How to Extract Text from Scanned PDF using Zapier
Extract Text from Scanned PDF with Zapier – Step-by-Step
We prepared this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots to teach you how to extract text from scanned PDF using Zapier.
![Screenshot of Scanned PDF](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F47907e2ee5f6ed1fb3f0bfeed6a63ad330203ced-795x411.png&w=1920&q=75)
Start by clicking on Make a Zap! at the upper-left corner of your Zapier dashboard.
Contents
Step 1: Setup Trigger, select Google Drive as App Event
![Screenshot of App Event](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2Fc0bfbca07e1258ee0fa8c4b2f362b89a3ef186ec-895x626.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 2: Choose 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.
![Screenshot of selecting Trigger Event](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F7f4cf5daf78beb6e95cc0e6e857db4b196f81651-894x485.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 3: Select or connect Google Drive account
![Screenshot of choosing account](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F2c7255d3a424ece4f48e9775bd1266957b9f45cd-897x428.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 4: Select Drive and Folder
Select My Google Drive as the drive to be used and select the specific folder where the PDF file is located.
![Screenshot of choosing Drive and Folder](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F0cfbdf6483ea30727fd67a031f3ac0bc998e5734-890x500.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 5: Test the Trigger
We will then Test the trigger to see if there are any errors or none.
![Screenshot of Test trigger](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F0007bacdc92f6043449b16c32064b38c089aebf6-893x463.png&w=1920&q=75)
We’re now done setting up the trigger for this Zap. Let’s now move on to the action.
Step 6: Setup Action, select PDF.co as App Event
![Screenshot of Setup Action and App Event](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2Facafed8b4c2bb017bedca17d48444bf7851fbca2-894x625.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 7: Choose PDF to Anything Converter as Action Event
![Screenshot of Action Event](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2Ff15ed65f89233dcd19d6b1ccf14938510f58bee5-894x485.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 8: Select or connect PDF.co account
![Screenshot of Choose account](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F0f2b854c6317360217697a941965bf2b7bcab631-893x423.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 9: Setup Action parameters
Under Setup Action:
- Set Output Format as Plain Text
- Choose Web Content Link as PDF URL
- Set Pages to 0- to select all pages
- Set a Name if you want the output PDF to have a different name
- Set Inline to False if you want the output to be a downloadable URL
- Set OCR Language to the same language as your source PDF
![Screenshot of Set up action](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2Faa7305b46e2a482150c903c1a2fdaaa550b77317-894x674.png&w=1920&q=75)
![Screenshot of Setup Action](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2Fc205c45f24815f98c070c3dc0cee0d6eb1805076-893x761.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 10: Test Action
We will now Test the action to check for errors if there are any.
![Screenshot of Test action](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2Fcad8f162897769e9cd123f10b9aa81ef2b684c9e-891x702.png&w=1920&q=75)
Step 11: Extracted text output
This is the output of our Extracted text.
![Screenshot of extracted text output](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F2niroq9z%2Fproduction%2F3d72f3e189d4ef50c57db25d1f7ddc02302532d1-612x435.png&w=1920&q=75)
In this tutorial, you’ve learned how to extract text from scanned PDF using Zapier.