Compress
~2 credits / MB (up to 20)Reduces a PDF's file size through lossless stream recompression and optionally linearizes it so web viewers can render the first page before the rest loads. Works best on text- and vector-heavy PDFs; image-heavy documents shrink only marginally since embedded images are not downsampled.
Use when
You want a smaller PDF to email or upload, or a web-optimized one.
Not for
Aggressively shrinking image-heavy scans (images are not downsampled).
Cost
~2 credits / MB (up to 20)
Billed at 0.1 credits per MB of the input file, regardless of how much it shrinks.
Estimated; the actual charge depends on your input and is shown in the response.
What it accepts
Set these inside the intent when you run it.
URL of the PDF to compress.
Compression effort: light (minimal change), balanced (default, also linearizes), or max (smallest output, also linearizes).
What you get back
A compressed PDF file as a downloadable URL, along with the new size and compression ratio.
Run it
Run this sub-skill directly: pin it with operation and pass its inputs in the intent. (Omit operation and the PDF skill will route from your intent instead.)
curl -X POST "https://skill.askfaro.com/skills/pdf/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FARO_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"intent":{"operation":"compress","source_pdf":"https://example.com/large-document.pdf","level":"balanced"}}'Example requests
- ›Compress this PDF so I can email it
- ›Make this PDF smaller and optimize it for the web
- ›Shrink this presentation PDF as much as possible