Pricing

$2.50/month + usage

Extract text from PDF

Efficiently extract text content from PDF files, ideal for data processing, content analysis, and automation workflows. Supports various PDF structures and outputs clean, readable text.

Pricing

$2.50/month + usage

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Developer

Akash Kumar Naik

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Monthly active users

17 days ago

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PDF Text Extractor

Extract text from PDF files with support for direct URLs, cloud storage links (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive), and local files. This Apify Actor converts PDF documents to clean, structured text output.

Features

Multiple Source Support: Process PDFs from URLs, cloud storage share links, or local files
Cloud Storage Compatible: Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive share links
Configurable Processing: Set page limits and download timeouts
Structured Output: Returns JSON with extracted text and metadata
Pay-Per-Event Pricing: Only pay for successfully processed PDFs

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`pdfUrl`	string	Yes	-	URL to PDF file, cloud share link, or local file path (`file:///path/to/file.pdf`)
`maxPages`	integer	No	0	Maximum pages to extract (0 = all pages)
`timeout`	integer	No	60	Download timeout in seconds (10-300)

Output

The Actor outputs a JSON object with the following fields:

{
  "originalPdfUrl": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
  "processedPdfUrl": "https://example.com/document.pdf",
  "extractedText": "Full text content from the PDF...",
  "pageCount": 10,
  "extractedPages": 10,
  "timestamp": "2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

Event	Price	Description
`init`	$0.001	Actor initialization
`pdf-processed`	$0.01	Per successfully processed PDF

Use Cases

Extract text from invoices, reports, and documents
Convert PDF archives to searchable text
Process academic papers and research documents
Extract content from legal documents and contracts

Example Usage

{
  "pdfUrl": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "timeout": 120
}

Support

For issues or questions, please contact the Actor developer through the Apify platform.

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