Please check this tutorial to learn how to search PDF files using PDF.co and Zapier integration. To proceed, please follow the steps below:

For this demo, we will use this sample invoice.

Sample Invoice To Search

Step 1: Make a Zap!

  • To begin, let’s start by logging into your Zapier account and clicking on the Create Zap button.

Step 2: Choose an App & Event

  • After the input PDF source is specified, the next step is to Choose App & Event. Pick PDF.co as the app and Search in PDF as the event.
Set Search In PDF As The Action Step

Step 3: Connect your PDF.co Account to Zapier

  • To connect your PDF.co account to Zapier add your API Key. You can obtain the API Key in your PDF.co dashboard.
Authorize Zapier With PDF.co API Key

Step 4: Specify Criteria Under Customize Search in PDF

  • In Direct Link To Source PDF, provide or build an input URL for the source PDF.
  • In the Text To Search section, enter the text that you would like to find in the input document. If you prefer a regular expression, enter it here.
  • Choose whether the provided search text will be a regular expression or a direct search in the Use Regular Expression section.
  • Leave the Pages field empty or enter the page range if you have specific pages to search in.
Configure Search In PDF With Invoice And Search Strings

Step 5: Test Action

  • Now, let’s test the action to make sure that we set it up correctly.
Send Search Data To Test And Review

Step 6: Result

  • Here is the search in PDF result. The resulting URL is a downloadable JSON file.
Output PDF In JSON Format

Now, you know how to do a text search within a PDF file using PDF.co and Zapier integration.

To learn more about specific tasks with PDF.co Web API, check out our Tutorials.

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