Convert PDF to Text Online

How to convert your PDF files to Text for free

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Upload PDF Files

Select the PDF file from your computer, or just drag and drop into the upload box. The  tool supports PDF and image formats

Convert to text

Click ‘Convert to Text’ to convert your PDF to text format. Our PDF to text converter converts PDF to text files instantly

Download text file

Download converted text file within seconds, which you can read and edit using any text editor

benefits of Nanonets' PDF to Text Software

You Upload, We Extract - from Simple PDFs to Complex Documents

Transforming The way You Handle PDFs

Optimize Document Processing across Various Industries

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Tapi is processing invoices in seconds instead of hours through Nanonets AI which has helped them reduce Accounts Payable cost by ~70%

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Convert PDF to Text using PDF OCR API

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import requests import base64 url = "https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText" payload={'urls': ['MY_IMAGE_URL']} files=[ ('file',('FILE_NAME',open('FILE_PATH','rb'),'application/pdf')) ] headers = {} response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files, auth=requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth('REPLACE_API_KEY', '')) print(response.text)
var axios = require('axios'); var FormData = require('form-data'); var fs = require('fs'); var data = new FormData(); data.apend('urls','FILE_URL') data.append('file', fs.createReadStream('FILE_PATH')); var config = { method: 'post', url: 'https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText', headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic ' + Buffer.from("REPLACE_API_KEY" + ":").toString('base64'), ...data.getHeaders() }, data : data }; axios(config) .then(function (response) { console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)); }) .catch(function (error) { console.log(error); });
var axios = require('axios'); var FormData = require('form-data'); var fs = require('fs'); var data = new FormData(); data.apend('urls','FILE_URL') data.append('file', fs.createReadStream('FILE_PATH')); var config = { method: 'post', url: 'https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText', headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic ' + Buffer.from("REPLACE_API_KEY" + ":").toString('base64'), ...data.getHeaders() }, data : data }; axios(config) .then(function (response) { console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)); }) .catch(function (error) { console.log(error); });
var client = new RestClient("https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText"); client.Timeout = -1; var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.Default.GetBytes("REPLACE_YOUR_API_KEY:"))); request.AddFile("file", "FILE_PATH"); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
curl --location --request POST 'https://app.nanonets.com/api/v2/OCR/FullText' \ -u 'REPLACE_API_KEY:' \ --form 'file=@"FILE_PATH"'
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Key Features

User-friendly online OCR interface
Convert .jpg, .bmp, .png or .PDFs to text
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Free, low latency OCR API with unlimited requests
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