PDF Parse#

What It Does#

Parses a PDF into structured JSON with text content, layout-aware blocks (with normalized bounding boxes), tables, and image metadata.

When to Use#

• Extract structured data from PDFs (text, tables, images)
• Get layout-aware content with bounding box coordinates
• Parse invoices, forms, or reports into machine-readable format

Parsing Modes#

ModeDescriptiontextText onlylayoutText + text blocks with bounding boxestablesText + table blocksfullText + blocks + tables + images (default)

Required Inputs#

Provide one of:

• url — public URL to a PDF
• Multipart upload with file field

Authentication#

Send your API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header.

Get your free API key at https://pdfapihub.com. Full API documentation is available at https://pdfapihub.com/docs.

Use Cases#

• Invoice Parsing — Extract line items, totals, and vendor info from PDF invoices
• Resume Parsing — Extract structured data (name, experience, skills) from PDF resumes
• Contract Analysis — Extract clauses, dates, and parties from legal PDF contracts
• Form Data Extraction — Pull filled form fields and values from PDF forms
• Research Paper Analysis — Extract text, tables, and figures from academic PDFs
• Document Indexing — Parse PDFs into structured JSON for search engine indexing

Example Usage#

bash

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/pdf/parse \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample-pdfinvoice-with-image.pdf", "mode": "full", "pages": "1-3" }'