Your JSON Profile

Setting Up Your Own Profile

Your JSON profile file (or files) should include a list of settings that define the kinds of checks you want to apply to your PDF documents. You can make your custom profile file as long or as short as you like.

By default, PDF Checker reports if a PDF cannot be opened for one of the following reasons:

1. The PDF is password protected and the password was not provided in the command line statement
2. The PDF document cannot be opened for some other reason

The message in the report for these conditions can be controlled by the JSON profile. If you don't provide a message, PDF Checker supplies a default message to indicate the PDF could not be opened.

This sample shows the settings used to check for fonts that are not embedded in a PDF document:

"uses-fonts-not-embedded": {
    "check": "on",
    "report-as-error": "on",
    "report-message": "Uses fonts not embedded in document",
    "abort-remaining-checks": "off"
}

In this example, fonts that are not embedded in the PDF document will be reported as errors. PDF Checker will continue processing other checks after this condition is encountered.