Add a watermark to PDF or Word files or remove previously added watermarks using cURL

Use cURL command line tool to add an image or text watermark over PDF or Word document, as well as remove an already added watermark in seconds

Protect your documents from unauthorized distribution and add the watermark online. To do this, just load a PDF, Word or other document format and add a text or image watermark using our powerful cURL command line tool. Then save the watermarked PDF or Word document in a convenient format such as DOC, DOCX, PDF, HTML, RTF, XPS and others. You can also remove the watermark from documents to make them easier to process unless it violates anyone's rights.

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Add watermark in cURL

With this cURL API, developers can add a watermark to PDF, Word, or other documents online. You can create the watermark using text or an image and then insert that watermark into your PDF or Word document by setting the overlay angle in cURL.

Note: there is no need to install any third party applications or libraries. Therefore, our cURL software solution is very easy to use.

Remove watermark in cURL

The given cURL SDK is also helpful to remove watermarks. For example, removing a watermark in Word means that you can load the desired Word document stamped with a text or image watermark, remove this watermark from the document using cURL, and then save the output file in a convenient format.

Watermark in Word or PDF

To evaluate our cURL API, load the document to which you want to add a watermark and the watermark as an image or text. Then select a convenient export file format – DOCX, PDF, MD, HTML, TXT, DOC, RTF, EPUB, XPS and others.

Use the following example to see how it works:

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curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/words/online/post/watermarks/insert" \
     -X PUT \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ####################" \
     -F Document="@Input1.docx" \
     -F WatermarkData="{ \"Image\": { \"Reference\": \"2b4ecf13-d42e-4e9c-a7cd-9dbf39d8593c\", \"Source\": \"Request\" } }"
     -F 2b4ecf13-d42e-4e9c-a7cd-9dbf39d8593c="@Input2.jpg"

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/words/convert?format=docx" \
     -X PUT \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ####################" \
     -F Document="@document"
curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/words/online/post/watermarks/insert" \
     -X PUT \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ####################" \
     -F Document="@Input.docx"
     -F WatermarkData="{ \"Layout\": \"Diagonal\", \"Text\": \"This is the watermark text\" }"

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/words/convert?format=docx" \
     -X PUT \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ####################" \
     -F Document="@document"
curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/words/online/post/watermarks/deleteLast" \
     -X PUT \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ####################" \
     -F Document="@Input.docx"

curl -v "https://api.aspose.cloud/v4.0/words/convert?format=docx" \
     -X PUT \
     -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer ####################" \
     -F Document="@document"
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How to remove watermark in cURL

  1. Install cURL
  2. Get your app keys to use Aspose.Words Cloud for cURL
  3. Pass the Bearer token in the Authorization header
  4. Load a document you want to remove the watermark from
  5. Create a request to remove the watermark
  6. Save the result to a convenient file format

cURL library to use watermarks

Download and install the curl utility. Please follow these Instructions to quickly get the necessary security credentials and access our REST API.

System Requirements

There are no special requirements for using this tool.

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