How to Split PDF by Text using PDF.co and Zapier

In this tutorial, we will show you how to split PDF by text using PDF.co and Zapier. Our source PDF contains 3 different invoices which we will split into 3 separate documents.

Contents

01
Add PDF Splitter by Text Action
    02
    Setup Action
      03
      Test Action
        04
        Test Result

          Step 1: Add PDF Splitter by Text Action

          First, let’s choose PDF.co as the App and the PDF Splitter by Text as the Action Event.

          Setup the Splitter step in Zapier
          Setup the Splitter step in Zapier

          Step 2: Setup Action

          Next, let’s configure the PDF Splitter by Text action.

          • In the PDF URL field, enter the source file link.
          • In the Text To Search field, type in invoice number. Every time the engine finds this text it will split the page from the rest of the document.
          • In the Case Sensitive field, select False. We want the engine to find the text no matter what case it uses.
          • In the Use Regular Expressions field, also select False. We want it to find the exact text and not just a text pattern.
          • In the Exclude Pages With Found Text field, select False. We want to split the pages that contain the text.
          • In the OCR Language field, you can leave the default English value if you are working with PDF documents written in the English language.
          Setting up the action
          Setting up the action

          Step 3: Test Action

          Then, let’s test the action by sending it to PDF.co.

          Test the Action
          Test the Action

          Step 4: Test Result

          Great! Our test was done successfully and PDF.co returned 3 temporary URLs of the split pages. You use the URLs to view the invoices.

          Results of the Split Action
          Results of the Split Action

          In this tutorial, you learned how to split PDF by text using PDF.co and Zapier. You learned how to set up the PDF Splitter by Text action to only split pages that contain a specific text. You also learned about the OCR functionality and how to use it for English and non-English documents.