Tutorial · PDF automation · Beginner

Set up the Adobe PDF Services connector in Power Automate

Get API credentials, create the connection, and run your first OCR, merge and compress actions.

LevelBeginner
Time20 minutes
TopicPDF automation

You'll need

  • An Adobe account (free tier for development)
  • Power Automate

1. Get credentials

  1. Sign in at the Adobe Developer Console, create a project and add the PDF Services API.
  2. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret. Treat the secret like a password.

2. Create the connection

  1. In Power Automate, add any Adobe PDF Services action and create a connection with the Client ID and Secret.

3. Try three actions

  1. OCR PDF on a scanned file → save as -ocr.pdf.
  2. Merge PDFs with two files → one output.
  3. Compress PDF on a large file → compare sizes.

4. Move to production

The free tier has a monthly transaction cap. For production volume, buy the Acrobat Services API enterprise plan through a reseller; usage is counted per document transaction.

Tips

  • Store the secret in an environment variable or Azure Key Vault-backed secret rather than hard-coding it in flows.