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    "title": "ConvertAPI",
    "description": "# High-Performance File Conversion API\nConvert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, PDF and Image formats with our powerful file conversion service.\nWe support more than [200 file types.]( https://www.convertapi.com/doc/file-formats)",
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      "email": "support@convertapi.com"
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      "url": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
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                      "type": "integer",
                      "description": "This amount will be deducted from your balance after the conversion.",
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                            "description": "Name of the converted file.",
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                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "File type (file name extension)",
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                          "FileSize": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "description": "File size",
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                            "description": "File ID",
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                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "File URL",
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                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "Base64 encoded file data",
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          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/400"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/401"
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          "415": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/415"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/500"
          },
          "503": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/503"
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        },
        "security": [
          {
            "secret": [ ]
          },
          {
            "token": [ ]
          },
          {
            "jwt": [ ]
          }
        ]
      },
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      "x-ca-overview-markdown": "PCL, or Printer Command Language, is the page description language that HP printers and many compatible office devices read natively. Send a PDF file to the PDF to PCL converter. You get back a PCL5 print stream for a spooler or a legacy printer.\r\n\r\nEach page is rasterized at the chosen resolution and written as a PCL5 bitmap. The layout, fonts and graphics print as they appear in the PDF. Choose color or monochrome output with the ColorMode parameter. Set the Resolution parameter anywhere from 10 to 1000 DPI. The default of 300 DPI matches most office printers. Lower it for smaller print files, or raise it for finer output.\r\n\r\nTry it online with the form on this page, or call it from your code without any printer driver. SDKs cover C#, PHP, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Ruby, Python and Go. A .pdf to .pcl conversion then fits into a batch printing pipeline with one API call.\r\n",
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            "description": "Error message code",
            "format": "int32",
            "example": 4000
          },
          "Message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error message text",
            "example": "Parameter validation error."
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          "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/response-codes"
        }
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    "responses": {
      "400": {
        "description": "Malformed request",
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              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
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        "description": "Authentication error",
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          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "415": {
        "description": "File type error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "500": {
        "description": "Conversion failure",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
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          }
        }
      },
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        "description": "Conversion rate limit error",
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          }
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        "description": "File ID",
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          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/fileId"
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        "name": "src",
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        "description": "Source file format (docx, pdf, jpg etc.)",
        "required": true,
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        "description": "File information ([docummentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Disposition))",
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        "description": "File size",
        "schema": {
          "type": "integer"
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    "securitySchemes": {
      "secret": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "[Get `Secret`](https://www.convertapi.com/a/secret)",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      },
      "token": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "[Get `Token`](https://www.convertapi.com/a/api-tokens)",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      },
      "jwt": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "[Get `JWT`](https://www.convertapi.com/a/jwt-tokens)",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
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      "name": "Conversion",
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        "description": "File Conversion related operations",
        "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types"
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    },
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      "name": "File Server",
      "description": "ConvertAPI temporary file storage",
      "externalDocs": {
        "description": "File Server related operations",
        "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/upload"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "User",
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        "description": "API User related operations",
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