Extract Email Address in PDF in PHP using PDF.co Web API

In this tutorial, we will show you how to extract an email address in PDF in PHP using PDF.co Web API. The image below shows the PDF input and the extracted email address in JSON format.

Contents

01
Source Code
    02
    Start Apache Server
      03
      Run Program
        04
        Result

          Step 1: Source Code

          Let’s begin by saving the HTML and the PHP code samples in a directory inside the /www or the /htdocs folder.

          Store Source Code Samples In Folder

          Step 2: Start Apache Server

          Next, start the Apache Server.

          Step 3: Run Program

          Now, let’s run our program.

          • In the address bar, type in localhost/folder_name/program.html.
          • In the API Key field, enter your PDF.co API Key. You can get it in your PDF.co dashboard.
          • Load the Input PDF.
          • Choose the template file.

          Then, click the Proceed button.

          Run Program

          Step 4: Result

          Great! PDF.co returned a JSON URL where we can view the extracted email address. Simply copy and paste the link to view the result. You can also get the output in CSV or XML format.

          Extracted Email Address JSON URL

          In this tutorial, you learned how to extract an email address in a PDF in PHP using PDF.co Web API. You learned how to set up the environment to run a PHP program. You also learned how to extract the email address in other formats.

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