Generate AFP Output Using the AEM Forms API

This is a pre-release feature and accessible through our pre-release channel.

Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) is a high-performance document format designed primarily for printing purposes.
This guide outlines all necessary steps and configurations to generate AFP output using AEM Forms.

AFP Generation API

Generates an AFP (Advanced Function Presentation) file using an XDP template and input data.

Authorization

You can either use BasicAuth (Admin credentials) for local environments or BearerAuth authorization for AEM Cloud instances.

Request

Endpoint:
POST http://<server>:<port>/adobe/forms/document/generate/afp

Headers

Request Body

Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Example options JSON (Text field):

{
  "pdfVersion": "1.7",
  "resolution": 300,
  "locale": "en-US",
  "embedFonts": true,
  "contentRoot": "/usr/tmp"
}

Responses

Curl Command

curl --location 'http://<server>:<port>/adobe/forms/document/generate/afp' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearertoken <base64-encoded-credentials>' \
--form 'template=@"<path-to-template>.xdp"' \
--form 'data=@"<path-to-data-file>.xml"' \
--form 'options=<JSON-options-string>'

Testing the API

You can download the .yaml file and upload it to Postman to check functionality of the APIs.

You can save the response and open the saved file in AFP reader to view it.