Extract text from a PDF
Get the full text of PDFs, page by page, plus metadata (title, author, pages). Scanned PDFs are read with OCR automatically.
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The PDF Text Extractor: Text, Pages & Metadata from PDF (OCR) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like document urls and what to return, to match your specific use case.
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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 from a PDF" task via API.
