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PDF to Markdown & Text for AI/RAG

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Convert PDF URLs to clean Markdown or plain text for LLMs, RAG and AI agents. Keeps headings, lists and tables, removes headers/footers, and can return heading-aware chunks. Works with Google Drive, Dropbox and password-protected PDFs. Failed files are not charged.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 converted pdfs

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Marcelo Palacios

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You can access the PDF to Markdown & Text for AI/RAG 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.

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JavaScript

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HTTP

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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 = { "pdfUrls": ["https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("bigochelo/pdf-to-markdown-text-for-ai-rag").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PDF to Markdown & Text for AI/RAG API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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