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Hello everybody,

I have an application where the user uploads a file, and I want to create a flow that detects the extension of the file, if it is in pdf format it converts it into an image.
(The files are stored in a table at sharepoint)

How can I do this?

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SudeepGhatakNZ 14,396 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@gikido , Need more info

What application is the user uploading to?

Why do you want to convert PDF to image?

What if your PDF has multiple pages?

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@SudeepGhatakNZ
Thanks for your response

1- user upload file for signature
2- I want to convert pdf to image because I have not found a solution to sign pdf for image yes
3- I require the pdf to contain only one page

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@gikido , Have you considered Docusign or AdobeSign?

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No, the customer wants a solution without these two connectors. in addition there is no predefined document, the user can upload a different file each time

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@gikido ,

You can build a flow that triggers on File uploaded trigger.

You can retrieve the File Extension using the following expression

last(split(triggerOutputs()?['body/{FilenameWithExtension}'],'.'))

Finally, you need to use a third-party connector to convert the file into an image. Here is one

Convert a PDF file to images with Power Automate — Encodian

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Thank you
for converting pdf to image files is there no free solution? is it mandatory to use premium connectors?

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Unfortunately not, but you can vote for this feature.

Convert PDF to Text / Table / Image · Community (powerautomate.com)

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can you give me some ideas on encodian and plumsail prices for the converter tool?

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Hey @gikido

There is a free way to convert pdf to image.

Not sure if customer will give permission or not.

Firstly save your file in one drive for business.

You can do it using create file.

After this use convert file action, in the target type give jpg.

Then you can use create file action of one drive or sharepoint wherever you want the end file to be saved at.

Then you can just delete the file from one drive, if you dont want to store it in one drive.

I hope this helps 🙂

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SudeepGhatakNZ 14,396 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@Sundeep_Malik 's suggestion is a good one. The Reservation I have is storing confidential files temporarily in onedrive of the account that is used to establish the connection. Like Sundeep.said, check with the customer first

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