This page describes how to use the Pdfcrowd online API to convert PDF to text from the command line.
pip install pdfcrowd
Check out other installation options.
Here are Command Line examples for quickly getting started with the API. See more examples.
The credentials to access the API are your Pdfcrowd username and the API key. You can try out the API without registering using the following demo credentials:
demo
ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d
To get your personal API credentials, you can start a free API trial or buy the API license.
-debug-log
to get detailed info about the conversion, such as
load errors, load times, browser console output, etc.
Refer to the PDF to Text Command Line Reference Manual for a description of all command line options.