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PDF.co Find & Search API

The Find & Search API from PDF.co — 4 operation(s) for find & search.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

PDF.co Find & Search API is one of 10 APIs that PDF.co publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Find & Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.pdf.co.

4 operations 4 paths 17 schemas 4 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.0
Server
https://api.pdf.co
Authentication
API Key
Contact
PDF.co Support
License
Proprietary
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

PDF.co Find & Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Find & Search 4
POST
/v1/pdf/find
PDF Find Text
post_v1_pdf_find body → 200400401402403404408429
POST
/v1/pdf/find/table
Find Text in Table with AI
post_v1_pdf_find_table body → 200400401402403404408429
POST
/v1/pdf/makesearchable
Make Text Searchable
post_v1_pdf_makesearchable body → 200400401402403404408429
POST
/v1/pdf/makeunsearchable
Make Text Unsearchable
post_v1_pdf_makeunsearchable body → 200400401402403404408429

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

url
string
URL to the source file [url attribute](/api-reference/url-input-and-request-limits).
name
string
File name for generated output.
timeout
number
Timeout for output links in seconds
inline
boolean
Set to true to return results inside the response. Otherwise, the endpoint will return a URL to the output file generated.
rect
string
Defines coordinates for extraction. Use[PDF Edit Add Helper](https://app.pdf.co/pdf-edit-add-helper) to get or measure PDF coordinates. The format is {x} {y} {…
async
boolean
Set async to true for long processes to run in the background, API will then return a jobId which you can use with the [Background Job Check endpoint](/api-ref…
httppassword
string
HTTP auth password if required to access source URL.
lang
string
Set the language for OCR (text from image) to use for scanned PDF, PNG, and JPG documents input when extracting text. see [Language Support](/api-reference/lan…
password
string
Password for the PDF file.
searchstring
string
The string to search.
file
string
The path to the local file to be uploaded.
casesensitive
boolean
Set to false to don't use case-sensitive search.
profiles
string
Profiles are used configure extra options for specific API endpoints and may be unique to an API. For more information, see [Profiles](/api-reference/profiles)…
regexsearch
boolean
Set to true to enable regular expression search for the searchString(s) parameter.
pages0
string
Page indices/ranges (0-based). Items are comma-separated. Each item is one of: N (e.g., 0), N-M (e.g., 3-7), N- (open-ended, e.g., 10-), or !N (reverse index;…
httpusername
string
HTTP auth user name if required to access source URL.
expiration
number
Sets the expiration time for the output link, in minutes. After this period, generated output file(s) are automatically deleted from [PDF.co Temporary Files St…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

pdf-co-find-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
pdf-co:pdf-co-find-search-api
Server
https://api.pdf.co
Docs
https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
Provider
PDF.co
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