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Extract Text from PDFs with One API Call


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WhatsMate PDF-to-Text API empowers your application to extract text from PDF documents instantly via a simple REST API. Perfect for document processing, content indexing, data analysis, and archival systems.


🚀 4 Simple Steps to PDF-to-Text Conversion


1. Experience the Power - Free Trial

Run a sample program and see instant results. Choose your preferred programming language:

C# (VS 2022) | C# (VS 2019) | VB.NET (VS 2022) | VB.NET (VS 2019) | PHP | Java | Node.js/JavaScript | Python | Shell Script


2. Subscribe & Unlock Premium Access

Subscribe Now to get your Premium Client ID and Secret. Plans start at just $5.99/month (40% off with annual billing).


3. Integrate in Minutes

Copy your Client ID and Secret into the sample code. Make your first production conversion call. That's it!


4. Scale Your Document Processing 📄

Got questions? Contact our team - we're here to help you succeed.


Start Converting Now

🎬 Seeing is believing.
Here is how you can extract text from a PDF document:



🔥 Popular Use Cases


📚 Document Archiving

Convert PDF documents to searchable text for long-term storage and retrieval.

🔍 Content Indexing

Extract text for search engine indexing and full-text search capabilities.

📊 Data Analysis

Process PDF reports and documents for automated data extraction and analysis.


Important Notes:

1. The free trial account allows you to call the PDF-to-Text API up to 20 times for learning purpose.

2. The Premium Account allows you to convert 60 PDF documents per hour. Our experience tells us that it's enough for most use cases.

3. Supported Languages: 50+ languages including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and more.

4. File Size Limits: Synchronous API: 1 MB, 10 pages. Asynchronous API: 30 MB, 300 pages.

5. Got a question? Check out the FAQ. Alternatively, contact us and we will get back to you as soon as we can!