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PDF to Text & Markdown: Extract PDF Content by URL

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Extracts text or Markdown from PDFs by URL, for a list of PDF URLs from a crawl, a Sheet, or a CRM export. Rebuilds paragraphs and headings from PDF fonts, with best-effort tables, then feeds a RAG pipeline, an LLM prompt, or a row to Google Sheets. No OCR: scanned PDFs are flagged, not charged.

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from $1.52 / 1,000 document processed (up to 20 pages)s

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Adrian Voss

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You can access the PDF to Text & Markdown: Extract PDF Content by URL 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

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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    "pdfUrls": ["https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf"],
10    "includeKeywords": [],
11    "excludeKeywords": [],
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("accountable_eel/pdf-text-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

PDF to Text & Markdown | Apify API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PDF to Text & Markdown: Extract PDF Content by URL API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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