How to Extract Specific Rectangular Area in PDF using PDF.co and Make

Step 1: Create a New Scenario

• First, open your Make account and click on the Create a New Scenario button.

Step 2: Google Drive Module

• Next, select the Google Drive app and choose the Download a File module.

Step 3: Google Drive Configuration

Let’s set up the Google Drive configuration.

• For the Enter a File ID field, enter the Select from the list option.
• In the Choose a Drive field, select My Drive.
• In the File ID field, enter the specific folder where the file resides.

After setting up the configuration, run the scenario to fetch the file from your Google Drive.

Step 4: Add PDF.co Module

• Let’s add another module and select PDF.co. Then, choose the Make an API Call module.

Step 5: PDF.co Configuration

Let’s set up the PDF.co configuration.

• For the API Endpoint Path field, enter the v1/pdf/convert/to/text. This endpoint will extract the specific rectangular area in a PDF.
• For the Input Type field, select the Upload files and inject as ‘url’ param option. It will automatically input files from Google Drive.
• For the Output File Name field, enter the desired name of the output file.
• Under the Body param, type rect for the Key and enter the rectangular area value of x,y,width,height. You can easily get the rectangular area value using the Bytescout PDF Multitool.

Once you are done setting up the configuration, you may now run the scenario to see the result.

Step 6: Run Scenario Result

• Great! We successfully run the scenario. Copy the URL and paste it into your browser to view the output.

Step 7: Output

• Here’s the extracted text output using the rectangular area with PDF.co and Make.