Process Large Files with PDF.co and Make using Custom API Call Action

Create a Scenario

Create a new Scenario in Make.

Select PDF.co App and Make pdfco API Call #1

Next, select the PDF.co app from the list of apps and choose the Make pdfco API Call for the action event.

Make pdfco API Call Configuration #1

Now, let’s set up the Make pdfco API Call Configuration.

• For the API Endpoint Path field, we will use the /v1/pdf/makesearchable endpoint. This endpoint will turn your scanned PDF into a text-searchable one.

• Under Body, add the URL parameter as the key and the source file link as its value. Let’s also set the async param to true to allow large file processing. This will return a job Id which we will use in the next step.

• In the Forcely enable async mode field, select the No, rely on the async parameter in Body.

You may now run the program to check the jobId.

Test Result

Great! We successfully ran the module and it returned the jobId.

Tools Menu and Delay Time

Let’s add another module. Click the Tools menu and choose the Sleep action to delay the execution time.

Set Delay Time

Next, set the delay module to delay the execution time.

Select PDF.co App and Make pdfco API Call #2

Again select Make pdfco API Call.

Make pdfco API Call Configuration #2

• For the API Endpoint Path field, we will use the /v1/job/check endpoint. This endpoint will check the jobId.
• Under Body, add the jobId as the key and the result from step 4 as the value.

You can now run the program to see the result.

Test Result

Excellent! We got a successful test result. You can copy and paste the URL to view the output.

Output

Here’s the output of the large file using the Custom API Call action and making the scanned PDF searchable.