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PDF Text Extractor: URL to Text

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Extract text from public PDFs for search and RAG preparation. Export one row per document or page as JSON/CSV; inspect extraction status and page limits. Text-layer PDFs only: no OCR or table reconstruction. Start with the one-PDF example in Example tasks.

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Data Lantern

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You can access the PDF Text Extractor: URL 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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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    "pdfUrls": [
12        "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf",
13        "https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762"
14    ]
15};
16
17// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
18const run = await client.actor("datalantern/pdf-text-extractor").call(input);
19
20// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
21console.log('Results from dataset');
22console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
23const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
24items.forEach((item) => {
25    console.dir(item);
26});
27
28// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

PDF Text Extractor - Convert PDF URLs to Text API in JavaScript

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

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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