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PDF to Markdown API for developers

Convert any PDF to clean, structured markdown with our enterprise-grade document parser.

  • Battle-Tested Document Parsing – Convert PDFs to clean markdown, proven by Research Kick and ChatAcademia
  • Clean & Structured Data – Consistent formatting for both parsed documents and search results
  • Simple Integration – REST API or TypeScript SDK with comprehensive documentation and examples
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Research Kick

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ChatAcademia

ChatAcademia

ReadBack

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RabbitHoles

RabbitHoles

Easy to use APIs

Use our simple APIs directly or our TypeScript SDK with just a few lines of code.

PDF Parse

API Docs
import { PDFVector } from "pdfvector";

const client = new PDFVector({
  apiKey: "pdfvector_xxxxxxx"
});

// From URL
const results = await client.parse({
  url: "https://example.com/document.pdf",
  useLLM: "auto"
});

// From file
import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
const results = await client.parse({
  data: await readFile("document.pdf"),
  contentType: "application/pdf",
  useLLM: "auto"
});

What people are saying

See how PDF Vector is helping teams improve their document processing workflows

Abdo El-Mobayad

“Can't recommend PDF Vector enough! It boosts your AI workflow accuracy to 100% while dropping your costs! Especially if you're a T4 Org in the $150/m spend range!”

— Abdo El-Mobayad

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— Trent

Praneeth Pike

“Been implementing RAG and changing a lot of things under the hood for @rabbitholesai, came across PDF Vector and it was a huge time saver. I got a document parsing solution for the rag pipeline within minutes! one less thing to worry about”

— Praneeth Pike

PDF to Markdown API for Developers

Convert any PDF to clean, structured markdown with our enterprise-grade document parser.

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Accurate Document Processing

Advanced parsing algorithms that handle complex PDFs correctly. Preserves formatting, tables, images, and document structure with precision.

Production-Ready Performance

Built for scale and reliability. Fast processing times with consistent results, trusted by applications serving thousands of users.

Battle-Tested Reliability

Proven in production by document-heavy products like Research Kick and ChatAcademia. Handles edge cases and diverse PDF types with confidence.

Fair & Transparent Pricing

Straightforward pricing that scales with your needs. Pay only for what you use - no hidden fees, no surprises.

Example Output

Real examples of clean markdown extracted from PDFs

Original Document

With table

Parsed Markdown

Clean, structured output

Example table

This is an example of a data table.

|  Disability
Category | Participants | Ballots
Completed | Ballots
Incomplete/
Terminated | Results |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |  |  |  | Accuracy | Time to
complete  |
|  Blind | 5 | 1 | 4 | $34.5 \%, n=1$ | 1199 sec, $n=1$  |
|  Low Vision | 5 | 2 | 3 | $98.3 \% n=2$ | 1716 sec, $n=3$  |
|   |  |  |  | $(97.7 \%, n=3)$ | $(1934 \mathrm{sec}, n=2)$  |
|  Dexterity | 5 | 4 | 1 | $98.3 \%, n=4$ | 1672.1 sec, $n=4$  |
|  Mobility | 3 | 3 | 0 | $95.4 \%, n=3$ | 1416 sec, $n=3$  |

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Everything you need for document processing

Transform any document into clean text. Extract structured data from PDFs, Word files, Excel spreadsheets, and images with precision and speed. Also search 5M+ academic papers and fetch papers by paper IDs.

Parse PDF

Convert PDF document to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Word

Convert Word document to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Image

Convert image file to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Excel

Convert Excel spreadsheet to clean, structured markdown.

Ask PDF

Ask questions about PDF document and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Word

Ask questions about Word document and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Image

Ask questions about image and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Excel

Ask questions about Excel spreadsheet and get answers in markdown format.

Extract PDF

Turn PDF document into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Word

Turn Word document into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Image

Turn image into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Excel

Turn Excel spreadsheet into structured data with custom fields.

List Images

List images from PDF and Word document.

Search Academic Papers

Search across PubMed, Semantic Scholar, ArXiv, Google Scholar, ERIC, Europe PMC, and OpenAlex databases

Fetch Papers by IDs

Instantly retrieve papers using DOI or any IDs of any academic database.

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