Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for performing automation services. Automation services are, in embodiments, applications, processes, or systems capable of converting an initial file into a converted file having a different file type from the initial file. In embodiments, a requestor generates a conversion request message. The conversion request message may contain information about the desired conversion, options to be performed during the conversion, and an initial file that is to be converted. The initial file may be represented by a data stream that is part of the request message. The request message is sent to a file converter that performs the desired request on the data stream to create a converted file.