You can access the PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR 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

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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 = {
9    "documentUrls": ["https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762"],
10    "pages": "1-3",
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("fast_data_asap/document-to-markdown").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR API in JavaScript

PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR API through CLI

PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR OpenAPI definition

PDF to Markdown for RAG – Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR API

Document Parser — PDF/DOCX to Markdown & JSON for RAG

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PDF Text Extractor — Markdown, OCR & Metadata

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OCR & Document Extractor – PDF & Image to Text, JSON, Word

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DOCX to Markdown — Word, PowerPoint & Excel for AI Agents

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Document to Markdown Converter for RAG

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Convert PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML and EPUB links to clean Markdown or RAG-ready chunks. No OCR, no browser. $4 per 1,000 documents plus page fees.

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PDF to Markdown — Tables + OCR, for RAG & AI Agents

lizaraco/pdf-to-markdown

Convert PDFs to clean markdown at scale: layout-aware text extraction, table handling, and a vision-model OCR tier for scanned or broken pages. Per-page transparency, never-fail runs.

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PDF to Markdown & Document to Markdown - Text Extractor, OCR

tidytools/document-to-markdown

Document parser and PDF parser for LLMs: convert PDF, Word (DOCX/DOC), PowerPoint, Excel and CSV to clean Markdown text. PDF OCR for scanned files, RAG chunks. URLs, uploads, base64. $2/1,000 docs.

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Document to Markdown for AI — Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF

tidydata/document-to-markdown

Convert Word (DOCX), PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB, HTML, CSV, JSON and text-based PDF files to clean Markdown for LLMs and RAG: PDF to Markdown, DOCX to Markdown and more. Optional chunking with overlap. Tables kept. $3 per 1,000 documents; failed files are free.

tidydata

Document to Markdown – PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel + OCR

kris_fili/document-to-markdown

Convert PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, HTML, EPUB and images to clean Markdown or plain text for LLMs and RAG. Tables kept, scanned pages read with OCR in 100+ languages, optional RAG chunks with page numbers.