Extractor from PDF URL

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Extractor from PDF URL

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Extract text and tables from PDFs in a clear, readable format. Provides well-organized tables and cleans up messy spacing, making PDF content easy to view, copy, or share—directly from a PDF link.

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from $0.01 / 1,000 results

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Muhammad Zain Abid

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PDF Text & Table Extractor (JavaScript)

Extract readable text and clean tables from any PDF by simply providing a URL. This Actor downloads the PDF, parses the content, and formats messy spacing so the result is easy to view, copy, or process.

Included features

PDF fetching from a provided URL
Text extraction using pdf-parse
Cleaning & formatting to improve table readability
JSON output to Apify key-value store

Use cases

Convert PDF content into clean text
Make tables readable for reporting or copying
Prepare data for further processing or automation
Quickly inspect PDF content without opening the file

Input

Provide the following input JSON:

{
    "pdfUrl": "https://assets.accessible-digital-documents.com/uploads/2017/01/sample-tables.pdf"
}

Output

The Actor returns:

Full extracted text saved to: KEY_VALUE_STORE/result
Short preview in the API response

Example:

{
  "status": "success",
  "extracted": "Table 1\nColumn 1 Column 2 Column 3..."
}

Getting started

Build the Actor in Apify Console
Supply a PDF URL as input
Run and view extracted output in the key-value store

Local development (optional)

Use Apify CLI to pull and edit locally:

npm -g install apify-cli
apify pull <ActorId>

Dependencies

Apify SDK – actor environment & input/output handling
node-fetch – PDF downloading
pdf-parse – text extraction

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