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Convert PDFs to Markdown for LLM and RAG
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ParseBird
Actor
PDF Text Extractor
Downloads each PDF and generates a Markdown version with headings, lists, and basic formatting preserved - ready to chunk and embed for retrieval-augmented generation. Full plain text and metadata are returned alongside. Skipped for PDFs over 25MB or 500 pages. Swap urls for the documents you want to ingest.
PDF Text Extractorparsebird/pdf-text-extractor
File Name
Title
Author
Pages
+4 fieldsTextNumberBooleanListObject
Input
PDF URLs(required):https://css4.pub/2015/textbook/somatosensory.pdf+1
Convert to Markdown:true
Include per-page text:true
Output fields
File Name
Title
Author
Pages
PDF Version
File Size (bytes)
URL
Error
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Create your Apify account to access the PDF Text Extractor.
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.
