PDF to JSON

Creates JSON data from a PDF in PDF.co.

POST

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

URL of PDF file to convert.

boolean

Process conversion as background job.

string

Optional output filename.

Uncommon arguments

string

Optional page range (e.g. 1-3).

string

Password for protected PDFs.

string

Language hint for OCR parsing.

boolean

Return output inline when true.

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/pDFco/latest/actions/pdf-to-json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "url": ""
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "credits": 1,
      "duration": 1,
      "error": true,
      "name": "Ava Chen",
      "outputLinkValidTill": "2026-05-07T12:00:00.000Z",
      "pageCount": 1,
      "remainingCredits": 1,
      "status": 1,
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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