We prepared this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots to teach you how to extract bookmarks from PDF using PDF.co and Zapier.

  1. Setup Trigger, select Google Drive as App Event
  2. Select New File in Folder as Trigger Event
  3. Choose the drive and folder that has your file
  4. Test Trigger
  5. Setup Action, select PDF.co as App Event
  6. Select PDF File Information Reader as Action Event
  7. Setup action
  8. Test Action
  9. Result
Source file GIF
Source file GIF

Start by clicking on Make a Zap! at the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.

Step 1: Setup Trigger, select Google Drive as App Event

Choosing google drive as the trigger app

Step 2: Select New File in Folder as Trigger Event

Choosing new file in folder as the trigger event

NOTE: For this tutorial, I’m using Google Drive storage. You may also use other cloud storage as your trigger, just look for a similar trigger event.

Step 3: Choose the drive and folder that has your file

Selecting drive and folder

Step 4: Test Trigger

We will then Test the trigger to see if there are any errors or none

Test trigger

We’re now done setting up the trigger for this Zap. Let’s now move on to the action.

Step 5: Setup Action, select PDF.co as App Event

Select PDF.co as the action app

Step 6: Select PDF File Information Reader as Action Event

Select PDF file information reader as the action event

Step 7: Setup action

  • For PDF URL, add the URL where your Source File is located

Setup action

Step 8: Test Action

Test action

Step 9: Result

Screenshot of the result
Screenshot of the result

In this tutorial, you’ve learned how to extract bookmarks from PDF using PDF.co and Zapier.

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