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PDF to Markdown OCR Converter: Scanned PDFs & Images to Text

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PDF to Markdown OCR converter and API for LLMs, RAG and AI agents. Convert scanned PDF to text and images (PNG, JPG, WEBP, TIFF) to Markdown. Open source Tesseract OCR runs inside the Actor, so your documents go to no LLM or outside API. Markdown tables, one entry per page. $0.006 per page.

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You can access the PDF to Markdown OCR Converter: Scanned PDFs & Images to Text 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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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 = { "documentUrls": ["https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("brasspage/pdf-ocr-to-markdown").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

PDF to Markdown OCR API for LLMs: Scanned PDF to Text API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PDF to Markdown OCR Converter: Scanned PDFs & Images to Text API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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