Supported Features
PDF to Anything
Convert PDF to other file formats.
Input
| Name | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Output Format | Select the format you want to convert your PDF to from the drop down list in the workflow. | Yes |
| Source PDF URL | Provide the URL to the source PDF document, or a filetoken:// link from PDF.co Built-In Files Storage. If you use another cloud service such as Google Drive or Dropbox ensure the link is publicly accessible. | Yes |
| Page Selection | Specify the pages or ranges you want to process. Enter a comma-separated list (e.g., 0,1-2,5-). Leave blank to include all pages. Note: Page indexing starts at 0. | No |
| Output File Name | The output file name. If left blank then the name of the last file in the Source PDF URL list will be used. | No |
| Inline Output Option | Set to true to receive the extracted content directly as a body variable. By default, a link to the output file will be returned in the url object in the return JSON. | No |
| OCR Language for Scanned Documents | Choose the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) language for extracting text from scanned PDF, PNG, JPG documents. The default language is English. | No |
| Extraction Region | Define coordinates for extraction with a list of comma-separated x, y coordinate numbers, e.g, 0, 0, 100, 100 is a square 100 pixels in from the top left corner of a PDF document. | No |
| Enable Line Grouping | Set to true to enable line grouping within table cells. | No |
| Unwrap | Set to true to unwrap lines into single line within table cells. Works only when Enable Line Grouping is enabled. | No |
| Define Custom Profiles | A JSON string which adds options for the conversion process. See API Profiles for more. | No |
Source PDF URL & Google
When using Google Drive, it’s typically recommended to choose the File option. For more advanced file integration techniques, see Integrating File Sources with pdf.co.
Output
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
url | The temporary URL on the PDF.co file server. |
outputLinkValidTill | A timestamp which indicates how long the url will be available for. |
error | Details of any errors (if any). |
status | The response status code. If all good this will be 200. |
name | The name of the file. |
jobId | The unique identifier for the job. |
credits | The credits spent on the process. |
remainingCredits | The credits left on your account. |
duration | The time it took for the process. |