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PDF Tables & Text to JSON and CSV

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Extract tables and text from public text-based PDFs. One result per page, with table arrays and CSV strings. Choose line-based or whitespace-based table detection. No OCR service or external API key.

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from $10.00 / 1,000 text-bearing pdf pages

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ABDULWAHAB NASER RASHED ALQARAWI

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You can access the PDF Tables & Text to JSON and CSV programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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JavaScript

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HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "urls": [
12        "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/stable/examples/pdfs/background-checks.pdf"
13    ],
14    "maxPagesPerPdf": 1,
15    "tableStrategy": "lines",
16    "maxResults": 1
17};
18
19// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20const run = await client.actor("abdulwhab95/pdf-tables-text-to-json-csv").call(input);
21
22// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
23console.log('Results from dataset');
24console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
25const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
26items.forEach((item) => {
27    console.dir(item);
28});
29
30// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

PDF Table and Text Extractor to JSON and CSV API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use PDF Tables & Text to JSON and CSV API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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