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PDF to Text & Markdown — Bulk (RAG-ready)

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Extract clean text or Markdown from PDFs in bulk — with an optional per-page JSON view. Feed the output straight into RAG pipelines, LLM prompts and n8n/Make/Zapier steps.

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hiper soft

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What it does

Extracts clean text from the text layer of each PDF.
Outputs plain text, Markdown, or per-page JSON (page number → text).
Saves one result file per PDF and returns pages, characters and words for each.
Processes many PDFs in one run — one dataset row per document.

Use cases

RAG pipelines — extract, then feed the text to your embedding/indexing step.
LLM prompts — drop clean document text straight into your AI step for summaries, Q&A or classification.
n8n / Make / Zapier — run this as a step, then pass the text on to your AI or database node.
Content & research — pull the readable text out of reports, invoices, papers and manuals at scale.

Input

{
  "pdfUrls": [
    "https://example.com/report.pdf",
    "https://example.com/invoice.pdf"
  ],
  "output": "text"
}

Field	Type	Description
`pdfUrls`	array	Direct links to the PDF files to extract text from.
`output`	string	`text`, `markdown`, or `pages` (per-page JSON).

Output

Each PDF produces one dataset row, plus a saved result file you can download.

{
  "url": "https://example.com/report.pdf",
  "pages": 12,
  "chars": 18540,
  "words": 3120,
  "resultUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/.../records/doc-0001.txt",
  "ok": true
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
`url`	string	The source PDF URL.
`pages`	integer	Number of pages in the PDF.
`chars`	integer	Character count of the extracted text.
`words`	integer	Word count of the extracted text.
`resultUrl`	string	Link to the saved text / Markdown / JSON file.
`ok`	boolean	Whether extraction succeeded for this PDF.

FAQ

Does it work on scanned PDFs? It reads the embedded text layer. Image-only scans with no text layer will return little or no text.

Can I automate it? Yes — via integrations on the Apify platform (including n8n, Make and Zapier) and the Apify API.

How am I charged? A flat fee per PDF processed.

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Original clean-room implementation.

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