How to Convert Part of a PDF to CSV by using PDF.co and Zapier

Step 1: Make a Zap

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

Step 2: Set Up Trigger

We will now set up our Trigger. Search and select Google drive as the App event. As for our Trigger Event go ahead and choose New File in Folder. In this case, whenever there’s a new file added to your specific folder, it will trigger this zap.

Step 3: Connect Google Drive Account

Select or connect your Google Drive account which you will be using with Zapier

Step 4: Select Folder

Select My Google Drive as the drive to be used and select the specific folder where the PDF file is located. In my case, I put the PDF file in the Tutorial folder.

Step 5: Test Trigger

We will then Test the trigger to check for any errors.

Now that we've finished setting up the Trigger, we will set up the Action.

Step 6: Choose Action Event

Search and select PDF.co as our App event and select PDF to Anything Converter as our Action event. With PDF to Anything Converter, you can convert your PDF File into Text, CSV, HTML, XLS, etc.

Step 7: Connect PDF.co Account

Select or connect your PDF.co account which you will be using with Zapier. You can get your API key by visiting the PDF.co dashboard.

Step 8: Insert Code

Under Set up Action, choose CSV(comma-separated values) as Output Format. Set the PDF URL as Web Content Link. For the Custom Profiles, insert the following code:

"ExtractionArea": [
30.0,
309.0,
534.75,
135.0
]

Step 9: Test Action

We will now Test the action. Click on Test & Review to see if there are any errors or none.

Step 10: Output

Once the test returns as successful. You can use the link to view and download the output PDF.