Extract text and OCR from a scanned PDF URL

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Broke to Built

Actor

PDF to Text Extractor with OCR — Scanned & Digital PDF API

Extract text, OCR scanned pages, and metadata from a PDF URL as JSON for RAG and document QA. Failed PDFs are free.

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PDF to Text Extractor with OCR — Scanned & Digital PDF APIeliai/pdf-text-extractor

URL

Pages

Version

+9 fields

Input

PDF URL:https://www.archives.gov/files/press/press-releases/2015/images/letter-from-fdr.pdf

PDF URLs (bulk):https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf

Max PDFs:25

Max OCR pages per PDF:20

Output fields

URL

Pages

Version

Characters

Image-only content

Text source

Pages OCR'd

Image-only pages

OCR capped

Mixed document

Info

Text

How it works

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The PDF to Text Extractor with OCR — Scanned & Digital PDF API Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Extract text and OCR from a scanned PDF URL". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Extract text and OCR from a scanned PDF URL" task

The PDF to Text Extractor with OCR — Scanned & Digital PDF API Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like PDF URL, PDF URLs (bulk), and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Extract text and OCR from a scanned PDF URL" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as URL, ok, pages, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Extract text and OCR from a scanned PDF URL" task via API.