PDFExtract Pull Text from PDFs
VerifiedExtract clean readable text from PDF files into agent-ready markdown. Multi-page, tables, headers. No external services.
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# PDFExtract Pull Text from PDFs
Extract clean readable text from PDF files into agent-ready markdown. Multi-page, tables, headers. No external services.
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Every agent needs to read PDFs. This does it cleanly.
Usage
```javascript const { PDFExtract } = require('./src/pdf-extract'); const pdf = new PDFExtract();
const text = await pdf.extract('document.pdf'); console.log(text);
const structured = await pdf.extractStructured('document.pdf'); console.log(structured.pages); // Array of page texts console.log(structured.metadata); // Title, author, page count console.log(structured.headings); // Detected headings ```
Features
- Clean text extraction — strips headers/footers, page numbers, watermarks
- Page-by-page — access individual pages or full document
- Heading detection — identifies structure from font sizes
- Table extraction — basic table detection and formatting
- Metadata — title, author, creation date, page count
- Batch processing — extract multiple PDFs at once
- Markdown output — formatted with headings and structure preserved
Supported PDF Types
| Type | Support | |------|---------| | Text PDFs | Full support | | Scanned/Image PDFs | Basic (needs OCR) | | Forms | Text fields extracted | | Password-protected | Supported (provide password) | ---
⚠️ Disclaimer
This software is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind, express or implied.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- The author(s) are NOT liable for any damages, losses, or consequences arising from
- the use or misuse of this software — including but not limited to financial loss,
- data loss, security breaches, business interruption, or any indirect/consequential damages.
- This software does NOT constitute financial, legal, trading, or professional advice.
- Users are solely responsible for evaluating whether this software is suitable for
- their use case, environment, and risk tolerance.
- No guarantee is made regarding accuracy, reliability, completeness, or fitness
- for any particular purpose.
- The author(s) are not responsible for how third parties use, modify, or distribute
- this software after purchase.
By downloading, installing, or using this software, you acknowledge that you have read this disclaimer and agree to use the software entirely at your own risk.
DATA DISCLAIMER: This software processes and stores data locally on your system. The author(s) are not responsible for data loss, corruption, or unauthorized access resulting from software bugs, system failures, or user error. Always maintain independent backups of important data. This software does not transmit data externally unless explicitly configured by the user.
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Use Cases
- Extract clean, agent-ready markdown text from PDF files with heading and structure preservation
- Process multi-page PDFs with automatic header/footer stripping and watermark removal
- Detect and extract tables from PDFs with basic formatting preserved
- Batch-process multiple PDFs at once for document indexing or RAG pipeline ingestion
- Extract PDF metadata including title, author, creation date, and page count
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Produces clean markdown output by stripping noise (headers, footers, page numbers, watermarks)
- +No external services required — all processing happens locally
- +Supports password-protected PDFs and form text field extraction
Cons
- -Scanned/image PDFs only have basic support — external OCR needed for full text extraction
- -JavaScript-based — requires Node.js runtime
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