Cloudmersive - PDF - Get text from PDF

Use the Cloudmersive - PDF - Get text from PDF action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to retrieve the text of a PDF file by page.

For more information about Cloudmersive - PDF, go to Cloudmersive - PDF.

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Configure the Cloudmersive - PDF - Get text from PDF action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  1. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  1. Specify the PDF File to retrieve text from.
  2. Create or select a variable for the output.

For more information on all the required and optional configuration fields, go to Cloudmersive - PDF - Get text from PDF action fields and settings.

Cloudmersive - PDF - Get text from PDF action fields and settings

Section Field Description Variable types

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Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Cloudmersive - PDF connection used to interact with PDF files.

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File

The PDF file that you want to retrieve the text from.

Note: Your tenancy's default file storage location must be configured to hold files for later reference by the workflow. This location is used for uploaded files and for files stored as output from actions.

File
Output Page sets

Stores the text from the PDF file as pages. See the Convert API topic for information on these values.

The following values are returned:

  • Successful: (Boolean)
  • Pages: (Collection)
    • Page number: (Text)
    • Page text: (Text)
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