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PDF Text Extraction

Extracts text per page from a PDF with layout preservation options, reporting which pages held no extractable text.

POST /v1/pdf/text-extract $0.03 per call

Specification

Endpoint

POST /v1/pdf/text-extract

Price

$0.03 per call · tier strategy_intelligence

Payment

x402 on X Layer (chain 196) · settled in USDG or USDT0 · scheme exact

Data source

Local sandboxed processing of the uploaded file

Timeout

120 seconds

Max request

20 MB

Version

1.0.0

Calling it

The first call returns a 402 with the payment challenge. Retry with a signed authorisation in the X-PAYMENT header — see the payment guide for the exact shape.

curl -i -X POST "https://api.dana-edu.pp.ua/v1/pdf/text-extract" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{ ... }'

Response

Real output, captured by running this endpoint at build time — not written by hand. Volatile fields such as timestamps are elided. Captured 2026-07-30.

{
  "page_count": 3,
  "pages_extracted": 3,
  "extraction_mode": "text",
  "character_count": 235,
  "word_count": 36,
  "pages_with_no_text": [],
  "text": "Dana API Bazaar - sample page 1\nGenerated deterministically for API examples.\n\nDana API Bazaar - sample page 2\nGenerated deterministically for API examples.\n\nDana API Bazaar - sample page 3\nGenerated deterministically for API examples.",
  "per_page": [
    {
      "page": 1,
      "characters": 77,
      "words": 12,
      "text": "Dana API Bazaar - sample page 1\nGenerated deterministically for API examples."
    },
    {
      "page": 2,
      "characters": 77,
      "words": 12,
      "text": "Dana API Bazaar - sample page 2\nGenerated deterministically for API examples."
    },
    {
      "page": 3,
      "characters": 77,
      "words": 12,
      "text": "Dana API Bazaar - sample page 3\nGenerated deterministically for API examples."
    }
  ]
}

Every response is wrapped in the same envelope: data plus warnings, sources, confidence, informational_only and a measured processing_ms. See the envelope reference.

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