Connect PDF.co to your AI agent
PDF.co is a REST API platform for PDF automation including PDF extraction, generation, editing, splitting, merging, form filling, barcode processing, OCR, document parsing, file conversion (PDF to Excel/CSV/JSON/XML/HTML/Image and vice versa), and AI-powered invoice parsing.
We set up the connection using your own PDF.co account, with keys you control, and keep it running. Your agent picks it up and starts doing the work.
Actions
What your agent can do in PDF.co
Each one is a real action the agent can take on its own, the same things a person clicking around PDF.co could do. Read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against your policy.
- Get Account Balance Info Tool to get account balance info. Use after authenticating to check remaining credits.
- Generate Barcode (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use PDFCOPostBarcodeGenerate instead. Tool to generate barcode images (QR, Code128, Code39, PDF417, etc.). Use when you need to encode data into barcodes on the fly.
- Convert Excel to CSV Tool to convert an Excel file (XLS/XLSX) to CSV. Use when you have a public Excel file URL and need CSV output. Inline option returns data inline; otherwise provides download URL.
- Convert Excel to HTML Tool to convert an Excel file to HTML. Use when you have an Excel URL and need HTML output.
- Convert Excel to JSON Tool to convert an online Excel or CSV file to JSON format. Use when you have a public file URL and need structured data extraction.
- Convert Excel to Text Tool to convert Excel files to plain text. Use after providing an Excel file URL to extract spreadsheet content.
- Convert Excel to XML Tool to convert an Excel file to XML. Use when needing XML output from xls/xlsx/csv synchronously or asynchronously.
- Document Parser Tool to parse documents based on predefined templates to extract structured data. Use when you need to extract structured fields from a PDF by supplying a custom template.
- Upload File Tool to upload a local file or remote URL to PDF.co, returning a hosted URL for downstream processing. Use when a PDF.co tool (e.g., PDF_CO_PDF_FROM_HTML) requires a remote URL but you have a local file.
- Check Job Status Tool to check status and result of an asynchronous job. Use after submitting a job to poll for completion.
- Add Content to PDF Tool to add content to an existing PDF. Use when you need to overlay text, images, barcodes, or links before distributing the file.
- Change PDF Text Searchable Tool to make PDF text searchable using OCR. Use when you need to add a searchable text layer to scanned or image-only PDF documents.
- Generate Barcode Tool to generate high quality barcode images in 45+ formats including QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, and more. Use when you need to create barcodes with customization options like rotation, decoration images for QR codes,…
- Upload File from Base64 Tool to create a temporary file using base64-encoded source data. Use when you need to upload file content as base64 to PDF.co for downstream processing. Temporary files are automatically deleted after 1 hour (or custom…
- Delete PDF Pages Tool to delete specific pages from a PDF file. Use when you need to remove unwanted pages before further processing.
- Extract PDF Attachments Tool to extract embedded attachments from a PDF. Use when you need to retrieve embedded files from a PDF after uploading.
- Find Text in PDF Tool to find text in a PDF document. Use when you need to locate keywords or regex patterns and get their page positions.
- PDF Forms Info Reader Tool to extract form field information from a PDF. Use when you need to retrieve names, types, and values of form fields. Returns field names, types (CheckBox, EditBox, RadioButton, ComboBox), values, and position coord…
- Convert Text to PDF Tool to convert a plain text (.txt) file to PDF. Use when you have a public URL to a text file; raw inline text is not accepted by the endpoint.
- Convert Email to PDF Tool to convert email files (.eml/.msg) to PDF. Use when you need to transform standalone email messages into PDF documents.
- Convert HTML to PDF Tool to convert HTML code or webpage URL into a PDF document. Use when you need to capture a webpage or HTML snippet as a PDF file.
- PDF Info Reader Tool to retrieve detailed information and metadata of a PDF. Use when you need page count, author, encryption details, and other document properties.
- Merge PDFs Tool to merge multiple PDF files into one document. Use when you need to combine several PDF URLs into a single PDF file.
- Rotate PDF Pages Tool to rotate selected pages in a PDF. Use when you need to adjust the orientation of specific pages in an online PDF file before further processing.
- Search and Delete Text in PDF Tool to search for and delete text in a PDF by keyword or regex. Use when you need to remove sensitive or unwanted text from a PDF document.
- Search and Replace Text in PDF Tool to search for and replace text in a PDF document. Use when you need to update specific text instances within an existing PDF file (e.g., changing invoice numbers).
- Split PDF Tool to split a PDF into multiple files by page ranges. Use when you need to extract specific pages or page ranges from a PDF.
- Convert PDF to CSV Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to CSV format. Use when you need to extract tabular data from a PDF into CSV format.
- Convert PDF to HTML Tool to convert PDF documents to HTML. Use when you need an HTML rendition of a PDF or scanned image.
- Convert PDF to Image Tool to convert PDF pages to images (PNG, JPG, TIFF). Use when you need image previews of PDF content.
- Convert PDF to JSON Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to JSON format. Use when you need a structured JSON representation of PDF content.
- Convert PDF to Text Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to plain text. Use when you need raw text output preserving layout.
- Convert PDF to XLS Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XLS format. Use when you need to extract tabular data into an Excel spreadsheet.
- Convert PDF to XLSX Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XLSX (Excel) format. Use when you need structured spreadsheet output from a PDF.
- Convert PDF to XML Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XML format. Use when you need to extract structured data from PDF into XML.
Setup
How we connect it
- 1
Connect your account
You create a key in PDF.co, a key you create and control, and paste it in once. It lives in a secrets store on your server, not with us.
- 2
Set the guardrails
Read-only by default. You choose which write actions the agent may take, and anything outside that policy gets confirmed with you first.
- 3
We keep it running
Health checks on every connection, updates handled for you, and we watch the first week of activity to make sure the work lands.
FAQ
PDF.co questions, answered.
With a key you create and control. You paste it in once, it is stored in a secrets store on your server, permissions are scoped to the minimum the agent needs, and you can revoke it at any time.
The actions PDF.co's API allows, the same things a person clicking around the app could do. Connections start read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against the policy you set before the agent takes them.
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included, some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
Standard tools are ready inside 7 business days of the setup call. We test the connection end to end, walk you through how the agent uses it, and watch the first week of activity.
Ready to put PDF.co to work?
Tell us what your team runs on. We set up the connection, secure it, and your agent takes it from there.
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