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Compare PDFs

Compares two PDFs and returns the result. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Read only
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Diffchecker account once, then configure and run Compare PDFs from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "diffchecker-compare-pdf",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    diffchecker: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    outputType: "Output Type",
    diffLevel: "Diff Level",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Compare PDFs inputs
Property Type Description
outputType Output Type string
Specifies the type of output you receive in the response body.
Required
diffLevel Diff Level string
Specifies whether you want to diff by word or character.
Optional
leftPdf Left PDF (File Path Or Url) string
Left PDF file you want to compare. Provide either a file URL or a path to a file in the /tmp directory (for example, /tmp/example.pdf).
Required
rightPdf Right PDF (File Path Or Url) string
Right PDF file you want to compare. Provide either a file URL or a path to a file in the /tmp directory (for example, /tmp/example.pdf).
Required
syncDir SyncDir dir
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
diffchecker-compare-pdf
Version
1.0.3
App
Diffchecker
Authentication
API key
Read-only
Yes
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes