-Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
  -o "document.docx"
# → Binary file (application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, 600.0 KB)

With options

JOB_ID=$(curl -sS -X POST "https://api.tools.fast/convert" \
  -H "X-Fast-Api-Key: $API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  -F "targetFormat=docx" \
  -F 'options={"ocr":{"enabled":true,"force":false}}' | jq -r '.id')

Options

This converter supports the following options. See Options Reference for full details.

Option	Description	Default
`ocr`	Optical Character Recognition settings for document conversion	enabled: `true`, force: `false`

Cost estimate

curl -sS "https://api.tools.fast/convert/estimate/pdf/docx?pageCount=50"

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