Parsing PDF: As easy as working with JSON data with PDF Extract API
summary
Adobe PDF Extract API converts PDFs into structured JSON and outputs tables as CSV/Excel, images as PNGs and supports Node Python Java SDKs or REST calls. It recognizes tables spanning pages, returns per-character bounding boxes and paragraph/page coordinates, and handles scanned or digital PDFs the same way. Example demo parses a 41-page PDF, finds 161 hits for “market,” builds a JSON-driven bookmark pane and search that highlights results in the viewer using quad points.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Session introduction
- 1:08PDF extract API overview
- 3:24Agenda and goals
- 4:52Extract API video demo
- 8:03Challenges with PDF data
- 10:11Requirements for PDF data
- 12:20Understanding JSON output
- 13:08Building custom experiences
- 15:22Extracting tables and figures
- 19:40Detailed JSON parsing
- 21:48Creating custom navigation
- 24:00Implementing advanced search
- 26:06Resources and Q&A
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