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PDF Text Extractor: tables, OCR, Markdown, JSON per page

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Extract source-aware per-page text, conservative tables as CSV/Excel-ready rows, metadata, and OCR for scanned PDF pages with confidence scores. Text spacing and reading order depend on the PDF's embedded text layer. Pay per page, no per-file fee.

Pricing

from $0.35 / 1,000 page processed (text layer)s

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Brenton Keller

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19 days ago

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You can access the PDF Text Extractor: tables, OCR, Markdown, JSON per page 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

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HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "startUrls": [
12        {
13            "url": "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf"
14        }
15    ]
16};
17
18// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
19const run = await client.actor("brenton8907/pdf-text-table-ocr-extractor").call(input);
20
21// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
22console.log('Results from dataset');
23console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
24const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
25items.forEach((item) => {
26    console.dir(item);
27});
28
29// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

PDF Text Extractor: tables as rows, OCR for scans, Markdown API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use PDF Text Extractor: tables, OCR, Markdown, JSON per page API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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$npm install apify-client

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