Extract
by PDF Text Extraction in Search & web
Extract plain text and metadata (title, author, producer, page count) from a PDF supplied by URL or base64 — heavy pdf.js parsing an agent can't self-run.
https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract- Price
- $0.006
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 578 ms
- 649 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 5 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
POST https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract
Each call costs $0.006 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
POST https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract
content-type: application/json
{
"url": "https://example.com/doc.pdf"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxPages | integer | No | Cap the number of pages extracted (from the start). Default 500. |
pdf | string | No | Base64-encoded PDF bytes (≤5 MB decoded). Provide this or `url`. |
perPage | boolean | No | When true, also return the text split per page as `perPage[]`. |
url | string (uri) | No | Public http(s) URL of the PDF to fetch. Private/loopback/link-local addresses are rejected. Provide this or `pdf`. |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"characters": 18432,
"extractedPages": 12,
"info": {
"author": "Example Corp",
"creationDate": "D:20250131120000Z",
"creator": "LaTeX",
"encrypted": false,
"keywords": null,
"modificationDate": null,
"pdfVersion": "1.7",
"producer": "pdfTeX-1.40.25",
"subject": null,
"title": "Annual Report 2025"
},
"pages": 12,
"source": "url",
"text": "Annual Report 2025\nExecutive summary…",
"truncated": false,
"url": "https://example.com/report.pdf"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.006.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"url":"https://example.com/doc.pdf"}'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"url":"https://example.com/doc.pdf"}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.006 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.006" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.006 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpdf.openverbs.com%2Fv1%2Fextract&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"url": "https://example.com/doc.pdf"
}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.006 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.006"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://pdf.openverbs.com/v1/extract",
json={
"url": "https://example.com/doc.pdf",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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