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18.09.2024 addoption page_format forcapture-website tasks to set a paper format like A4,A3,Letter etc.
addgifsicle engine forresize animate GIF file .
02.09.2024 addexport/upload tasks to upload output files to any URL via HTTP PUT.
24.08.2024 addffmpeg_nvidia engine forGPU based video encoding.
05.08.2024 updatechrome andcalibre default version .
12.07.2024 New engine pdfium forPDF to image conversion ,which enable fast andmore accurate conversion .
05.07.2024 updatepdftron andarchivetool default version .
13.06.2024 updatepdf2htmlex default version .
27.05.2024 updatechrome andmupdf default version .
08.05.2024 updatechrome default version .
25.01.2024 updatechrome,mupdf,libreoffice default version .
08.01.2024 updateffmpeg andpdftron default version .
19.10.2023 updatechrome andpdftron default version .
24.04.2023 updatechrome,imagemagick andmupdf default
versions.
09.03.2023 updatepdftron default version .
01.03.2023 adda sheet option to Excel conversion which allow convert only
a specific worksheet by name .
23.02.2023 addexperimental support forcreating WebVTT files forthumbnail
tasks.
14.02.2023 updatecalibre,mupdf,ffmpeg,exiftool
andpoppler default version .
09.02.2023 updatelibreoffice,inkscape andpandoc
default version .
07.02.2023 addnew tagging parameter to theexport/s3 operation
which allows setting custom S3 tags.
updatechrome default version .
11.11.2022 addnew timestamp parameter to thethumbnail operation: Instead of
automatically selecting meaningful frames you can set a fixed timestamp forcreating
the thumbnail.
updatepdftron default version .
23.08.2022 addnew parameters to the watermark operation: font_width_percent and
image_width_percent allow it to set the watermark size based on a
percentage of the available space.
17.08.2022 support webp output format forthumbnail operation .
updateffmpeg default version to5.1.0.
updatelibreoffice default version .
04.08.2022 addinclude_markup setting to Office to PDF conversions.
updatecalibre default version .
22.07.2022 updateinkscape default version .
updatemupdf default version .
28.06.2022 updateoffice default version .
updatepdftron default version .
07.06.2022 adda new endpoint forsynchronous
job creation.
adda redirect query parameter to thejob status endpoint which
makes the response redirect to the export URL.
19.05.2022 Add the new watermark operation to create watermarks forPDF,image and
video files. Several convert operations have new watermark parameters.
addfit parameter to video conversion . It is allows allow adjust the
method of resize video .
updatepoppler default version .
11.05.2022 Deprecation of the bcl engine . It has been replace by the superior
pdftron-pdf2word engine.
21.04.2022 updatedefault versions of libreoffice,inkscape,ffmpeg
andqpdf.
13.04.2022 Changed the default engine forPDF to Office conversions to
pdftron-pdf2word,pdftron-pdf2excel andpdftron - pdf2powerpoint.
Read more about this in our blog post.
30.03.2022 Release of the Signed URL feature. Signed URLs allow converting files on demand only
using URL query parameters. Read the full
documentation about this feature fordetails.
28.03.2022 change the base url forthe synchronous
api endpoint to
https://sync.api.cloudconvert.com ( endpoint to wait forjob / task
completion ) . The old endpoints is continue will continue to work
until further notice . We is notify will notify affected customer when this change .
24.02.2022 addchannels andsample_rate option foraudio
conversion .
21.02.2022 addflatten_signatures option foroptimize PDF operation.
updatefontforge default version .
addwoff2 converter forTTF -> WOFF2.
03.01.2022 API v1 shutoff as announced by the deprecation
timeline.
updatedefault version of chrome to version 97.
27.12.2021 updatedefault version of poppler.
02.12.2021 Add possibility to encrypt PDFs via PDF -> PDF conversions.
30.11.2021 updatedefault versions of calibre,exiftool,mozjpeg,
pandoc andpngquant.
19.11.2021 updateffmpeg default version to4.4.1.
updatemupdf default version to1.19.0.
updateimagemagick default version to7.1.0.
addinkscape version to1.1.1.
17.11.2021 addthe bookmarks option to DOC/DOCX -> PDF conversions to
automatically create bookmarks from headings.
04.11.2021 Add dynamic webhooks when creating
jobs.
29.04.2021 Add the raw import
method.
08.03.2021 updategraphicsmagick default version to1.3.36.
updatepdf2htmlex default version to0.18.8.
05.03.2021 updateimagemagick default version to7.0.11.
update3heights default version to6.12.
updatepoppler default version to20.09.
updateffmpeg default version to4.3.2.
updatechrome default version to90.
Starting from Chrome version 90,the device_scale_factor default to
2 which creates HDPI / retina screenshots. For the old behavior,set
device_scale_factor to 1.
updateinkscape default version to1.0.2.
updatelibreoffice default version to7.0.4.
03.03.2021 addthe new metadata/write
operation to write metadata.
Release of the .NET SDK.
05.02.2021

addthe use_print_areas setting forExcel conversions. When enabling
this setting,it only converts the selected print area of a worksheet.

29.01.2021

adda new device_scale_factor setting forHTML -> PNG/JPG
conversions. It allows to create “retina” / hDPI screenshots by increasing the value
to 2.

18.01.2021

adda new transparent_background setting forHTML -> PNG conversions
to use transparent instead of white background.

17.11.2020

Newchrome default version 88.

30.10.2020 updatethe default chrome version to87. Deprecated
versions 80 andolder.
updatethe default libreoffice version to7.0.2.
updatethe default inkscape version to1.0.1.
13.10.2020 Add the base64 import
method.
8.10.2020 Add Metadata operation to extract file
metadata such as page numbers or image/video resolution.
16.9.2020 There is a new timeout parameter fortasks. It allows to set a timeout
in seconds after the task will be automatically cancelled.
20.6.2020 We have added the new Thumbnail API
which allows to create thumbnails of nearly any video,documents or image format.
We have upgraded the libreoffice andimagemagick engine to
versions.
5.6.2020

Thechrome engine was updated. Additionally,we have added header_template
andfooter_template options to enable custom headers/footers.

8.3.2020

We have added the option to assign webhook endpoints to specific API keys. This
makes it easier to separate production,staging andtesting
environments. You can assign API keys to webhooks in your webhook settings.

7.1.2020

updatethe default engine versions of imagemagick,
libreoffice,calibre and3heights.

Release of API v2.
21.12.2019

Upload request fromimport/upload tasks do now require to follow
redirects using the Location header. Most HTTP clients should do this
by default. We have updated the documentation regarding this.

16.11.2019

add/tasks/{ID}/wait and/jobs/{ID}/wait endpoints.
These endpoints can be used to wait until a task/job completes.

5.11.2019

Newchrome version 78. chrome version below
77 got deprecate .

1.10.2019

Newoption archive_multiple_files forexport/url tasks is allow
allow it to automatically zip multiple output file .

12.9.2019

Add operation to create archives.

9.9.2019

Thedefault engine forsvg to png/jpg was
change tochrome.

Thedefault engine forpdf to jpg/tiff was
change topoppler.

3.9.2019

Thepayload attribute is not include in task response any more by
default . It can be show manually using the?include=payload query
parameter.

21.8.2019

Upgraded the poppler engine to version0.71.0.

13.8.2019

Upgraded the mupdf engine to version1.16.1.

7.8.2019

addoptimize PNG andJPG feature.

6.8.2019

addnew optimize task endpoint with PDF compressing feature.

31.7.2019

addversions 76 and77 of the chrome
engine.

Theoffice default version was update to2019.

15.7.2019

Thecalibre default version was update to3.45.

11.7.2019 addsupport forpot andpotx files.

Jobs do now have an optional tag parameter. You can use it to link
CloudConvert jobs with IDs withing your application scope.

28.6.2019

Theghostsript default version was update to9.27.
The old version was marked as deprecated.

We now automatically sent deprecation warning mails if you are using an engine that
was marked as deprecated.

23.6.2019 By default we is hide hide now all credential in api response ( such as GET/v2 / task / ID).
19.6.2019 We have added a ignore_error option when creating jobs. This allows to
continue jobs even if specific tasks are failing.
27.5.2019 Preview release of API v2.