PDF to CSV Python

Extract tables from PDF documents to CSV files with password support, page range selection, optional OCR, and delimiter control.

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PDF to CSV Python Overview

Extract tables from textual and scanned PDF documents to comma-separated values CSV files. The Python library 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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Customizable Parameters

Fine-tune your automation with these powerful conversion options

File

File Supported formats: .pdf

File to be converted. Value can be URL or file content.

Password

String

Sets the password to open protected documents.

PageRange

String Default: 1-2000

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

EnableOcr

Collection Default: Scanned

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 Default: en

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

Values:   ar ca zh-cn zh-tw da nl en fi fa de el he it ja ko lt no pl pt ro ru sl es sv tr ua th

Delimiter

String Default: ,

Set fields separator.

StoreFile

Bool Default: False

When the StoreFile parameter is set to True, your converted file is written to ConvertAPI’s encrypted, temporary storage and made available via a time-limited secure download URL, valid for up to 3 hours. After this period, the file is permanently deleted.

When StoreFile is set to False, conversion happens entirely in-memory. The raw file bytes are streamed back in the API response without touching disk or external storage, ensuring maximum security and zero persistence so that only you can access the content.

Step-by-Step Guide

Easy PDF to CSV integration programmatically using our Python library

1. ConvertAPI Python library install

ConvertAPI provides a Python library that allows you to perform a PDF to CSV conversion with just a few lines of code. Convert PDF to CSV documents using Python SDK with no effort at all!

Install with pip:
pip install --upgrade convertapi

2. Authenticate your Python library

You can obtain your API Token by signing up for a free account. Once you sign up, you'll receive 250 free conversions instantly! Grab your API Token from the account dashboard, and authenticate the ConvertAPI Python library like this:

# get your API Token here: https://www.convertapi.com/a/auth
import convertapi
convertapi.api_credentials = 'api_token'

3. Convert PDF to CSV using Python in no time!

Once you have your authentication in place, simply copy-paste this pdf to csv conversion code snippet into your Python project:

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Easy PDF to CSV automation using our simple Python SDK

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Compatible With all Python Frameworks & Tools

Compatible with Python Compatible with Django Compatible with Flask Compatible with FastAPI Compatible with Pandas Compatible with PyTest Compatible with PyCharm

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