How to Extract PDF to JSON with PDF.co API and Postman

Check out this tutorial to convert PDF to JSON using PDF.co Web API and Postman. Follow this step-by-step tutorial to extract PDF files in JSON format.

IMPORTANT: You need to set up Postman first, use this link to set up PDF.co for Postman.

Contents

01
Open PDF.co API v.1
    02
    Select File Uploader
      03
      Select PDF to JSON
        04
        Send Request with cURL or with Postman
          05
          Set Inline Key and Enter PDF Link
            06
            Send and Check the Status
              07
              See Result
                08
                Copy and Paste Code to Editor

                  Step 1: Open PDF.co API v.1

                  Go to Collections Tab and click on PDF.co API v.1 folder

                  Postman Collections Tab

                  Step 2: Select File Uploader

                  Look for and click on the File Uploader folder

                  Postman file uploader

                  Step 3: Select PDF to JSON

                  Click on PDF to JSON folder and click GET /pdf/convert/tojson

                  Postman folders

                  Step 4: Send Request with cURL or with Postman

                  Option 1: You can send your request with cURL

                  curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/to/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: INSERT_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE' \
--data-raw '{
"url": "https://bytescout-com.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/files/demo-files/cloud-api/pdf-to-json/sample.pdf",
"inline": true
}'

                  Option 2: Or you can send it with Postman by going to the Body tab and select Form-Data

                  Postman Body tab

                  Step 5: Set Inline Key and Enter PDF Link

                  Set the inline key to true and enter your pdf file link on the URL key’s value. To upload your PDF file in the temporary storage use the File Uploader tool from PDF.co.

                  Postman inline and url values

                  Step 6: Send and Check the Status

                  Click on the Send button

                  Postman Send button

                  Scroll down and make sure that the Status is 200 OK.

                  Postman response status

                  Step 7: See Result

                  Scroll down to see the generated JSON code result

                  JSON code result on Postman

                  Step 8: Copy and Paste Code to Editor

                  Click on the copy to clipboard icon on the left to copy the code and paste it to your favorite editor.

                  Copy to clipboard on Postman

                  Note: If you set the inline key to false, it will allow you to download the output instead.

                  inline key
                  Output Postman

                  NOTE: The JSON file is temporarily stored in the cloud and will expire in an hour. Be sure to download/move it to permanent storage.

                  Now, you’ve learned how to quickly convert PDF to JSON format using PDF.co Web API and Postman.

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