How to Convert Files Programmatically with a REST API (Python, JavaScript, cURL)

Tired of manually converting files? I built MegaConvert — a file conversion API that handles 300+ format pairs: documents, images, video, audio, ebooks, fonts, and more. In this post I'll show you how to convert files programmatically in 3 steps using Python, JavaScript, or cURL. ## How It Works Every conversion follows the same flow: POST your file to /convert Poll /status/{job_id} until it's done GET /download/{job_id} to grab the result Base URL: https://megaconvert.io/api/v1 Auth: X-API-Key