PDF Text & Metadata Extractor (pay per PDF)
Pricing
from $3.00 / 1,000 pdf extracteds
Give a list of PDF URLs, get per-page text, page count, document metadata and table-like line grouping. Failed URLs return an error item and are not charged.
You can access the PDF Text & Metadata Extractor (pay per PDF) 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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