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Extract Text

Extract & AnalyzePreview

Pull the text layer out of a document.

Drop a file here or choose

PDF

Options

Cost1 credits
Free to try Private & secure Deleted after 1 hour

Accepts

PDF

Returns

Data

Batch

Single file

Cost

1 credits

About Extract Text

Pull the text layer out of a document. Use it free in your browser, or call the same thing from your code with one API request.

  • Audit a document's metadata
  • Extract text for downstream processing
  • Spot what changed between two versions

How it works

  1. 1

    Upload your file

    Drop in your PDF, or pick from your device.

  2. 2

    Set your options

    Tune a couple of settings to get exactly the result you want.

  3. 3

    Download the result

    Grab your extracted data right away. Files are deleted automatically after an hour.

Prefer to automate? Call it by API.

curl -X POST https://api.doctransform.io/analyze/text \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dt_live_••••" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  -F "preserve_formatting=true"

Questions, answered

Yes — it's free to try in your browser. Programmatic use through the API costs 1 credits per run.

They're encrypted in transit, processed only for your request, and automatically deleted within an hour. We never use them to train models.

PDF.

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