---
name: "pdf123-pdf-to-images"
description: "Render every PDF page to PNG or JPEG and download a ZIP. Runs the PDF123 \"PDF to Image\" tool (pdf123.xyz) over its REST API with curl, no account needed. Use when the user wants this done to their file. Also known as: PDF 转图片, PDF a imagen, PDF से छवि, PDF إلى صور, PDF para imagem, PDF ke gambar, PDF vers image, PDF в изображения, PDFから画像, PDF in Bilder, PDF를 이미지로, PDF sang ảnh, PDF'den görüntüye, PDF 轉圖片, PDF in immagini, PDF เป็นภาพ, PDF na obrazy, PDF у зображення, PDF naar afbeeldingen, PDF ke imej, PDF till bilder, PDF σε εικόνες, PDF към изображения, PDF a imatges, PDF kuwa picha."
compatibility: "Needs curl 7.76+ and outbound HTTPS to pdf123.xyz, or PDFX_API_BASE pointing at a self-hosted pdfx-server."
---

# PDF to Image (PDF123)

Render every PDF page to PNG or JPEG and download a ZIP.

Web version: https://pdf123.xyz/pdf-to-images · All tools: https://pdf123.xyz/skills/pdf123.md

## When to use

- Create PNG previews for a catalog site
- Turn a slide PDF into images for a chat post
- Feed page images into a vision or design tool

## Run it

Replace the sample file names and values with the user's, then run:

```bash
API="${PDFX_API_BASE:-https://pdf123.xyz}"
curl -sS --fail-with-body -X POST "$API/api/v1/convert/pdf/img" \
  -F "fileInput=@input.pdf" \
  -F "pageNumbers=all" \
  -F "imageFormat=png" \
  -F "dpi=300" \
  --output-dir "pdf123-output/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" --create-dirs -OJ -w '%{filename_effective} %{content_type}\n'
```

## Inputs

Everything is `multipart/form-data`. The command above already sends each field with its default; keep them all and change only the values the user asked for, since some endpoints reject a missing optional field.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fileInput` | file | yes | | .pdf (one file) |
| `pageNumbers` | text | no | `all` | Pages to extract. 1-based page list: `1,3-5`, open range `7-`, `all`, or an `n` expression such as `2n` for even pages |
| `imageFormat` | choice | no | `png` | Image format. One of: `png` (PNG), `jpeg` (JPEG), `webp` (WebP) |
| `dpi` | text | no | `300` | DPI |

## Result

curl saves the result in a new `pdf123-output/<timestamp>/` directory under the server's file name and prints its path and content type. Several output files come back as one ZIP. Tell the user where the file is.

## Limits

- Renders every page; page range on the form is ignored
- WebP is not applied: it produces PNG
- High DPI times many pages means a heavy ZIP
- Upload limit on this website: 500 MB per file, sent in chunks above about 95 MB. A single direct API request body is capped at 100 MB.

## Errors

- A non-zero curl exit means the request failed. The saved file then holds `application/problem+json`; read it and report its `detail` to the user instead of retrying blindly.
- `413`: the upload exceeds 100 MiB. `429`: wait for `Retry-After` seconds, then retry once.
- Send `X-API-KEY: $PDFX_API_KEY` only if the user has a PDF123 API key; anonymous calls work without it.

## Privacy

Files are uploaded to the API host, processed, and deleted once the response is sent. For confidential files, ask before uploading, or use a self-hosted server via `PDFX_API_BASE`.