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Find which PDFs are scans needing OCR

Audits a list of documents and keeps only the ones with no text layer, so you know exactly which files have to go through OCR before anything can read them. Documents that could not be reached at all are not charged.

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PDF Extractor: Bulk PDF to Text, Tables & Markdown from a CSV
PDF Extractor: Bulk PDF to Text, Tables & Markdown from a CSVnerolabs/dataset-pdf-extract
PDF URL
Status
Has text layer
Needs OCR
+10 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

PDF URLs:https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf+1
Which rows to keep:needs_ocr
Text output:none

Output fields

PDF URL
Status
Has text layer
Needs OCR
Pages
Words
Tables
Title
Author
Created
Size (KB)
Text
Tables
Detail

How it works

Sign up on Apify01

Create your Apify account to access the PDF Extractor: Bulk PDF to Text, Tables & Markdown from a CSV.

Start the run02

The Actor will start running based on the input automatically.

Receive the output03

Monitor the progress in real-time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review.

Integrate into your workflow04

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow.

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