PDF to Markdown
Pricing
from $1.70 / 1,000 pages
Turn PDF links and uploads into clean Markdown or plain text for AI use, with headings, lists and simple tables, per document or per page. No browser or paid API. Scanned pages are flagged, with no OCR.
You can access the PDF to Markdown 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.
$echo '{< "pdfUrls": [< "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf"< ]<}' |<apify call agarwoods/pdf-to-markdown --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use PDF to Markdown locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: