PDF to TXT API

BASE URLhttps://api-server.compdf.com/server/

❖ Feature Description

Extract plain text from PDF files and export it as TXT.

❖ Request Mode

Synchronous Request (Sync) ✓

The API returns the result file directly after processing. Recommended for small files and real-time interactive scenarios that need immediate feedback.

Asynchronous Request (Async)

The API first returns task acceptance information, then you query progress and results with taskId. Suitable for large files and batch workloads.

Secure Request Mode

Upload and process files through secure mechanisms such as pre-signed URLs. Suitable for high-security and privacy compliance scenarios.

▎Call Flow

1Upload file

2Call API (sync)

3Get result URL

4Download file

▎Usage Limits

Download validity

24 hours

synchronous执行

POSThttps://api-server.compdf.com/server/v2/process/pdf/txt

❖ Request Parameters

x-api-key*

Authentication credential sent in the header: x-api-key

Body Parameters multipart/form-data

fileFile*

Choose FileNo file selected

Upload file

passwordstring

File password (if the PDF is password-protected)

languageinteger

API error message language (1 = English, 2 = Chinese)

pageRangesstring

Specify page numbers to convert, starting from 1, for example 1-3,6. Default is empty, which means all pages.

enableOcrinteger

Whether to use OCR (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled). Default is 0.

ocrRecognitionLangstring

OCR recognition language code. See supported languages.

ocrOptionstring

OCR recognition scope. Default is ALL: INVALID_CHARACTER (pages with garbled text), SCAN_PAGE (scanned pages), INVALID_CHARACTER_AND_SCAN_PAGE (both), or ALL (all pages).

isOutputDocumentPerPageinteger

Whether to output one file per page (0 = no, 1 = yes, default 0).

enableAiLayoutinteger

Enable AI layout analysis (0 = off, 1 = on, default 1).

txtTableFormatinteger

Whether to format tables when converting PDF to TXT (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled). Default is 1.

❖ Response Properties

Field	Type	Description
code	String	Business status code
msg	String	Message
data	Object	Response data
data.fileKey	String	Unique key of the file in the storage system.
data.taskId	String	Task ID
data.fileName	String	Source file name. Required in presigned mode to generate the object storage upload URL.
data.downFileName	String	Output file name after conversion.
data.fileUrl	String	Source file storage URL or object storage key.
data.downloadUrl	String	File download URL
data.sourceType	String	Source file type
data.targetType	String	Target file type
data.fileSize	Integer	Source file size in bytes.
data.convertSize	Integer	Converted file size in bytes.
data.convertTime	Integer	Conversion time for a single file, typically in milliseconds.
data.status	String	File processing status. Common values: success, failed, processing, etc.
data.failureCode	String	Error code when file conversion fails.
data.failureReason	String	Error reason when file conversion fails.
data.fileParameter	String	Conversion parameter JSON string submitted when creating the task.

🔗Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-server.compdf.com/server/v2/process/pdf/txt \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR API-KEY' \
  --form [email protected]

✓Response Example

200 OK

{
  "code": "200",
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "fileKey": "<string>",
    "taskId": "<string>",
    "fileName": "<string>",
    "downFileName": "<string>",
    "fileUrl": "<string>",
    "downloadUrl": "<string>",
    "sourceType": "<string>",
    "targetType": "<string>",
    "fileSize": 0,
    "convertSize": 0,
    "convertTime": 0,
    "status": "<string>",
    "failureCode": "<string>",
    "failureReason": "<string>",
    "fileParameter": "<string>"
  }
}