Extract text from a PDF URL
Downloads a PDF from a link and returns its text layer as plain text, with headers and footers removed. Fast and cheap for digital PDFs.
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The PDF to Text & Markdown OCR — Scanned PDF, DOCX, PPTX to Text Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like document urls, output format, and more, to match your specific use case.
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The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Extract text from a PDF URL" task via API.
