We also would like to use CreatePDF as a backend for our application. Although you do not provide a web service, we are interested in having the application use a virtual browser (PhantomJS) to login, upload a document, wait,  download the resulting pdf, then present the file to the user within our application. We've actually made a proof of concept that works with a free online converter.

Who would I talk to about licensing for such use? So we would use a single login, but multiple users would benefit from the service.

I just chatted with one of your reps who seemed to think it was fine for my app to use PhantomJS with the $9.99 subscription. I dug around and found the terms of use and it specifies that "Adobe makes the Services available to you only for your individual use (including personal use and business use that directly benefits you individually)" so it sounds like I would need a special license agreement.

Thanks,

Ken

ken@rightintel.com wrote:

 

We also would like to use CreatePDF as a backend for our application. Although you do not provide a web service, we are interested in having the application use a virtual browser (PhantomJS) to login, upload a document, wait,  download the resulting pdf, then present the file to the user within our application. We've actually made a proof of concept that works with a free online converter.

 

Who would I talk to about licensing for such use? So we would use a single login, but multiple users would benefit from the service.

 

I just chatted with one of your reps who seemed to think it was fine for my app to use PhantomJS with the $9.99 subscription. I dug around and found the terms of use and it specifies that "Adobe makes the Services available to you only for your individual use (including personal use and business use that directly benefits you individually)" so it sounds like I would need a special license agreement.

 

Thanks,

 

Ken

has this changed at all?

thanks,

Tylon Robinon

Currently we use the API with Acrobat.com to send files, convert them, and then pull them back down. Today we received an email indicating that Adobe will no longer support PDF creation from Acrobat.com, but will require migration to CreatePDF. Is there an API that will replace the one we are using, or do we need to look for a different solution to converting our documents to PDF by the end of the year?

I remember 2 years even trying to get pricing information on this and it was like Adobe just didn't want to deal with the product. Had a difficult time even trying to track down a real person to follow up with. We do about 1500 documents a month for automated conversion.

It's too bad - the Acrobat API service was so simple and easy to use.