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PDF Text Extractor: PDF to Markdown & Text for LLMs

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Extract the text layer of PDFs from URLs to clean Markdown (headings, paragraphs, lists) or plain text, per document or per page. No OCR. Pay only for pages with text, at most 15 per document. Free demo.

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Lineage RSIUI

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You can access the PDF Text Extractor: PDF to Markdown & Text for LLMs 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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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
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("lineagersiui/pdf-text-extractor").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

PDF to Markdown & Text Extractor for LLM and RAG API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use PDF Text Extractor: PDF to Markdown & Text for LLMs API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

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