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Create Custom Invoices with Word Templates and Foxit Document Generation

Invoicing is a critical part of any business. This tutorial shows how to automate the process by creating dynamic, custom PDF invoices with the Foxit Document Generation API. Learn how to design a Microsoft Word template with special tokens, prepare your data in JSON, and then use a simple Python script to generate your final invoices.

Convert Office Docs to PDFs Automatically with Foxit PDF Services API

See how to build a powerful, automated workflow that converts Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) into PDFs. This step-by-step guide uses the Foxit PDF Services API, the Pipedream low-code platform, and Dropbox to create a seamless "hands-off" document processing system. We'll walk through every step, from triggering on a new file to uploading the final PDF.

Embed Secure eSignatures into Your App with Foxit API

Foxit eSign makes electronic signatures easy, but developers can take it further by automating the process. This tutorial shows how to use the Foxit eSign API to embed secure eSignatures in your apps. With Python code examples, you'll learn to send documents for signing, dispatch reminders, and check the signing status programmatically.

How to Chain PDF Actions with Foxit

Performing a single action with the Foxit PDF Services API is straightforward, but what's the best way to handle a sequence of operations? Instead of downloading and re-uploading a file for each step, you can chain actions together by passing the output of one job as the input for the next. This tutorial walks you through a complete Python example

How to Extract Text from PDFs using Foxit’s REST APIs

Want to extract text from PDF files with just a few lines of Python? This guide shows how to use Foxit's REST Extract API to pull text content from PDFs, ideal for search, automation, or AI workflows. From setting up credentials to searching for keywords across multiple files, this post walks through the full process with example code and GitHub

Generate Dynamic PDFs from JSON using Foxit APIs

See how easy it is to generate PDFs from JSON using Foxit’s Document Generation API. With Word as your template engine, you can dynamically build invoices, offer letters, and agreements—no complex setup required. This tutorial walks through the full process in Python and highlights the flexibility of token-based document creation.

Introducing PDF APIs from Foxit

Get started with Foxit's new PDF APIs—convert Word to PDF, generate documents, and embed files using simple, scalable REST APIs. Includes sample Python code and walkthrough.