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  "info": {
    "title": "ConvertAPI",
    "description": "# High-Performance File Conversion API\nConvert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, PDF and Image formats with our powerful file conversion service.\nWe support more than [200 file types.]( https://www.convertapi.com/doc/file-formats)",
    "termsOfService": "https://www.convertapi.com/terms",
    "contact": {
      "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/support",
      "email": "support@convertapi.com"
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      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    },
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      "description": "Convert PDF documents to plain text files. Extract text from textual and scanned PDFs, optionally applying OCR to produce searchable output.",
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                    "description": "When the `StoreFile` parameter is set to `True`, your converted file is written to ConvertAPI’s encrypted, temporary storage and made available via a time-limited secure download URL, valid for up to 3 hours. After this period, the file is permanently deleted.\r\n\r\nWhen `StoreFile` is set to `False`, conversion happens entirely in-memory. The raw file bytes are streamed back in the API response without touching disk or external storage, ensuring maximum security and zero persistence so that only you can access the content.\r\n",
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                      "zh",
                      "da",
                      "nl",
                      "en",
                      "fi",
                      "fr",
                      "de",
                      "el",
                      "ko",
                      "it",
                      "ja",
                      "no",
                      "pl",
                      "pt",
                      "ro",
                      "ru",
                      "sl",
                      "es",
                      "sv",
                      "tr",
                      "ua",
                      "th"
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                      "ar": "Arabic",
                      "ca": "Catalan",
                      "zh": "Chinese",
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                      "nl": "Dutch",
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                      "fi": "Finnish",
                      "fr": "French",
                      "de": "German",
                      "el": "Greek",
                      "ko": "Korean",
                      "it": "Italian",
                      "ja": "Japanese",
                      "no": "Norwegian",
                      "pl": "Polish",
                      "pt": "Portuguese",
                      "ro": "Romanian",
                      "ru": "Russian",
                      "sl": "Slovenian",
                      "es": "Spanish",
                      "sv": "Swedish",
                      "tr": "Turkish",
                      "ua": "Ukrainian",
                      "th": "Thai"
                    }
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                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Persist formatting while extracting text. Only works when RemoveHeadersFooters and RemoveFootnotes properties are disabled.",
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                    "x-ca-group": "Text",
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                    "x-ca-representation": "Default"
                  },
                  "SplitPages": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Split each page to different result file.",
                    "default": false,
                    "x-ca-featured": false,
                    "x-ca-label": "Split Pages",
                    "x-ca-group": "Text",
                    "x-ca-type": "Bool",
                    "x-ca-representation": "Default"
                  },
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                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Remove headers and footers from the document.",
                    "default": false,
                    "x-ca-featured": false,
                    "x-ca-label": "Remove Headers and Footers",
                    "x-ca-group": "Text",
                    "x-ca-type": "Bool",
                    "x-ca-representation": "Default"
                  },
                  "RemoveFootnotes": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Remove footnotes from the document.",
                    "default": false,
                    "x-ca-featured": false,
                    "x-ca-label": "Remove Footnotes",
                    "x-ca-group": "Text",
                    "x-ca-type": "Bool",
                    "x-ca-representation": "Default"
                  },
                  "RemoveTables": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Remove tables from the document.",
                    "default": false,
                    "x-ca-featured": false,
                    "x-ca-label": "Remove Tables",
                    "x-ca-group": "Text",
                    "x-ca-type": "Bool",
                    "x-ca-representation": "Default"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Success",
            "content": {
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                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "ConversionCost": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "description": "This amount will be deducted from your balance after the conversion.",
                      "format": "int32",
                      "example": 1
                    },
                    "Files": {
                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "FileName": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "Name of the converted file.",
                            "example": "myfile.pdf"
                          },
                          "FileExt": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "File type (file name extension)",
                            "example": "pdf"
                          },
                          "FileSize": {
                            "type": "integer",
                            "description": "File size",
                            "format": "int32",
                            "example": 111955
                          },
                          "FileId": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "File ID",
                            "example": "25811safe8e61dd3f51ef00ee5f58b92"
                          },
                          "Url": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "File URL",
                            "example": "https://v2.convertapi.com/d/v01plsb72o0cmdooq90w4d1lnqsf6oy4/myfile.pdf"
                          },
                          "FileData": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "Base64 encoded file data",
                            "format": "base64",
                            "example": "JVBERi0xLjcKJb662+4KMSAwIG9iago8PC9UeXBlIC9DYXRhbG9n..."
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "externalDocs": {
                    "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types#applicationjson-1"
                  }
                }
              },
              "multipart/mixed": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "binary",
                  "externalDocs": {
                    "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types#multipartmixed"
                  }
                },
                "example": "--43cf1475-ab15-4c6b-b5ee-e2cbcedfe92f\nConversionCost: 1\nContent-Type: application/octet-stream\nContent-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"my_file.pdf\"; size=8475\n\n--FILE CONTENT--\n--43cf1475-ab15-4c6b-b5ee-e2cbcedfe92f--\n"
              },
              "application/octet-stream": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "binary",
                  "externalDocs": {
                    "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types#applicationoctet-stream-1"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/400"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/401"
          },
          "415": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/415"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/500"
          },
          "503": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/503"
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "secret": [ ]
          },
          {
            "token": [ ]
          },
          {
            "jwt": [ ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "x-ca-overview": "Convert PDF documents to plain text for downstream processing, search, and analytics. Handle both textual PDFs and scanned PDFs by optionally applying OCR to recognize characters and add searchable content. Control extraction with page range selection, password support for protected files, and a configurable timeout for large inputs. Tweak output quality by including basic formatting, or remove headers, footers, footnotes, and tables to get a clean, analysis‑ready text stream. Split output into per‑page files when needed to parallelize workflows or simplify diffing in CI/CD pipelines.",
      "x-ca-meta-title": "PDF to Text API – Extract text from PDF",
      "x-ca-meta-description": "Convert PDF documents to plain text files. Extract text from textual and scanned PDFs with optional OCR for searchable results.",
      "x-ca-source-formats": "pdf",
      "x-ca-destination-formats": "txt",
      "x-ca-tags": [
        "pdf",
        "extract",
        "ocr",
        "featured"
      ]
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "fileId": {
        "maxLength": 32,
        "minLength": 32,
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Uploaded File ID",
        "example": "25811safe8e61dd3f51ef00ee5f58b92"
      },
      "error": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "Code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Error message code",
            "format": "int32",
            "example": 4000
          },
          "Message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error message text",
            "example": "Parameter validation error."
          }
        },
        "externalDocs": {
          "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/response-codes"
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "400": {
        "description": "Malformed request",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "401": {
        "description": "Authentication error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "415": {
        "description": "File type error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "500": {
        "description": "Conversion failure",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "503": {
        "description": "Conversion rate limit error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/error"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
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      "fileId": {
        "name": "fileId",
        "in": "path",
        "description": "File ID",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/fileId"
        }
      },
      "src": {
        "name": "src",
        "in": "path",
        "description": "Source file format (docx, pdf, jpg etc.)",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "dst": {
        "name": "dst",
        "in": "path",
        "description": "Destination file format (docx, pdf, jpg etc.)",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "headers": {
      "content-disposition": {
        "description": "File information ([docummentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Disposition))",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "file-name": {
        "description": "File name",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "file-ext": {
        "description": "File name extension",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "file-size": {
        "description": "File size",
        "schema": {
          "type": "integer"
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "secret": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "[Get `Secret`](https://www.convertapi.com/a/secret)",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      },
      "token": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "[Get `Token`](https://www.convertapi.com/a/api-tokens)",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      },
      "jwt": {
        "type": "http",
        "description": "[Get `JWT`](https://www.convertapi.com/a/jwt-tokens)",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    }
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    {
      "name": "Conversion",
      "description": "File Conversion API call",
      "externalDocs": {
        "description": "File Conversion related operations",
        "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/content-types"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "File Server",
      "description": "ConvertAPI temporary file storage",
      "externalDocs": {
        "description": "File Server related operations",
        "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/upload"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "User",
      "description": "API User",
      "externalDocs": {
        "description": "API User related operations",
        "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc/user"
      }
    }
  ],
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    "description": "Find out more about ConvertAPI",
    "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/doc"
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}