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Searchable PDF OCR — Add a Text Layer to Scanned PDFs

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Turn scanned or image-only PDFs into fully searchable, selectable, copy-pasteable PDFs. Keeps the original page image untouched and adds an invisible OCR text layer underneath.

Pricing

Pay per event

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Developer

Austin Cooley

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Automation

You can access the Searchable PDF OCR — Add a Text Layer to Scanned PDFs 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

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    "pdfUrls": [
12        "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf"
13    ]
14};
15
16// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
17const run = await client.actor("northbound_works/searchable-pdf-ocr").call(input);
18
19// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
20console.log('Results from dataset');
21console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
22const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
23items.forEach((item) => {
24    console.dir(item);
25});
26
27// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

OCR PDF Online - Make Scanned PDFs Searchable API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Searchable PDF OCR — Add a Text Layer to Scanned PDFs 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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