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Adobe PDF Services Extract PDF API

Extract text, tables, and figures from PDF documents into structured JSON output.

Adobe PDF Services Extract PDF API is one of 52 APIs that Adobe publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Extract PDF. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a changelog, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://pdf-services-ue1.adobe.io, https://pdf-services-ew1.adobe.io, https://pdf-services.adobe.io.

2 operations 2 paths 23 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://pdf-services.adobe.io
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Adobe PDF Services Extract PDF API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 access token obtained via client credentials grant from Adobe Identity Management Service (IMS). Generate credentials in the Adobe Developer Console…

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Extract PDF 2

Extract content from PDF documents and output it in a structured JSON format, along with tables and figures

POST
/operation/extractpdf
Extract content from PDF documents and output it in a structured JSON format, along with tables and figures
pdfoperations.extractpdf 2 params body → 201400404401429500
GET
/operation/extractpdf/{jobID}/status
Poll the extract pdf job for completion
pdfoperations.extractpdf.jobstatus 3 params → 200400404401429500

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ExtractPDFInternal (9 properties), ExtractPDFRequest (6 properties), ExtractPDFExternal (4 properties), JobStatusResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ExternalStorageOutputZip
object
Params representing output object
2 properties
Satus404
object
1 property
400
object
1 property
500
object
1 property
404
object
1 property
ExternalStorageInput
object
Params representing input object.
2 properties 1 required
ExtractPDFDone
failed
object
Response in case of 'failed' status
2 properties
ExtractPDFInternal
object
Params for Extract PDF Operation
9 properties 1 required
429
object
1 property
ExtractPDFJobStatus
Status400
object
1 property
inprogress
object
Response in case of 'in progress' status
1 property
Satus429
object
2 properties
notifiers
array
Specifies the notifiers to be invoked on the completion of job. To know more about notifiers, please see the documentation .
ExtractPDFDoneInternal
object
Response in case of 'done' status
3 properties
Satus401
object
1 property
ExtractPDFExternal
object
Params for Extract PDF Operation using external storage.
4 properties 1 required
401
object
1 property
Satus500
object
1 property
JobStatusResponse
object
The status and result of an asynchronous PDF operation job.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response returned when a request fails.
1 property
ExtractPDFRequest
object
6 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

adobe-extract-pdf-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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