PDF to CSV#

What It Does#

Extracts tables and text from a PDF into CSV format via the PDFAPIHub hosted API. Your PDF is uploaded to PDFAPIHub servers for processing and the extracted CSV is returned. Uses structured table detection when available.

When to Use#

• Extract tabular data from a PDF as CSV for data processing
• Pull invoice line items or report data into CSV

Required Inputs#

Provide one of:

• url — public URL to a PDF
• file — base64-encoded PDF
• Multipart upload with file field

Authentication#

This skill calls the PDFAPIHub hosted API at https://pdfapihub.com/api. Your PDF is sent to PDFAPIHub servers for table extraction.

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.

Privacy note: PDFs you process are uploaded to PDFAPIHub's cloud service. Do not send confidential documents unless you trust the service. Files are auto-deleted after 30 days.

Use Cases#

• Data Pipeline Ingestion — Extract PDF table data as CSV for import into databases or BI tools
• CRM Import — Pull contact lists from PDF exports into CSV for CRM import
• Inventory Management — Convert PDF inventory reports to CSV for spreadsheet tracking
• Research Data — Extract experimental data from PDF papers into CSV for analysis
• Automated ETL — Feed PDF-extracted CSV data into automated data processing pipelines

Example Usage#

bash

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/pdf/csv \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample-pdfinvoice-with-image.pdf", "output": "url" }'