PDF Find Table

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AI powered document analysis can scan your document for tables and return the array of tables on pages with coordinates and information about columns detected in these tables.

Available Methods

[POST] /pdf/find/table (AI powered)
[POST] /pdf/find/table (legacy table finder)

[POST] /pdf/find/table (AI powered)

This function finds tables in documents using an AI-powered table detection engine.

This endpoint locates tables in an input PDF document and returns JSON with:

The array of tables objects;
X, Y, Width, and Height coordinates for every table found;
Rect param for every table that you can re-use with pdf/convert/to/json, pdf/convert/to/csv, pdf/convert/to/csv, and other endpoints to extract a selected table only;
PageIndex page index for a page with a table. The very first page is 0 (zero);
Columns array with the set of X coordinates for every column inside the table that was found;

To extract the table into CSV, JSON, or XML please use pdf/convert/to/csv, pdf/convert/to/json2, and pdf/convert/to/xml endpoints with rect parameter value from rect output param for this table accordingly.

Attributes
url required URL to the source file. Supports links from Google Drive, Dropbox, and PDF.co built-in files storage. To upload files via API, Check out the Files Upload section. Note: If you experience intermittent `Too Many Requests` or `Access Denied` errors, please try to add `cache:` to enable built-in URL caching. (e.g `cache:https://example.com/file1.pdf`) For data security, you have the option to encrypt output files and decrypt input files. Learn more about user-controlled data encryption.
httpusername optional HTTP auth user name if required to access source `url`.
httppassword optional HTTP auth password if required to access source `url`.
pages optional Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. IMPORTANT: the very first page starts at `0` (zero). To set a range use the dash `-`, for example: `0,2-5,7-`. To set a range from the index to the last page use range like this: `2-` (from page #3 as the index starts at zero and till the of the document). For ALL pages just leave this param empty. Example: `0,2-5,7-` means first page, then 3rd page to 6th page, and then the range from 8th (index = `7`) page till the end of the document, The input must be in string format.
inline optional Must be one of: `true`, or `false`. When `false`, the endpoint returns a link to the `.json` file with the output.
password optional Password of PDF file, The input must be in string format.
async optional Set `async` to `true` for long processes to run in the background, API will then return a `jobId` which you can use with `/job/check` endpoint to check the status of the process and retrieve the output while you can proceed with other tasks without waiting for this process to finish.
name optional File name for the generated output, The input must be in string format.
expiration optional Set the expiration time for the output link in minutes (`default is 60` i.e 60 minutes or 1 hour), After this specified duration, any generated output file(s) will be automatically deleted from PDF.co temporary files storage. The maximum duration for link expiration varies based on your current subscription plan. Learn more To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf templates, documents), Consider using PDF.co built-in Files Storage.
profiles optional Use this parameter to set additional configurations for fine-tuning and extra options. Explore PDF.co knowledgebase for profile examples, The input must be in string format.

Method: POST
URL: /v1/pdf/find/table

Query parameters

No query parameters accepted.

Body payload

{
    "url": "pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.compdf-to-text/sample.pdf",
    "async": "false",
    "inline": "true",
    "password": ""
}

Example responses

/pdf/find/table

{
    "body": {
        "tables": [
            {
                "PageIndex": 0,
                "X": 36,
                "Y": 34.4400024,
                "Width": 523.44,
                "Height": 160.82,
                "Columns": [
                    357.675
                ],
                "rect": "36, 34.4400024, 523.44, 160.82"
            },
            {
                "PageIndex": 0,
                "X": 36,
                "Y": 316.249969,
                "Width": 523.44,
                "Height": 120.620026,
                "Columns": [
                    157.117,
                    340.68,
                    475.84
                ],
                "rect": "36, 316.249969, 523.44, 120.620026"
            }
        ]
    },
    "pageCount": 1,
    "error": false,
    "status": 200,
    "name": "sample.json",
    "remainingCredits": 98892697,
    "credits": 21
}

Code Snippet

CURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/find/table' \
--header 'x-api-key: ' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "url": "pdfco-test-files.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.compdf-to-text/sample.pdf",
    "async": "false",
    "inline": "true",
    "password": ""
}'

[POST] /pdf/find/table (legacy table finder)

This function finds tables in documents using an AI-powered table detection engine but you can enable legacy table finder mode as well via the profiles parameter (see below).

This endpoint locates tables in the input PDF document and returns JSON with:

an array of tables objects;
X, Y, Width, and Height coordinates for every table found;
rect param for every table that you can re-use with pdf/convert/to/json, pdf/convert/to/csv, pdf/convert/to/csv, and other endpoints to extract a selected table only;
PageIndex page index for a page with a table. The very first page is 0 (zero);
Columns array with the set of X coordinates for every column inside a table that was found;

To extract the table into CSV, JSON, or XML please use the pdf/convert/to/csv, pdf/convert/to/json2, and pdf/convert/to/xml endpoints with the rect parameter value from rect output param for this table accordingly.

Attributes
url required URL to the source file. Supports links from Google Drive, Dropbox, and PDF.co built-in files storage. To upload files via API, Check out the Files Upload section. Note: If you experience intermittent `Too Many Requests` or `Access Denied` errors, please try to add `cache:` to enable built-in URL caching. (e.g `cache:https://example.com/file1.pdf`) For data security, you have the option to encrypt output files and decrypt input files. Learn more about user-controlled data encryption.
httpusername optional HTTP auth user name if required to access source `url`.
httppassword optional HTTP auth password if required to access source `url`.
pages optional Comma-separated list of page indices (or ranges) to process. IMPORTANT: The very first page starts at `0` (zero). To set a range use the dash `-`, for example: `0,2-5,7-`. To set a range from the index to the last page use range like this: `2-` (from page #3 as the index starts at zero and till the of the document). For ALL pages just leave this param empty. Example: `0,2-5,7-` means first page, then 3rd page to 6th page, and then the range from 8th (index = `7`) page till the end of the document, The input must be in string format.
inline optional Must be one of: `true`, or `false`. When `false`, the endpoint returns a link to the `.json` file with the output.
password optional Password of PDF file, The input must be in string format.
async optional Set `async` to `true` for long processes to run in the background, API will then return a `jobId` which you can use with `/job/check` endpoint to check the status of the process and retrieve the output while you can proceed with other tasks without waiting for this process to finish.
name optional File name for the generated output, The input must be in string format.
expiration optional Set the expiration time for the output link in minutes (`default is 60` i.e 60 minutes or 1 hour), After this specified duration, any generated output file(s) will be automatically deleted from PDF.co temporary files storage. The maximum duration for link expiration varies based on your current subscription plan. Learn more To store permanent input files (e.g. re-usable images, pdf templates, documents), Consider using PDF.co built-in Files Storage.
profiles optional Use this parameter to set additional configurations for fine-tuning and extra options. Explore PDF.co knowledgebase for profile examples, The input must be in string format.

Legacy mode can be enabled like this:

"profiles": "{ 'Mode': 'Legacy'}"

or with a more detailed config telling min required rows, min columns, and column detection mode.

"profiles": "{ 'Mode': 'Legacy', 'ColumnDetectionMode': 'BorderedTables', 'DetectionMinNumberOfRows': 1, 'DetectionMinNumberOfColumns': 1, 'DetectionMaxNumberOfInvalidSubsequentRowsAllowed': 0, 'DetectionMinNumberOfLineBreaksBetweenTables': 0, 'EnhanceTableBorders': false }"

Method: POST
URL: /v1/pdf/find/table