Tool: Any Text to Structured JSON

Turn messy, unstructured text into clean JSON that matches the schema you define. Describe the fields you want and get one structured record per text.

Your schema define the fields you want

Any text in emails, listings, notes

JSON / CSV / Excel output formats

What it does

Give it a list of texts and a schema that names the fields you want. For each text it returns one clean JSON object matching your fields:

• Every key from your schema, filled from the text or set to null when not present
• A _sourceIndex so you can line each record up with its input
• observedAt timestamp on every record

Use it to pull prices, names, dates, order numbers, addresses and any other fields out of free-form text without writing regex or parsers. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull it through the Apify API.

Paid plans only

This tool runs on the latest, most reliable premium AI models. Because each run has a real model cost, it is available to paid Apify accounts only. A run started from a free account stops immediately with an upgrade message. Upgrade your Apify subscription to a paid plan and run it again.

Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Data teams	Turning notes and emails into rows
Developers	Skipping one-off parsers and regex
Ops	Normalizing supplier or order text
Research	Structuring survey and interview replies

Input

• texts: a list of items, each a plain string or { "text": "..." }.
• schema: a JSON object naming the fields to extract, for example { "name": "", "price": "", "date": "" }.
• maxItems: optional cap on how many texts to convert this run.

Notes

• Fields that are not in a text come back as null. The tool does not invent values.
• Long texts are trimmed to a safe length before conversion, and the record marks when that happened.

FAQ

How do I define the schema? Pass a JSON object where each key is a field you want back. The values can be empty strings or short examples.

What if I do not pass a schema? The tool infers the most useful fields from each text and returns them as a flat object.

Can I convert many texts at once? Yes. Pass an array and each text returns its own record, tagged with its source index.

Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

• Parse a Shipping Address into JSON: Turn a messy one line address into clean JSON fields for street, city, state and zip so your orders import without errors.
• Parse an Invoice Line into JSON: Extract product, quantity, unit price and total from an invoice line into structured JSON for faster bookkeeping.
• Parse an Order Line into JSON: Convert free text order lines into JSON with SKU, size and color so ecommerce systems process them without manual entry.
• Parse Business Card Text into JSON: Turn scanned business card text into JSON contact fields for name, title, company, email and phone to fill your CRM fast.
• Parse Event Details into JSON: Extract event name, date, time and venue from a text invite into JSON so calendars and booking tools stay accurate.
• Parse a Job Posting Snippet into JSON: Structure a job posting snippet into JSON with title, company, location and salary so recruiters compare roles quickly.
• Parse Recipe Ingredients into JSON: Break recipe ingredient lines into JSON with amount, unit and item so meal apps and shopping lists stay consistent.
• Parse a Real Estate Listing into JSON: Turn a property listing sentence into JSON with beds, baths, price and location so agents load data into portals faster.
• Parse a Flight Itinerary into JSON: Extract airline, flight number, origin, destination and time from an itinerary line into JSON for travel tools.
• Parse Customer Feedback into JSON: Structure open customer feedback into JSON with product, issue and rating so support teams track themes without tagging by hand.

Export, API and AI agents (x402 + MCP)

Export the scraped data to JSON, CSV or Excel, pull it as a dataset through the Apify API, or wire it into your app with no code. This web scraper and data extractor also works for bulk data extraction and scheduled runs.

For AI agents: this Actor is available on x402, Apify's agentic payment standard built with Coinbase. An AI agent can discover, pay for and run it on its own with a funded wallet and a single HTTP request: no account, no subscription, no API key and no human in the loop. It also runs as an MCP tool inside Claude, Cursor and other AI clients out of the box. Learn more about x402 agentic payments on Apify.

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