PDF to TXT API
The API for converting PDF document to a plain text file, extract text from PDF.
Convert textual and scanned PDF document to a plain text file, extract text from PDF, apply OCR on a scanned PDF document before conversion.
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ConvertAPI offers a cloud-based solution, which makes PDF to TXT conversion effortless with just a single REST-API call:
Authenticate your API call
Converting pdf to txt via REST-API is now easier than ever. Sign up for a free account to obtain your authentication secret, append it as a query string parameter to the conversion URL, and voilĂ ! You can find advanced authentication techniques in our docs.
Convert PDF to TXT using REST-API in no time!
Once you have your authentication in place, you can convert your files using application/json
, multipart/form-data
and application/octet-stream
content types.
A simple HTTP POST request using JSON would look like this:
Conversion request using cURL
You can easily convert pdf to txt with a simple cURL request. Our documentation provides more advanced cURL request techniques.
File conversion using CLI
ConvertAPI CLI allows you to convert files using our command-line file conversion utility tool. Check out CLI documentation for a detailed explanation and usage examples.
Upload the file and see how it works
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 TXT conversion parameters
Sets the password to open protected documents.
Set page range. Example 1-10 or 1,2,5.
Set the OCR language.
Values: automatic ca da de es en fr fi it nl no pl pt ro ru sv sl tr
Enable optical character recognition(OCR).
Persist formatting while extracting text. Only works when RemoveHeadersFooters and RemoveFootnotes properties are disabled.
Remove headers and footers from the document.
Remove footnotes from the document.
Remove tables from the document.