PDF OCR API

API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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Extract text from PDF files using OCR. Supports scanned documents, images, and multi-page PDFs. Returns structured text with page numbers and confidence scores. Built by John Rippy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrippy/ | https://johnrippy.link/).

Features

• Direct API integration
• Structured JSON output
• Error handling and retries
• Pay-per-event billing

Quick Start

{
  "input": "your input here"
}

Demo Mode

Set demoMode: true to test with sample data (no charges). When you're ready for real results, set demoMode: false or omit it.

{
  "demoMode": true,
  ...
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
pdfUrl	string	Yes*	URL of the PDF file to process
pdfBase64	string	Yes*	Base64-encoded PDF (alternative to URL)
language	string	No	OCR language hint (default: eng)
pageRange	string	No	Pages to process (e.g., "1-5" or "1,3,5")
outputFormat	string	No	Output format: text, json, markdown
detectTables	boolean	No	Attempt to preserve table structure
webhookUrl	string	No	Webhook URL for async results
demoMode	boolean	No	Return sample output without processing

*Either pdfUrl or pdfBase64 is required

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Output Format

{
  "success": true,
  "fileName": "document.pdf",
  "totalPages": 5,
  "processedPages": 5,
  "language": "eng",
  "processingTime": 2.3,
  "pages": [
    {
      "pageNumber": 1,
      "text": "This is the extracted text from page 1...",
      "confidence": 95.2,
      "wordCount": 342,
      "hasImages": true,
      "tables": [
        {
          "rows": 5,
          "columns": 3,
          "data": [["Header1", "Header2", "Header3"], ...]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fullText": "Complete document text concatenated...",
  "wordCount": 1250,
  "averageConfidence": 94.5
}

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Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

• data_point: $0.01 per result

Use Cases

Document Digitization

• Archive processing: Make historical documents searchable
• Paper to digital: Convert scanned documents to text
• Record keeping: Digitize contracts, invoices, receipts

Data Extraction

• Invoice processing: Extract line items, totals, dates
• Form processing: Pull data from scanned forms
• Contract analysis: Extract key terms and clauses

Research & Academia

• Academic papers: Extract text from PDF research papers
• Book scanning: Digitize book chapters and pages
• Citation extraction: Pull references from documents

Legal & Compliance

• Legal discovery: Process large document sets
• Contract review: Extract text for analysis
• Compliance audits: Digitize paper records

Developers

• API integration: RESTful JSON responses
• Webhook support: Async processing for large documents
• Multiple formats: Text, JSON, or Markdown output

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Common Problems & Solutions

"Invalid API key" error

Cause: Your API key is wrong, expired, or doesn't have the right permissions. Fix: Double-check your API key. Make sure you copied it exactly without extra spaces.

"Rate limit exceeded" error

Cause: You've hit the API's rate limits. Fix: Wait a few minutes, then try again. Consider reducing the number of concurrent requests.

Empty or incomplete results

Cause: The target may have anti-scraping protection or the data doesn't exist. Fix:

• Check if the URL/search query is correct
• Try with different parameters
• Some sites may block automated access

Demo data showing instead of real results

Cause: demoMode is still set to true. Fix: Set demoMode: false and provide your API key(s).

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