Connect PDFShift
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
sk_…- Sign in to the PDFShift dashboard and open API Keys.
- Create a new key, or copy the existing one starting with sk_.
PDFShift dashboard, API keys. Checking usage does not spend a credit.
Open the pagehttps://app.pdfshift.io/env/apikeys
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick PDFShift.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to PDFShift. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- credits used and the ceiling conversions start being refused at
- Calls
- https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/credits/usage
- Refreshes
- At most every 10 minutes
- API docs
- PDFShift reference, checked 2026-09-18
With overage enabled the ceiling is the overage limit, not the plan's own. That higher figure is the one conversions are actually refused at.