APIs.json: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pdf-co/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
- Access: 3rd-Party
- Document Automation
- AI
- OCR
- Invoice Parsing
- Document Parsing
- Conversion
- Forms
- Barcodes
- E-Signature
- Created: 2026-05-25
- Modified: 2026-05-25
AI-powered data extraction from PDF, scanned, and image-based documents. Includes the AI Invoice Parser (zero-template invoice/receipt parsing), Document Parser (template-driven extraction with reusable templates by ID), Document Classifier, and PDF attachment extraction. Async and sync modes; webhook callbacks; supports URL, base64, or uploaded-file inputs.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- AI
- Document Parsing
- Invoice Parsing
- OCR
- Extraction
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
- JSON Schema — JSON Schema
Bidirectional document conversion: PDF to CSV, JSON, JSON-AI, text, XML, XLS, XLSX, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF, WebP; PDF from HTML, URL, DOC/DOCX, CSV/XLS/XLSX, images, and email (.msg, .eml); plus Excel-to-anything conversion. Layout-preserving table extraction and AI-driven JSON output supported.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Conversion
- Excel
- CSV
- JSON
- HTML
- Images
- OCR
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Programmatic PDF editing: add text/images/forms/links, replace text, replace text with images, delete text, delete or rotate pages, AI auto-rotate, search-and-replace, and form filling. Accepts coordinate-based annotations and supports template-driven PDF generation via HTML templates.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Editing
- Forms
- Text
- Images
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Merge multiple PDFs (and DOC, XLS, image inputs via /merge2) into a single document, or split PDFs by page ranges, indexes, or text-pattern search. Useful for document assembly, statement bursting, and invoice pipelines.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Merging
- Splitting
- Document Assembly
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Locate text in PDFs and return coordinates (/pdf/find), AI-powered table location (/pdf/find/table), and make scanned PDFs text-searchable via OCR (/pdf/makesearchable) or remove text layers to produce image-only PDFs (/pdf/makeunsearchable).
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Search
- OCR
- Text
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Retrieve fillable form field details (/pdf/info/fields) for AcroForm and XFA PDFs. Pair with the Editing API's /pdf/edit/add endpoint to fill forms programmatically.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Forms
- AcroForm
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Delete pages by range, rotate pages by degrees, or use AI auto-rotation to detect and fix page orientation in scanned documents.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Pages
- Rotation
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
Generate high-quality barcode images (QR, Code128, DataMatrix, PDF417, EAN, UPC, and others) or read barcodes from PDF and image inputs by URL.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Barcodes
- QR Code
- Recognition
- Documentation
- OpenAPI — OpenAPI Specification
- Postman Collection — Postman Collection 2.1
- Open Collection — Open Collection 1.0
File operations and platform primitives: upload (form, base64, by URL, presigned URL), download, delete, MD5 hash; PDF compress (v2) and optimize; PDF info reader; email decode/send/extract-attachments; HTML template storage; document classifier; and the /job/check endpoint for polling async operations. Also exposes /account/credit/balance for credit reporting.
- Human URL: https://docs.pdf.co/api-reference
- Files
- Compression
- Optimization
- Templates
- Jobs
- Account