> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.case.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a searchable PDF from ordered vault objects

> Starts an asynchronous merge that creates a new PDF vault object. Source objects are unchanged. Missing searchable PDF renditions are generated on demand before combining. Completion is reported through vault.object.merge webhooks.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /vault/{id}/objects/merge
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Case.dev API
  description: >-
    The AI-native platform for legal technology. Build smarter legal
    applications with our suite of AI-powered APIs.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Case.dev Support
    email: support@casemark.com
    url: https://case.dev
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://case.dev/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.case.dev
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Vaults
    description: Secure document storage with semantic search and GraphRAG
  - name: Memory
    description: >-
      Persistent memory for AI agents with semantic search and 12 generic
      indexed tag fields
  - name: OCR
    description: Extract text from PDFs, images, and scanned documents
  - name: Voice
    description: Audio transcription and text-to-speech
  - name: LLMs
    description: Access 40+ language models through a unified API
  - name: Search
    description: Web search and AI answers
  - name: Mail
    description: Managed inboxes for agent email workflows
  - name: Media
    description: Transcript retrieval and captioned media clip generation
  - name: Legal
    description: Legal research tools including citation verification
  - name: Privilege
    description: Privilege detection for e-discovery and litigation workflows
  - name: Compute
    description: Serverless GPU and CPU infrastructure
  - name: Format
    description: Document formatting and template rendering (MD/JSON to PDF/DOCX)
  - name: SuperDoc
    description: Document conversion and template automation
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management
  - name: System
    description: Public system metadata and discovery endpoints
  - name: Usage
    description: Usage reporting and webhook subscriptions
  - name: Database
    description: Serverless PostgreSQL databases with instant branching
  - name: Translation
    description: Language detection and translation for multilingual legal workflows
  - name: Skills
    description: Search and read legal AI skills for agents
  - name: Agents
    description: >-
      Create, manage, and execute AI agents with tool access, sandbox
      environments, and async run workflows
  - name: Matters
    description: Matter-native legal workspaces and orchestration primitives
  - name: Connectors
    description: Import and export between provider folders (Google Drive) and vaults
  - name: Applications Projects
    description: Web application project management
  - name: Applications Deployments
    description: Web application deployment management
  - name: Applications Domains
    description: Custom domain configuration for applications
  - name: Applications Env Vars
    description: Environment variable management for applications
paths:
  /vault/{id}/objects/merge:
    post:
      tags:
        - Vaults
      summary: Create a searchable PDF from ordered vault objects
      description: >-
        Starts an asynchronous merge that creates a new PDF vault object. Source
        objects are unchanged. Missing searchable PDF renditions are generated
        on demand before combining. Completion is reported through
        vault.object.merge webhooks.
      operationId: mergeVaultObjects
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Vault ID
        - name: Idempotency-Key
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
            maxLength: 200
          description: Stable key for safely retrying the same merge request
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - sourceObjectIds
                - filename
                - sourceRendition
              properties:
                sourceObjectIds:
                  type: array
                  minItems: 1
                  maxItems: 20
                  uniqueItems: true
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Source object IDs in output order
                filename:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 255
                  description: Output PDF filename
                sourceRendition:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - original
                    - searchable_pdf
                  default: searchable_pdf
                clientReference:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 200
                bates:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    prefix:
                      type: string
                      default: ''
                      maxLength: 40
                    suffix:
                      type: string
                      default: ''
                      maxLength: 20
                    start:
                      type: integer
                      default: 1
                      minimum: 1
                    padTo:
                      type: integer
                      default: 0
                      minimum: 0
                      maximum: 12
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Merge accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  objectId:
                    type: string
                  workflowId:
                    type: string
                  status:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - processing
                  clientReference:
                    type: string
        '400':
          description: Invalid request or unsupported source objects
        '401':
          description: Invalid API key
        '403':
          description: Vault write access required
        '404':
          description: Vault or source object not found
        '409':
          description: Idempotency conflict or source metadata not ready
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: API key starting with `sk_case_`

````