Version 1
Legacy Office Upgrade API
Convert valid binary Microsoft Office 97-2003 files into DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX without running Microsoft Office or desktop automation.
Simple contract: submit one file, receive a task ID, then query that task until the output is ready.
Supported conversions
| Input | Output | Billing dimension |
|---|---|---|
.doc | .docx | DocConversion |
.ppt | .pptx | PptConversion |
.xls | .xlsx | XlsConversion |
How it works
- Subscribe through AWS Marketplace and complete registration once.
- Send one file to
POST /v1/conversions. - Poll
GET /v1/conversions/{task_id}. - Download the result from the returned short-lived URL.
Service behavior
- Maximum file size: 4 MiB.
- Only successful, structurally validated outputs are metered.
- Input files are deleted after processing; results expire after approximately 30 minutes.
- Macros are not executed.
- Unsupported inputs fail with stable error codes.