Pdf Extract API

Network tool

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/pdf-extract/execute

PDF Text Extractor. Extract text and structured JSON (with bounding boxes) from a PDF. Accepts either a public https:// URL pointing to a PDF, or a base64-encoded PDF string. Runs entirely on Cloudflare Workers via WebAssembly — the bytes are not logged. Best for documents under 10MB.

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Request body

application/json

pdf

string required

PDF as a base64-encoded string (with or without data: prefix) OR a public https:// URL pointing to a PDF.
output

string optional

What to return: layout-preserved text, structured JSON, or both. One of text · json · all.
maxPages

integer optional

Hard cap on pages parsed. Helps bound CPU time on huge documents.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "pdf": "https://findutils.com/docs/sample.pdf",
  "output": "text",
  "maxPages": 1
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/pdf-extract/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "pdf": "https://findutils.com/docs/sample.pdf",
    "output": "text",
    "maxPages": 1
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/pdf-extract/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"pdf":"https://findutils.com/docs/sample.pdf","output":"text","maxPages":1}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/pdf-extract/execute",
    json={"pdf":"https://findutils.com/docs/sample.pdf","output":"text","maxPages":1},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/pdf-extract/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"pdf":"https://findutils.com/docs/sample.pdf","output":"text","maxPages":1}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call pdf_extract from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

https://mcp.findutils.com

MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: pdf-extract
MCP name: pdf_extract
Category: Developer
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

This tool fetches a fixed, hard-coded public upstream, never a private host. Results depend on that upstream.

Request body

Example arguments

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