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PDF to Markdown, Text & JSON Tables - OCR for Scans & Images

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Convert PDFs and images (PNG, JPG, TIFF, WebP) to clean Markdown, plain text and JSON tables, page by page. Uses the PDF text layer first, Tesseract OCR for scans. 7 languages. Ideal for RAG, LLM and data-entry pipelines. Files are never stored.

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$4.00 / 1,000 page processeds

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Jean Swiegers

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You can access the PDF to Markdown, Text & JSON Tables - OCR for Scans & Images 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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JavaScript

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HTTP

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    "fileUrls": [
12        {
13            "url": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf"
14        },
15        {
16            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tesseract-ocr/tessdoc/main/images/eurotext.png"
17        }
18    ]
19};
20
21// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
22const run = await client.actor("jeanswiegers/pdf-image-to-markdown").call(input);
23
24// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
25console.log('Results from dataset');
26console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
27const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
28items.forEach((item) => {
29    console.dir(item);
30});
31
32// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

PDF to Markdown API with OCR - Text & Tables to JSON API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use PDF to Markdown, Text & JSON Tables - OCR for Scans & Images API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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