Extract Text Guide

Create your own PDF to Text Converter to extract text from PDF and save as plain text by integrating with iLovePDF’s REST API.

Remember that in order to use our Tool Guides, you need to have previous knowledge about the basics to processing a PDF with our REST API. We strongly recommend that you read the Processing a PDF guide before starting this one.

Extract text only

Extract all found text in a PDF to a .txt file. -Please note that this option does not use OCR for extracting text from scanned documents.

Extract text only

// Create a new task
$myTask = $ilovepdf->newTask('extract');
// Add files to task for upload
$file1 = $myTask->addFile('path/to/file1_name.pdf');

// Execute task
$result = $myTask->execute();
// Download the comma separated csv file
$myTaskConvertJPG->download();

// Under construction

# Under construction

const task = ilovepdf.newTask('extract') as ExtractTask;

task.start()
.then(() => {
    return task.addFile('path/to/file1_name.pdf');
})
.then(() => {
    return task.process();
})
.then(() => {
    return task.download();
})
.then((data) => {
    fs.writeFileSync('path/to/local/file_name.txt', data);
});

Extract text and its properties from a PDF

On set the property detailed as true, you will get a CSV file to download containing the following PDF texts properties, separated by a comma: PageNo, XPos, YPos, Width, FontName, FontSize, Length, Text

Extract text and its properties from a PDF

// Create a new task
$myTask = $ilovepdf->newTask('extract');
// Add files to task for upload
$file1 = $myTask->addFile('path/to/file1_name.pdf');

//Get a csv file as an output with detailed information
$myTask->detailed(true);

// Execute task
$result = $myTask->execute();
// Download the comma separated csv file
$myTaskConvertJPG->download();

// Under construction

# Under construction

const task = ilovepdf.newTask('extract') as ExtractTask;

task.start()
.then(() => {
    return task.addFile('path/to/file1_name.pdf');
})
.then(() => {
    return task.process({ detailed: true });
})
.then(() => {
    return task.download();
})
.then((data) => {
    fs.writeFileSync('path/to/local/file_name.txt', data);
});