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Pdf Parse

by NetIntel in Documents & files

x402 APIPassing, checked 2 h ago

Parse a PDF to text and Markdown: send a PDF url or base64 file, get clean Markdown with paragraphs rebuilt from the text layer, per-page character offsets for citing pages, metadata (title, author, dates, page count) and the page numbers that are scanned images with no text layer. Up to 50 pages per call. Text layer only, no OCR: an image-only PDF returns an uncharged 422.

POST https://netintel.dev/pdf/parse

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Uptime
100%
Response time
253 ms typical, 596 ms slowest 5%
Last check
2 h ago
Next check
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How to call it

POST https://netintel.dev/pdf/parse

Each call costs $0.005 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://netintel.dev/pdf/parse
content-type: application/json

{
  "url": "https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.pdf"
}

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
file_base64stringNoThe PDF as base64 or a data: URL (up to ~700 KB). Send url OR file_base64.
max_charsnumberNoCap on the markdown length (default 100000)
pagesstringNoPages to parse, 1-based, e.g. "1-3,7" (default: the first 50)
urlstringNoPublic URL of the PDF (up to 10 MB)

Example response

The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.

Example response, 50 lines
{
  "char_count": 730,
  "findings": [
    "scanned_pages_present"
  ],
  "markdown": "<!-- page 1 -->\n\n## Quarterly Network Report\n\nThis sample shows what POST /pdf/parse returns: paragraphs rebuilt from the text layer, ...",
  "metadata": {
    "author": "NetIntel",
    "created": "2026-10-10T00:00:00Z",
    "has_form": false,
    "pdf_version": "1.4",
    "title": "Quarterly Network Report (sample)"
  },
  "page_count": 3,
  "pages": [
    {
      "char_end": 507,
      "char_start": 0,
      "has_text": true,
      "page": 1,
      "word_count": 76
    },
    {
      "char_end": 581,
      "char_start": 509,
      "has_text": false,
      "page": 2,
      "word_count": 0
    },
    {
      "char_end": 730,
      "char_start": 583,
      "has_text": true,
      "page": 3,
      "word_count": 19
    }
  ],
  "pages_parsed": 3,
  "scanned_pages": [
    2
  ],
  "source": {
    "bytes": 2236,
    "final_url": "https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.pdf",
    "type": "url",
    "url": "https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.pdf"
  },
  "truncated": false,
  "word_count": 95
}

Call it from code

The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.005.

curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://netintel.dev/pdf/parse' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"url":"https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.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://netintel.dev/pdf/parse' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"url":"https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.pdf"}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode
JavaScript: 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 $0.005 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.005" });
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 $0.005 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetintel.dev%2Fpdf%2Fparse&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://netintel.dev/pdf/parse", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "url": "https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.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 $0.005 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.005"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://netintel.dev/pdf/parse",
        json={
            "url": "https://netintel.dev/samples/pdf-parse-sample.pdf",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)

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