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+<?php
+require __DIR__ . '/../lib/ConvertApi/autoload.php';
+
+use \ConvertApi\ConvertApi;
+
+# set your api secret
+ConvertApi::setApiSecret(getenv('CONVERT_API_SECRET'));
+
+try {
+    $result = ConvertApi::convert('png', ['File' => 'files/test.docx', 'converter' => 'DUMMY']);
+} catch (\ConvertApi\Error\Api $error) {
+    echo "Got API error code: " . $error->getCode() . "\n";
+    echo $error->getMessage();
+}
+