---
title: "Text of a PDF, page by page"
method: POST
path: "/v1/pdf/text"
tags: ["PDF tools"]
---

# Text of a PDF, page by page

`POST /v1/pdf/text`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dharun.dev`
- URL: `https://api.dharun.dev/v1/pdf/text`
- Auth: none declared

The text of each page, in reading order, or laid out as on the page with layout=true. needs_ocr is true when the pages hold almost no text, as in a scan: send those to /v1/ocr. Options go in the query string, or as form fields when the file is sent as multipart/form-data.

## Query parameters

- `first` integer
- `last` integer
- `layout` 'true' | 'false'

## Response `200`

Success

- Envelope
  - `data` unknown, required
  - `meta` object, required
    - `limit` integer
    - `note` string
    - `offset` integer
    - `source` object: Where the data came from and the credit its licence asks for.
      - `attribution` string
      - `licence` string
      - `name` string
      - `retrieved` string
      - `url` string
      - `version` string
    - `total` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: Error
- `404`: Error
- `413`: Error
- `429`: Error

---

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