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PDF to Markdown: Tables, OCR & RAG Chunks

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Convert PDFs from URLs into clean Markdown or text with headings, lists and tables. OCR for scanned pages in 12 languages, and output per document, per page, or as chunks ready for embeddings and RAG.

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You can access the PDF to Markdown: Tables, OCR & RAG Chunks 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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1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "pdfUrls": [{ "url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.03762" }] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("plainfeed/pdf-to-markdown").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

PDF to Markdown API with Tables, OCR & RAG Chunks API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PDF to Markdown: Tables, OCR & RAG Chunks API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

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