This page serves as a guide for using the PDFCrowd API to extract text from PDF in PHP applications.
Below are PHP examples to help you quickly get started with the API. Explore our additional examples for more insights.
The API requires authentication using your PDFCrowd username and API key. To get started quickly, you can use these demo credentials for testing without registering:
USERNAME
APIKEY
To get your own API credentials, you can start a free trial or purchase a PDFCrowd license.
It is recommended that you implement error handling to catch errors the API may return. Effective error handling is vital as it ensures application stability and provides clearer diagnostics. See the example code below for guidance on implementing error handling, and refer to this list of status codes for more information.
try { // Call the API } catch(\Pdfcrowd\Error $why) { // Log the complete error error_log("PDFCrowd Error: {$why}"); // Log the HTTP status code error_log("Status Code: {$why->getStatusCode()}"); // Log the reason code error_log("Reason Code: {$why->getReasonCode()}"); // Log the error message error_log("Error Message: {$why->getMessage()}"); // Log the documentation link error_log("Documentation Link: {$why->getDocumentationLink()}"); }
Refer to the PDF to Text PHP Reference for a description of all API methods.