Add a text header to PDF pages.

Places text at the requested top-left/top-center/top-right position. Supports GET with URL parameters or POST with JSON/multipart uploads. Drop this helper wherever you want to add a text header to PDF pages with a single HTTP call. Send the documented inputs and the API streams back polished results you can hand directly to your users.

GETPOST/documents/add-header-text

Where this helper shines

Add a text header to PDF pages. keeps documents helpers on autopilot. Use it whenever you need to add a text header to PDF pages without pausing a sprint or asking design/dev to jump in.

Trigger this helper whenever you need to add a text header to PDF pages without waiting on a full deploy.
Drop it into automations (Zapier, Make, workers) to add a text header to PDF pages as part of your workflow.
Share the GET URL so support and success can add a text header to PDF pages safely using their Dataczar API key.

Copy & ship snippets

GET

Instant link

GET https://api.dataczar.app/documents/add-header-text?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&text=Launch+promo&position=top-left&font=helvetica-bold&ak=demo

Open directly in any browser, webhook, or low-code workflow.

curl

curl GET

curl "https://api.dataczar.app/documents/add-header-text?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&text=Launch+promo&position=top-left&font=helvetica-bold&ak=demo"

Swap ak=demo with your Dataczar API key.

curl

curl POST

curl -X POST "https://api.dataczar.app/documents/add-header-text?ak=demo" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://example.com/sample.png",
  "text": "Launch promo",
  "position": "sample_position",
  "font": "sample_font",
  "size": 50,
  "margin": 60,
  "color": "#38bdf8",
  "pages": "sample_pages",
  "dryrun": true
}'

Send JSON payloads from back-end jobs, queues, or workers.

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
url	string	PDF URL. POST requests can upload a file instead.
text	string · required
position	string
font	string
size	number
margin	number
color	string
pages	string	Page selector (all, first, last, ranges, odd/even).
dryrun	boolean

All helper calls accept your Dataczar key via the ak query parameter. Need one? Create or copy a key on Dataczar Connect and drop it into each request.

Responses

Status 200

PDF with the header applied.

Examples

Request

"GET /pdf/add-header-text?url=https://example.com/agenda.pdf&text=Board+Meeting&position=top-center&dryrun=1"

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "summary": [
      "Header 'Board Meeting' at top-center",
      "Font helvetica-bold size 18.0"
    ]
  }
}

API key

HTTP method

File uploads (multipart form-data)

Attach PDFs or images as multipart fields. We'll fill in the field names for you.

Files

file — PDF document

Query parameters

url optionaltext requiredposition optionalfont optionalsize optionalmargin optionalcolor optionalpages optionaldryrun optional

Body parameters

We'll send these as JSON for POST/PUT/PATCH requests and as query params for GET.

url optionaltext optionalposition optionalfont optionalsize optionalmargin optionalcolor optionalpages optionaldryrun optional

Equivalent curl

Grab your Dataczar API key

Every helper runs with the same simple API key. Sign in (or create a free Dataczar account) at Dataczar Connect to issue keys in seconds, then drop the key into any `ak=` parameter and start shipping.

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