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Use Nitro PDF Services with Power Automate

Nitro PDF Services connects Microsoft Power Automate to Nitro’s document processing tools. It lets you build automated PDF workflows using Nitro actions directly inside Power Automate.

With Nitro PDF Services, you can convert, merge, compress, split, redact, extract data, protect documents, and more without writing custom API code.

Note: Nitro PDF Services for Power Automate is available in Early Access for eligible Nitro customers. The connector is a Premium Power Automate connector.

Requirements

Make sure that you have:

  • A Power Automate Premium plan

  • Your Nitro Client ID and Client Secret

  • Access to the files or folders you want to use in your workflow, such as SharePoint or OneDrive

Note: During Early Access, every flow must include a Get Access Token action before using other Nitro PDF actions. The access token must be passed manually into each Nitro PDF action in the flow.

Get started

  1. Go to Power Automate

  2. Select Create

  3. Select the type of cloud flow you want to build, such as Automated cloud flow

  4. Enter a flow name

  5. Choose and configure the trigger that should start the workflow

  6. Select the + button below the trigger

  7. Select Add an action

  8. Search for Nitro PDF Services

  9. Review the available Nitro PDF Services operations

  10. Select Get Access Token

     

    Note: During Early Access, always add Get Access Token before any other Nitro PDF action.

  11. Configure Get Access Token using your Nitro Client ID and Client Secret.

     

    Note: To find your credentials, go to the Nitro Admin Portal, navigate to Settings, select the Nitro APIs tab, and select the required application and copy your Client ID and Client Secret.

  12. Add the Nitro PDF actions and output actions needed for your workflow

  13. Pass the accessToken from Get Access Token into each Nitro PDF action

Available actions

Nitro PDF Services actions are grouped into several categories.

Conversion actions

Use conversion actions to change files from one format to another.

Examples include:

  • PDF to Word

  • PDF to Excel

  • PDF to image

  • Image to PDF

  • PowerPoint to PDF

  • HTML to PDF

Transformation actions

Use transformation actions to modify PDF files.

Examples include:

  • Compress PDF

  • Flatten PDF

  • Rotate pages

  • Delete pages

  • Split PDF

  • Merge PDFs

  • Redact PDF

  • Set metadata

  • Password protect PDF

  • Unprotect PDF

Extraction actions

Use extraction actions to pull information from PDF files.

Examples include:

  • Extract full text

  • Extract form data

  • Extract table data

  • Extract PDF properties

  • Extract PII

Authentication action

Use Get Access Token to authenticate the flow with Nitro.

Note: During Early Access, this action is required in every flow that uses Nitro PDF Services.

Notes and limitations

  • Nitro PDF Services for Power Automate is available in Early Access for eligible Nitro customers.

  • The connector requires a Power Automate Premium plan.

  • During Early Access, every flow must include Get Access Token and every Nitro PDF action must receive the access token manually.

  • Files can be up to 25 MB per file.

  • Documents can contain up to 250 pages.

  • The throttle limit is 100 API calls per connection per 60 seconds.

  • Files are processed through Nitro’s document services. Nitro deletes input and output files approximately 15 minutes after processing.

  • Client ID and Client Secret are user-supplied credentials and should be handled securely.

  • Nitro Sign API operations are not included in this connector. This connector is for Nitro PDF Services operations.