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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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "urls": ["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jsvine/pdfplumber/stable/examples/pdfs/background-checks.pdf"],
10    "maxPagesPerPdf": 1,
11    "tableStrategy": "lines",
12    "maxResults": 1,
13}
14
15# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16run = client.actor("abdulwhab95/pdf-tables-text-to-json-csv").call(run_input=run_input)
17
18# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
19print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
20for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
21    print(item)
22
23# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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