Extract Text from PDF

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POST api.upapi.io/pdf-extract-text.post

Extract the text of a PDF, by URL or as an inline base64 upload. Optionally restrict it to a page range and detect tables, returned as Markdown. Runs locally on PDFium — no third-party document API, no per-page fee.

pdftextextractdocumentparsetables

AuthAPI key

Cost2 units

Timeout25s

Cache86400s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`url`		Public URL of the PDF to read (e.g. https://example.com/report.pdf). Provide this OR `file`, not both.· default: `null`
`file`		The PDF itself, base64-encoded (no data: URI prefix). Max 3.7 MB decoded — base64 inflates by 4/3 and the API request body is capped at 5 MB. Supply `url` instead for anything larger. Expected media type application/pdf.· default: `null`
`pages`		Page range to extract, 1-based and inclusive (e.g. 1-5,8,11-13). Omit for the whole document.· default: `null`
`tables`	boolean	Also detect tables and return each one as a Markdown table (e.g. false). Slower — leave off unless you need them.· default: `false`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`text`req	string	All extracted text, pages joined by a blank line
`pages`req	integer	Number of pages the document contains
`tables`		Detected tables; null unless `tables` was true· default: `null`
`pageTexts`req	array	Text of each extracted page, in order
`truncated`req	boolean	True when output was cut at the 600000-character response cap
`extractedPages`req	array	1-based page numbers actually extracted

Try it

urloptional· default: null

Public URL of the PDF to read (e.g. https://example.com/report.pdf). Provide this OR file, not both.

fileoptional· default: null

The PDF itself, base64-encoded (no data: URI prefix). Max 3.7 MB decoded — base64 inflates by 4/3 and the API request body is capped at 5 MB. Supply url instead for anything larger. Expected media type application/pdf.

Drop a file here, or click to browseapplication/pdf · up to 3.7 MB

Sent inline as base64, so the request body cap applies — files up to 3.7 MB.

pagesoptional· default: null

Page range to extract, 1-based and inclusive (e.g. 1-5,8,11-13). Omit for the whole document.

tablesoptional· default: false

Also detect tables and return each one as a Markdown table (e.g. false). Slower — leave off unless you need them.

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/pdf-extract-text.post \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "url": "https://example.com/report.pdf", "tables": false }'

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