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Extract PDF text for Markdown and RAG pipelines

Get the text of PDF pages as clean rows, page by page, ready to be joined into Markdown or fed into an LLM or RAG pipeline. Works for scanned PDFs through OCR and for digital ones. Replace the sample link with your document.

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Image to Text OCR - Scanned PDF OCR, $2/1k Pages, Per Line
Image to Text OCR - Scanned PDF OCR, $2/1k Pages, Per Linemartin10291/image-pdf-ocr
Source URL
Page
Text
Mean confidence
+3 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Image and PDF URLs:https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762
OCR languages:eng
Detail level:lines
Max pages per PDF:2

Output fields

Source URL
Page
Text
Mean confidence
Method
Width
Height

How it works

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The Image to Text OCR - Scanned PDF OCR, $2/1k Pages, Per Line Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like image and pdf urls, OCR languages, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Extract PDF text for Markdown and RAG pipelines" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as source url, page, text, and more.

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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 PDF text for Markdown and RAG pipelines" task via API.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything shown on this page: urls, languages, outputMode, maxPagesPerPdf. Replace the sample values with your own and run it.

Yes. Add this task to an Apify Schedule to repeat it daily or weekly, and export results as JSON, CSV or Excel or call it through the API.

The Actor is pay per result. Apify shows the exact price on the Actor page before you run it, and the Free plan includes monthly credits to try it.