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Extract Text From PDF with Adobe PDF Services API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Extract Text From PDF with the Adobe PDF Services API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Extract Text From PDF action
1. Connect your Adobe PDF Services account
2. Configure File Path
3. Configure File Name
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Extract Text From PDF on Adobe PDF Services

Description:Extracts text element information from a PDF document and returns a JSON file within a .zip file saved to the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation](https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-extract-api/howtos/extract-api/#extract-text-from-a-pdf)

Version:0.0.2

Key:adobe_pdf_services-extract-text-from-pdf

Code#

import adobe from "../../adobe_pdf_services.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "adobe_pdf_services-extract-text-from-pdf",
  name: "Extract Text From PDF",
  description: "Extracts text element information from a PDF document and returns a JSON file within a .zip file saved to the `/tmp` directory. [See the documentation](https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-extract-api/howtos/extract-api/#extract-text-from-a-pdf)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    adobe,
    filePath: {
      propDefinition: [
        adobe,
        "filePath",
      ],
    },
    filename: {
      propDefinition: [
        adobe,
        "filename",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    await this.adobe.extractPDF(this.filePath, "text", this.filename);
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully extracted text from pdf file.");
    return `/tmp/${this.filename.includes(".zip")
      ? this.filename
      : this.filename + ".zip"}`;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Adobe PDF Services	`adobe`	`app`	This component uses the Adobe PDF Services app.
File Path	`filePath`	`string`	The path to the pdf file saved to the `/tmp` directory (e.g. `/tmp/example.pdf`). See the documentation.
File Name	`filename`	`string`	Name of the new file to be placed in `/tmp` directory

Authentication#

Adobe PDF Services uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Adobe PDF Services account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Adobe PDF Services and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Adobe PDF Services API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

About Adobe PDF Services#

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