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Add page numbers

A number on every page: a corner or the middle, "3" or "Page 3 of 12", from any start.

More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.About the extension

How to add page numbers

  1. Drop the PDF.
  2. Pick the position, the style and the first number.
  3. Press Add and download.

What happens to your file

A number is drawn on every page in a plain dark Helvetica, at the corner or middle you chose, a quarter inch from the edge — sized to each page, so a landscape page in a portrait document is numbered at its own corner. Everything else on the page is untouched and stays selectable.

The numbers are part of the page from then on; they are not form fields or annotations a reader can switch off.

Questions

Can I skip the cover?

Start at 0 so the cover is 0 and the first real page is 1 — or number the pages after the cover with Extract PDF pages first, then merge.

What if the page already has numbers?

They stay, and the new ones are added. Choose a corner the old ones do not use, or crop them away first.

Do this in code

curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_id": "<file id>",
    "operation": "pdf.number-pages",
    "options": {
      "position": "bottom-center",
      "format": "n",
      "size": "medium",
      "start": 1
    }
  }'

The same operation, pdf.number-pages — Page numbers on every page — a corner or the middle, "3", "3 / 12" or "Page 3 of 12", from any start — stamped over the content. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.