API V2

Convert PDF to editable PDF using OCR

Connector ID: PDF OCR

PDF files can be created with scanned images and pictures of text, without much difference in the quality of content from the source image. OCR method is aptly used in this feature of PDF4me.

  • Method: POST
  • Endpoint: /api/v2/ConvertOcrPdf

Parameters

File ContentBase64, Required

Map source PDF file content from the previous action

File NameString, Required

Source file name with proper file extension

Quality TypeString, Required

Choose the quality type.

  • Draft - Suitable for normal PDFs, consumes 1 API call per file
  • High - Suitable for PDFs generated from Images and scanned documents. Consumes 2 API calls per page
OCR Only When NeededString, Required

Set ‘true’ to skip doing recognition if the text is already searchable

LanguageString

Specify the language of the text in the source file. Only use if the output is not recognizable

Output FormatString, Required

The output must be in string format.

isAsyncboolean, Required

The isAsync must be in boolean format.
true
false

Output

File ContentBinary

Output file content from PDF4me action

File NameString

Output file name from PDF4me action

Header
Content-Type:application/json
Authorization: Please copy key from the link.

Payload

{
  "docContent": "Please put PDF base64 content",
  "docName": "output.pdf",
  "qualityType": "Draft",
  "ocrWhenNeeded": "true",
  "language": "English",
  "outputFormat": "true",
  "mergeAllSheets": true
}

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