refactor(pdf-compress): replace Ghostscript with qpdf + iLovePDF API

Ghostscript -sDEVICE=pdfwrite fundamentally re-encodes fonts, causing
garbled text regardless of parameters. This cannot be fixed.

New approach:
- Local: qpdf-only lossless structural optimization (5-30% savings,
  zero corruption risk — fonts and images completely untouched)
- Cloud: iLovePDF API integration (auth → start → upload → process →
  download) with 3 levels (recommended/extreme/low), proper image
  recompression without font corruption

Frontend: 3 modes (cloud recommended, cloud extreme, local lossless).
Docker: ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY env var added.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docker-compose.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ services:
       # eTerra ANCPI (parcel-sync module)
       - ETERRA_USERNAME=${ETERRA_USERNAME:-}
       - ETERRA_PASSWORD=${ETERRA_PASSWORD:-}
+      # iLovePDF cloud compression (free: 250 files/month)
+      - ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY=${ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY:-}
       # DWG-to-DXF sidecar
       - DWG2DXF_URL=http://dwg2dxf:5001
       # Email notifications (Brevo SMTP)

src/app/api/compress-pdf/cloud/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+
+/**
+ * iLovePDF API integration for PDF compression.
+ *
+ * Workflow: auth → start → upload → process → download
+ * Docs: https://www.iloveapi.com/docs/api-reference
+ *
+ * Env vars: ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY, ILOVEPDF_SECRET_KEY
+ * Free tier: 250 files/month
+ */
+
+const ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY = process.env.ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY ?? "";
+const API_BASE = "https://api.ilovepdf.com/v1";
+
+/**
+ * Extract the file binary from a raw multipart/form-data buffer.
+ */
+function extractFileFromMultipart(
+  raw: Buffer,
+  boundary: string,
+): { buffer: Buffer; filename: string } | null {
+  const boundaryBuf = Buffer.from(`--${boundary}`);
+  const headerSep = Buffer.from("\r\n\r\n");
+  const crlf = Buffer.from("\r\n");
+
+  let searchFrom = 0;
+
+  while (searchFrom < raw.length) {
+    const partStart = raw.indexOf(boundaryBuf, searchFrom);
+    if (partStart === -1) break;
+
+    const lineEnd = raw.indexOf(crlf, partStart);
+    if (lineEnd === -1) break;
+
+    const headerEnd = raw.indexOf(headerSep, lineEnd);
+    if (headerEnd === -1) break;
+
+    const headers = raw.subarray(lineEnd + 2, headerEnd).toString("utf8");
+    if (headers.includes("filename=")) {
+      const fileStart = headerEnd + 4;
+
+      // Extract original filename
+      const fnMatch = headers.match(/filename="([^"]+)"/);
+      const filename = fnMatch?.[1] ?? "input.pdf";
+
+      const closingMarker = Buffer.from(`\r\n--${boundary}`);
+      const fileEnd = raw.lastIndexOf(closingMarker);
+
+      const buffer =
+        fileEnd > fileStart
+          ? raw.subarray(fileStart, fileEnd)
+          : raw.subarray(fileStart);
+
+      return { buffer, filename };
+    }
+
+    searchFrom = headerEnd + 4;
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract a text field value from multipart body.
+ */
+function extractFieldFromMultipart(
+  raw: Buffer,
+  boundary: string,
+  fieldName: string,
+): string | null {
+  const boundaryBuf = Buffer.from(`--${boundary}`);
+  const headerSep = Buffer.from("\r\n\r\n");
+  const crlf = Buffer.from("\r\n");
+  const namePattern = `name="${fieldName}"`;
+
+  let searchFrom = 0;
+  while (searchFrom < raw.length) {
+    const partStart = raw.indexOf(boundaryBuf, searchFrom);
+    if (partStart === -1) break;
+    const lineEnd = raw.indexOf(crlf, partStart);
+    if (lineEnd === -1) break;
+    const headerEnd = raw.indexOf(headerSep, lineEnd);
+    if (headerEnd === -1) break;
+
+    const headers = raw.subarray(lineEnd + 2, headerEnd).toString("utf8");
+    if (headers.includes(namePattern) && !headers.includes("filename=")) {
+      const valueStart = headerEnd + 4;
+      const nextBoundary = raw.indexOf(
+        Buffer.from(`\r\n--${boundary}`),
+        valueStart,
+      );
+      if (nextBoundary > valueStart) {
+        return raw.subarray(valueStart, nextBoundary).toString("utf8").trim();
+      }
+    }
+    searchFrom = headerEnd + 4;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
+  if (!ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      {
+        error:
+          "iLovePDF nu este configurat. Setează ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY în variabilele de mediu.",
+      },
+      { status: 501 },
+    );
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // Parse multipart body
+    if (!req.body) {
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: "Lipsește fișierul PDF." },
+        { status: 400 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const rawBuf = Buffer.from(await req.arrayBuffer());
+    const contentType = req.headers.get("content-type") || "";
+    const boundaryMatch = contentType.match(
+      /boundary=(?:"([^"]+)"|([^\s;]+))/,
+    );
+    const boundary = boundaryMatch?.[1] ?? boundaryMatch?.[2] ?? "";
+
+    if (!boundary) {
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: "Invalid request." },
+        { status: 400 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const fileData = extractFileFromMultipart(rawBuf, boundary);
+    if (!fileData || fileData.buffer.length < 100) {
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: "Fișierul PDF nu a putut fi extras." },
+        { status: 400 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Extract compression level (extreme / recommended / low)
+    const levelParam = extractFieldFromMultipart(rawBuf, boundary, "level");
+    const compressionLevel =
+      levelParam === "extreme"
+        ? "extreme"
+        : levelParam === "low"
+          ? "low"
+          : "recommended";
+
+    const originalSize = fileData.buffer.length;
+
+    // Step 1: Authenticate
+    const authRes = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/auth`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ public_key: ILOVEPDF_PUBLIC_KEY }),
+    });
+
+    if (!authRes.ok) {
+      const text = await authRes.text().catch(() => "");
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: `iLovePDF auth failed: ${authRes.status} — ${text}` },
+        { status: 502 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const { token } = (await authRes.json()) as { token: string };
+
+    // Step 2: Start compress task
+    const startRes = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/start/compress`, {
+      method: "GET",
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    });
+
+    if (!startRes.ok) {
+      const text = await startRes.text().catch(() => "");
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: `iLovePDF start failed: ${startRes.status} — ${text}` },
+        { status: 502 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const { server, task } = (await startRes.json()) as {
+      server: string;
+      task: string;
+    };
+
+    // Step 3: Upload file
+    const uploadForm = new FormData();
+    uploadForm.append("task", task);
+    uploadForm.append(
+      "file",
+      new Blob([new Uint8Array(fileData.buffer)], { type: "application/pdf" }),
+      fileData.filename,
+    );
+
+    const uploadRes = await fetch(`https://${server}/v1/upload`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+      body: uploadForm,
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(300_000), // 5 min for large files
+    });
+
+    if (!uploadRes.ok) {
+      const text = await uploadRes.text().catch(() => "");
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: `iLovePDF upload failed: ${uploadRes.status} — ${text}` },
+        { status: 502 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const { server_filename } = (await uploadRes.json()) as {
+      server_filename: string;
+    };
+
+    // Step 4: Process
+    const processRes = await fetch(`https://${server}/v1/process`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        task,
+        tool: "compress",
+        compression_level: compressionLevel,
+        files: [
+          {
+            server_filename,
+            filename: fileData.filename,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(300_000),
+    });
+
+    if (!processRes.ok) {
+      const text = await processRes.text().catch(() => "");
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: `iLovePDF process failed: ${processRes.status} — ${text}` },
+        { status: 502 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Step 5: Download result
+    const downloadRes = await fetch(
+      `https://${server}/v1/download/${task}`,
+      {
+        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(300_000),
+      },
+    );
+
+    if (!downloadRes.ok) {
+      const text = await downloadRes.text().catch(() => "");
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        {
+          error: `iLovePDF download failed: ${downloadRes.status} — ${text}`,
+        },
+        { status: 502 },
+      );
+    }
+
+    const resultBlob = await downloadRes.blob();
+    const resultBuffer = Buffer.from(await resultBlob.arrayBuffer());
+    const compressedSize = resultBuffer.length;
+
+    // Clean up task on iLovePDF
+    fetch(`https://${server}/v1/task/${task}`, {
+      method: "DELETE",
+      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
+    }).catch(() => {});
+
+    return new NextResponse(new Uint8Array(resultBuffer), {
+      status: 200,
+      headers: {
+        "Content-Type": "application/pdf",
+        "Content-Disposition": `attachment; filename="${fileData.filename.replace(/\.pdf$/i, "-comprimat.pdf")}"`,
+        "X-Original-Size": String(originalSize),
+        "X-Compressed-Size": String(compressedSize),
+      },
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Unknown error";
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: `Eroare iLovePDF: ${message}` },
+      { status: 500 },
+    );
+  }
+}

src/app/api/compress-pdf/extreme/route.ts

@@ -8,81 +8,9 @@ import { tmpdir } from "os";
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
-// Ghostscript args for PDF compression.
+// qpdf-only compression: lossless structural optimization.
-//
+// Does NOT re-encode fonts or images — zero risk of corruption.
-// CRITICAL: Do NOT use -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen — it overrides font encoding
+// Typical savings: 5-30% depending on PDF structure.
-// and produces garbled text. Instead, set each parameter individually so we
-// only compress IMAGES while keeping fonts and text intact.
-//
-// Strategy: recompress all raster images to JPEG at quality ~40-50,
-// downsample to 150 DPI, deduplicate, compress streams. Fonts untouched.
-function gsArgs(
-  input: string,
-  output: string,
-  level: "extreme" | "high" | "balanced",
-): string[] {
-  // Quality presets — only affect images, never fonts
-  const presets = {
-    extreme: { dpi: 100, qfactor: 1.2 }, // ~quality 35, aggressive
-    high: { dpi: 150, qfactor: 0.76 }, // ~quality 50, good balance
-    balanced: { dpi: 200, qfactor: 0.4 }, // ~quality 70, minimal loss
-  };
-  const { dpi, qfactor } = presets[level];
-
-  return [
-    "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite",
-    "-dCompatibilityLevel=1.5",
-    "-dNOPAUSE",
-    "-dBATCH",
-    `-sOutputFile=${output}`,
-
-    // ── Image recompression (the main size reducer) ──
-    // Force re-encode of existing JPEGs — without this, GS passes them through
-    "-dPassThroughJPEGImages=false",
-    "-dPassThroughJPXImages=false",
-    // Use DCT (JPEG) for all color/gray images
-    "-dAutoFilterColorImages=false",
-    "-dAutoFilterGrayImages=false",
-    "-dColorImageFilter=/DCTEncode",
-    "-dGrayImageFilter=/DCTEncode",
-    "-dEncodeColorImages=true",
-    "-dEncodeGrayImages=true",
-
-    // ── Downsampling ──
-    "-dDownsampleColorImages=true",
-    "-dDownsampleGrayImages=true",
-    "-dDownsampleMonoImages=true",
-    `-dColorImageResolution=${dpi}`,
-    `-dGrayImageResolution=${dpi}`,
-    `-dMonoImageResolution=${Math.max(dpi, 200)}`, // mono needs higher DPI
-    "-dColorImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic",
-    "-dGrayImageDownsampleType=/Bicubic",
-    "-dColorImageDownsampleThreshold=1.0",
-    "-dGrayImageDownsampleThreshold=1.0",
-    "-dMonoImageDownsampleThreshold=1.0",
-
-    // ── Font handling — PRESERVE everything ──
-    "-dSubsetFonts=true", // subset is safe — keeps encoding, reduces size
-    "-dEmbedAllFonts=true", // ensure all fonts stay embedded
-    "-dCompressFonts=true",
-
-    // ── Structure / stream optimization ──
-    "-dCompressStreams=true",
-    "-dDetectDuplicateImages=true",
-    "-sColorConversionStrategy=RGB", // CMYK→RGB saves ~25% on CMYK images
-
-    // ── JPEG quality dictionaries ──
-    "-c",
-    `<< /ColorACSImageDict << /QFactor ${qfactor} /Blend 1 /ColorTransform 1 /HSamples [2 1 1 2] /VSamples [2 1 1 2] >> >> setdistillerparams`,
-    `<< /GrayACSImageDict  << /QFactor ${qfactor} /Blend 1 /HSamples [2 1 1 2] /VSamples [2 1 1 2] >> >> setdistillerparams`,
-    `<< /ColorImageDict    << /QFactor ${qfactor} /Blend 1 /ColorTransform 1 /HSamples [2 1 1 2] /VSamples [2 1 1 2] >> >> setdistillerparams`,
-    `<< /GrayImageDict     << /QFactor ${qfactor} /Blend 1 /HSamples [2 1 1 2] /VSamples [2 1 1 2] >> >> setdistillerparams`,
-    "-f",
-    input,
-  ];
-}
-
-// qpdf args for structure polish (5-15% additional saving)
 function qpdfArgs(input: string, output: string): string[] {
   return [
     input,
@@ -115,73 +43,31 @@ function extractFileFromMultipart(
     const partStart = raw.indexOf(boundaryBuf, searchFrom);
     if (partStart === -1) break;
 
-    // Find end of boundary line
     const lineEnd = raw.indexOf(crlf, partStart);
     if (lineEnd === -1) break;
 
-    // Find blank line separating headers from body
     const headerEnd = raw.indexOf(headerSep, lineEnd);
     if (headerEnd === -1) break;
 
-    // Check if this part has a filename
     const headers = raw.subarray(lineEnd + 2, headerEnd).toString("utf8");
     if (headers.includes("filename=")) {
-      const fileStart = headerEnd + 4; // skip \r\n\r\n
+      const fileStart = headerEnd + 4;
 
-      // Find closing boundary — search from end to avoid false matches inside PDF
       const closingMarker = Buffer.from(`\r\n--${boundary}`);
       const fileEnd = raw.lastIndexOf(closingMarker);
 
       if (fileEnd > fileStart) {
         return raw.subarray(fileStart, fileEnd);
       }
-      // Fallback: no closing boundary found, take everything after headers
       return raw.subarray(fileStart);
     }
 
-    // Skip past this part
     searchFrom = headerEnd + 4;
   }
 
   return null;
 }
 
-/**
- * Extract a simple text field value from a multipart body.
- * Returns null if the field is not found.
- */
-function extractFieldFromMultipart(
-  raw: Buffer,
-  boundary: string,
-  fieldName: string,
-): string | null {
-  const boundaryBuf = Buffer.from(`--${boundary}`);
-  const headerSep = Buffer.from("\r\n\r\n");
-  const crlf = Buffer.from("\r\n");
-  const namePattern = `name="${fieldName}"`;
-
-  let searchFrom = 0;
-  while (searchFrom < raw.length) {
-    const partStart = raw.indexOf(boundaryBuf, searchFrom);
-    if (partStart === -1) break;
-    const lineEnd = raw.indexOf(crlf, partStart);
-    if (lineEnd === -1) break;
-    const headerEnd = raw.indexOf(headerSep, lineEnd);
-    if (headerEnd === -1) break;
-
-    const headers = raw.subarray(lineEnd + 2, headerEnd).toString("utf8");
-    if (headers.includes(namePattern) && !headers.includes("filename=")) {
-      const valueStart = headerEnd + 4;
-      const nextBoundary = raw.indexOf(Buffer.from(`\r\n--${boundary}`), valueStart);
-      if (nextBoundary > valueStart) {
-        return raw.subarray(valueStart, nextBoundary).toString("utf8").trim();
-      }
-    }
-    searchFrom = headerEnd + 4;
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
 async function cleanup(dir: string) {
   try {
     const { readdir } = await import("fs/promises");
@@ -197,16 +83,13 @@ async function cleanup(dir: string) {
 }
 
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
-  const tmpDir = join(tmpdir(), `pdf-extreme-${randomUUID()}`);
+  const tmpDir = join(tmpdir(), `pdf-qpdf-${randomUUID()}`);
   try {
     await mkdir(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
 
     const inputPath = join(tmpDir, "input.pdf");
-    const gsOutputPath = join(tmpDir, "gs-output.pdf");
+    const outputPath = join(tmpDir, "output.pdf");
-    const finalOutputPath = join(tmpDir, "final.pdf");
 
-    // Collect raw body via arrayBuffer() — more reliable than formData() for
-    // large files, and more reliable than Readable.fromWeb streaming to disk.
     if (!req.body) {
       return NextResponse.json(
         { error: "Lipsește fișierul PDF." },
@@ -216,7 +99,6 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
 
     const rawBuf = Buffer.from(await req.arrayBuffer());
 
-    // Extract PDF from multipart body
     const contentType = req.headers.get("content-type") || "";
     const boundaryMatch = contentType.match(
       /boundary=(?:"([^"]+)"|([^\s;]+))/,
@@ -239,86 +121,50 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
       );
     }
 
-    // Extract compression level from multipart (optional "level" field)
-    const levelParam = extractFieldFromMultipart(rawBuf, boundary, "level");
-    const level: "extreme" | "high" | "balanced" =
-      levelParam === "high" ? "high" :
-      levelParam === "balanced" ? "balanced" : "extreme";
-
     await writeFile(inputPath, pdfBuffer);
     const originalSize = pdfBuffer.length;
 
-    // Step 1: Ghostscript — image recompression + downsampling (fonts untouched)
+    // qpdf: lossless structural optimization — fonts and images untouched
     try {
-      const { stderr } = await execFileAsync(
+      await execFileAsync("qpdf", qpdfArgs(inputPath, outputPath), {
-        "gs",
+        timeout: 120_000,
-        gsArgs(inputPath, gsOutputPath, level),
+        maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
-        {
+      });
-          timeout: 300_000, // 5 min for very large files
+    } catch (qpdfErr) {
-          maxBuffer: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // 10MB stderr buffer
-        },
-      );
-      if (stderr && stderr.includes("Error")) {
-        console.error("[PDF extreme] GS stderr:", stderr.slice(0, 500));
-      }
-    } catch (gsErr) {
       const msg =
-        gsErr instanceof Error ? gsErr.message : "Ghostscript failed";
+        qpdfErr instanceof Error ? qpdfErr.message : "qpdf failed";
       if (msg.includes("ENOENT") || msg.includes("not found")) {
         return NextResponse.json(
-          {
+          { error: "qpdf nu este instalat pe server." },
-            error:
-              "Ghostscript nu este instalat pe server. Trebuie adăugat `ghostscript` în Dockerfile.",
-          },
           { status: 501 },
         );
       }
-      // Include stderr in error for debugging
+      // qpdf returns exit code 3 for warnings — output is still valid
-      const stderr =
+      const exitCode =
-        gsErr && typeof gsErr === "object" && "stderr" in gsErr
+        qpdfErr && typeof qpdfErr === "object" && "code" in qpdfErr
-          ? String((gsErr as { stderr: unknown }).stderr).slice(0, 300)
+          ? (qpdfErr as { code: number }).code
-          : "";
+          : null;
+      if (exitCode !== 3) {
         return NextResponse.json(
-        {
+          { error: `qpdf error: ${msg.slice(0, 300)}` },
-          error: `Ghostscript error: ${msg.slice(0, 200)}${stderr ? ` — ${stderr}` : ""}`,
-        },
           { status: 500 },
         );
       }
+    }
 
-    // Verify GS output is a valid non-empty PDF
+    // Verify output exists
-    let gsSize = 0;
+    let outputSize = 0;
     try {
-      const gsStat = await stat(gsOutputPath);
+      const s = await stat(outputPath);
-      gsSize = gsStat.size;
+      outputSize = s.size;
     } catch {
       return NextResponse.json(
-        { error: "Ghostscript nu a produs fișier output." },
+        { error: "qpdf nu a produs fișier output." },
         { status: 500 },
       );
     }
 
-    if (gsSize < 100) {
+    const resultBuffer = await readFile(outputPath);
-      return NextResponse.json(
-        {
-          error: `Ghostscript a produs un fișier gol (${gsSize} bytes). PDF-ul poate conține elemente incompatibile.`,
-        },
-        { status: 500 },
-      );
-    }
-
-    // Step 2: qpdf — structure optimization + linearization
-    let finalPath = gsOutputPath;
-    try {
-      await execFileAsync("qpdf", qpdfArgs(gsOutputPath, finalOutputPath), {
-        timeout: 60_000,
-      });
-      finalPath = finalOutputPath;
-    } catch {
-      // qpdf failed or not installed — GS output is still good
-    }
-
-    const resultBuffer = await readFile(finalPath);
     const compressedSize = resultBuffer.length;
 
     // If compression made it bigger, return original
@@ -327,8 +173,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
         status: 200,
         headers: {
           "Content-Type": "application/pdf",
-          "Content-Disposition":
+          "Content-Disposition": 'attachment; filename="optimized.pdf"',
-            'attachment; filename="compressed-extreme.pdf"',
           "X-Original-Size": String(originalSize),
           "X-Compressed-Size": String(originalSize),
         },
@@ -339,7 +184,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
       status: 200,
       headers: {
         "Content-Type": "application/pdf",
-        "Content-Disposition": 'attachment; filename="compressed-extreme.pdf"',
+        "Content-Disposition": 'attachment; filename="optimized.pdf"',
         "X-Original-Size": String(originalSize),
         "X-Compressed-Size": String(compressedSize),
       },
@@ -347,7 +192,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
   } catch (err) {
     const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Unknown error";
     return NextResponse.json(
-      { error: `Eroare la compresia extremă: ${message}` },
+      { error: `Eroare la optimizare: ${message}` },
       { status: 500 },
     );
   } finally {

src/modules/mini-utilities/components/mini-utilities-module.tsx

@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ function formatBytes(bytes: number) {
 
 function PdfReducer() {
   const [file, setFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
-  const [mode, setMode] = useState<"extreme" | "max" | "balanced">("extreme");
+  const [mode, setMode] = useState<"cloud-extreme" | "cloud-recommended" | "local">("cloud-recommended");
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState("");
   const [result, setResult] = useState<{
@@ -1662,10 +1662,21 @@ function PdfReducer() {
     try {
       const formData = new FormData();
       formData.append("fileInput", file);
-      // All modes use the GS endpoint with a level parameter
-      formData.append("level", mode === "extreme" ? "extreme" : mode === "max" ? "high" : "balanced");
 
-      const res = await fetch("/api/compress-pdf/extreme", {
+      let endpoint: string;
+      if (mode === "local") {
+        // qpdf-only: lossless structural optimization
+        endpoint = "/api/compress-pdf/extreme";
+      } else {
+        // iLovePDF cloud compression
+        endpoint = "/api/compress-pdf/cloud";
+        formData.append(
+          "level",
+          mode === "cloud-extreme" ? "extreme" : "recommended",
+        );
+      }
+
+      const res = await fetch(endpoint, {
         method: "POST",
         body: formData,
       });
@@ -1755,22 +1766,26 @@ function PdfReducer() {
         <select
           value={mode}
           onChange={(e) =>
-            setMode(e.target.value as "extreme" | "max" | "balanced")
+            setMode(e.target.value as "cloud-extreme" | "cloud-recommended" | "local")
           }
           className="mt-1 w-full rounded-md border bg-background px-3 py-2 text-sm"
         >
-          <option value="extreme">
+          <option value="cloud-recommended">
-            Extremă — imagini 100 DPI, calitate scăzută
+            ☁️ iLovePDF — compresie recomandat
+          </option>
+          <option value="cloud-extreme">
+            ☁️ iLovePDF — compresie extremă
+          </option>
+          <option value="local">
+            💻 Local — optimizare structurală (fără pierderi)
           </option>
-          <option value="max">Puternică — imagini 150 DPI, calitate medie (recomandat)</option>
-          <option value="balanced">Echilibrată — imagini 200 DPI, calitate bună</option>
         </select>
         <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-          {mode === "extreme"
+          {mode === "cloud-recommended"
-            ? "Reduce maxim dimensiunea. Imaginile pot pierde detalii fine."
+            ? "Compresie cloud cu calitate bună. Reduce semnificativ imaginile păstrând lizibilitatea."
-            : mode === "max"
+            : mode === "cloud-extreme"
-              ? "Balanță bună între dimensiune și calitate. Recomandat pentru majoritatea fișierelor."
+              ? "Compresie maximă cloud. Imagini reduse agresiv — ideal pentru arhivare."
-              : "Pierdere minimă de calitate. Ideal pentru documente cu grafice detaliate."}
+              : "Optimizare locală cu qpdf (lossless). Zero pierdere de calitate, reducere 5-30%."}
         </p>
       </div>