PDF.co.

PDF.co is a REST API platform for PDF automation including PDF extraction, generation, editing, splitting, merging, form filling, barcode processing, OCR, document parsing, file conversion (PDF to Excel/CSV/JSON/XML/HTML/Image and vice versa), and AI-powered invoice parsing.

Supported tools and triggers

Each tool is a typed function your agent can call. Each trigger fires an agent run when something changes upstream.

Add Content to PDF

Tool to add content to an existing PDF. Use when you need to overlay text, images, barcodes, or links before distributing the file.

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Change PDF Text Searchable

Tool to make PDF text searchable using OCR. Use when you need to add a searchable text layer to scanned or image-only PDF documents.

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Check Job Status

Tool to check status and result of an asynchronous job. Use after submitting a job to poll for completion.

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Convert Email to PDF

Tool to convert email files (.eml/.msg) to PDF. Use when you need to transform standalone email messages into PDF documents.

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Convert Excel to CSV

Tool to convert an Excel file (XLS/XLSX) to CSV. Use when you have a public Excel file URL and need CSV output. Inline option returns data inline; otherwise provides download URL.

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Convert Excel to HTML

Tool to convert an Excel file to HTML. Use when you have an Excel URL and need HTML output.

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Convert Excel to JSON

Tool to convert an online Excel or CSV file to JSON format. Use when you have a public file URL and need structured data extraction.

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Convert Excel to Text

Tool to convert Excel files to plain text. Use after providing an Excel file URL to extract spreadsheet content.

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Convert Excel to XML

Tool to convert an Excel file to XML. Use when needing XML output from xls/xlsx/csv synchronously or asynchronously.

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Convert HTML to PDF

Tool to convert HTML code or webpage URL into a PDF document. Use when you need to capture a webpage or HTML snippet as a PDF file.

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Convert PDF to CSV

Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to CSV format. Use when you need to extract tabular data from a PDF into CSV format.

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Convert PDF to HTML

Tool to convert PDF documents to HTML. Use when you need an HTML rendition of a PDF or scanned image.

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Convert PDF to Image

Tool to convert PDF pages to images (PNG, JPG, TIFF). Use when you need image previews of PDF content.

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Convert PDF to JSON

Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to JSON format. Use when you need a structured JSON representation of PDF content.

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Convert PDF to Text

Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to plain text. Use when you need raw text output preserving layout.

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Convert PDF to XLS

Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XLS format. Use when you need to extract tabular data into an Excel spreadsheet.

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Convert PDF to XLSX

Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XLSX (Excel) format. Use when you need structured spreadsheet output from a PDF.

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Convert PDF to XML

Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XML format. Use when you need to extract structured data from PDF into XML.

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Convert Text to PDF

Tool to convert a plain text (.txt) file to PDF. Use when you have a public URL to a text file; raw inline text is not accepted by the endpoint.

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Delete PDF Pages

Tool to delete specific pages from a PDF file. Use when you need to remove unwanted pages before further processing.

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Document Parser

Tool to parse documents based on predefined templates to extract structured data. Use when you need to extract structured fields from a PDF by supplying a custom template.

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Extract PDF Attachments

Tool to extract embedded attachments from a PDF. Use when you need to retrieve embedded files from a PDF after uploading.

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Find Text in PDF

Tool to find text in a PDF document. Use when you need to locate keywords or regex patterns and get their page positions.

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Generate Barcode

Tool to generate high quality barcode images in 45+ formats including QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, and more. Use when you need to create barcodes with customization options like rotation, decoration images for QR codes, or async processing.

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Generate Barcode (Deprecated)Deprecated

DEPRECATED: Use PDFCOPostBarcodeGenerate instead. Tool to generate barcode images (QR, Code128, Code39, PDF417, etc.). Use when you need to encode data into barcodes on the fly.

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Get Account Balance Info

Tool to get account balance info. Use after authenticating to check remaining credits.

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Merge PDFs

Tool to merge multiple PDF files into one document. Use when you need to combine several PDF URLs into a single PDF file.

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PDF Forms Info Reader

Tool to extract form field information from a PDF. Use when you need to retrieve names, types, and values of form fields. Returns field names, types (CheckBox, EditBox, RadioButton, ComboBox), values, and position coordinates.

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PDF Info Reader

Tool to retrieve detailed information and metadata of a PDF. Use when you need page count, author, encryption details, and other document properties.

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Rotate PDF Pages

Tool to rotate selected pages in a PDF. Use when you need to adjust the orientation of specific pages in an online PDF file before further processing.

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Search and Delete Text in PDF

Tool to search for and delete text in a PDF by keyword or regex. Use when you need to remove sensitive or unwanted text from a PDF document.

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Search and Replace Text in PDF

Tool to search for and replace text in a PDF document. Use when you need to update specific text instances within an existing PDF file (e.g., changing invoice numbers).

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Split PDF

Tool to split a PDF into multiple files by page ranges. Use when you need to extract specific pages or page ranges from a PDF.

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Upload File

Tool to upload a local file or remote URL to PDF.co, returning a hosted URL for downstream processing. Use when a PDF.co tool (e.g., PDF_CO_PDF_FROM_HTML) requires a remote URL but you have a local file.

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Upload File from Base64

Tool to create a temporary file using base64-encoded source data. Use when you need to upload file content as base64 to PDF.co for downstream processing. Temporary files are automatically deleted after 1 hour (or custom expiration time).

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