# Validate a batch of repeated-layout PDFs

**Use case:** 

Process multiple PDFs into one workbook, preserve page provenance, and flag a required reference field when the repeated layout is incomplete.

## Input

```json
{
  "documents": [
    {
      "url": "https://pdfobject.com/pdf/sample.pdf",
      "name": "Sample PDF"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf",
      "name": "W3C PDF fixture"
    }
  ],
  "fields": [
    {
      "key": "title",
      "label": "Detected title",
      "pattern": "^((?:Sample|Dummy) PDF(?: file)?)",
      "required": true
    },
    {
      "key": "reference",
      "label": "Reference number",
      "pattern": "Reference(?: number)?:\\s*(\\S+)",
      "required": true
    }
  ],
  "worksheetName": "Validation results",
  "startRow": 2
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "documentName": {
    "label": "Document",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "pageCount": {
    "label": "Pages",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "values": {
    "label": "Extracted values",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "warnings": {
    "label": "Warnings",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "workbookKey": {
    "label": "Workbook key",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "processedAt": {
    "label": "Processed at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [PDF to Excel Extractor](https://apify.com/automation-lab/schema-guided-pdf-to-excel-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/automation-lab/schema-guided-pdf-to-excel-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/automation-lab/schema-guided-pdf-to-excel-extractor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).