# Extract IRS Tax Form Text (W-9, W-4)

**Use case:** 

Pull the full text and metadata out of IRS form PDFs: title, author, pages, words and links per document. Government form processing data.

## Input

```json
{
  "pdfUrls": [
    "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf",
    "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf"
  ],
  "urlsFromFile": "",
  "extractTables": false,
  "includePageText": true,
  "maxPagesPerPdf": 0,
  "maxPdfMb": 50,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "PDF URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "pageCount": {
    "label": "Pages",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "wordCount": {
    "label": "Words",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "linkCount": {
    "label": "Links",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Text",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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