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PDF Text Extractor - Multi-Column Layout, OCR & Metadata

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[💵 $0.005 per PDF + $0.0004 per page · no start fee] Any PDF URL into clean, layout-aware text that reads multi-column pages in the right order. Whole document and page by page, plus metadata, bookmarks and links. Optional OCR reads scanned pages, billed only for the pages it reads.

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from $3.20 / 1,000 pdfs

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You can access the PDF Text Extractor - Multi-Column Layout, OCR & Metadata 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 = { "urls": [
9        "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf",
10        "https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw9.pdf",
11    ] }
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("webdata_labs/pdf-text-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

PDF Text Extractor - PDF to Text, OCR & Metadata API in Python

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