PDF to CSV using JavaScript

The JavaScript library for extracting data from PDF documents to the CSV files.

Extract tables from textual and scanned PDF documents to comma-separated values CSV files. The JS module identifies bordered and border-less tabular structures within pdf documents and extracts these tables to a list of CSV formatted files.

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ConvertAPI JavaScript library install

ConvertAPI provides a JavaScript module that allows you to perform a PDF to CSV conversion with just a few lines of code. First, install the convertapi-js@~1.1 package from npm:

        NPM package >
    
npm i convertapi-js@~1.1

JavaScript Client GitHub

If you are interested in our old version of non-module JavaScript library you can find it here.

Authenticate your JavaScript library

Next, obtain your secret key by signing up for a free account. Once you sign up, you'll receive 250 free conversions instantly! Grab your authentication secret from the account dashboard, and authenticate the ConvertAPI JavaScript library like this:

        import ConvertApi from 'convertapi-js'
    
        let convertApi = ConvertApi.auth('your-api-secret')

Convert PDF to CSV using JavaScript in no time!

Once you have your authentication in place, simply copy-paste this pdf to csv conversion code snippet into your JavaScript project. Convert PDF to CSV documents using JavaScript with no effort at all!

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI JavaScript Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-js

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Node.js Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-nodejs

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI PHP Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-php

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Java Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-java

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI C# Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-dotnet

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Ruby Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-ruby

# Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Python Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-python

// Code snippet is using the ConvertAPI Go Client: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-go

REM Code snippet is using the command line utility program: https://github.com/ConvertAPI/convertapi-cli

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You can set up the advanced conversion parameters and test the conversion result online using our interactive demo tool. It will auto-generate the code snippet for you!

Advanced PDF to CSV conversion parameters

Password String

Sets the password to open protected documents.

PageRange String

Set page range. Example 1-10 or 1,2,5.

Delimiter String

Set fields separator.

EnableOcr Collection

Enable optical character recognition(OCR). Set the property to ALL to perform OCR on all pages and Scanned to perform OCR on scanned pages if PDF contains mixed pages - text and image pages.

Values: Scanned All None

OcrLanguage Collection

Set the OCR language. Ask support to add your language if missing.

Values: ca da nl de es en he pl pt ru sv tr lt