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PDF to Markdown API

Read a paper without copying its pages.

Give your agent a public PDF URL and get Markdown text. Our test recovered a paper’s headings and body; its table cells came back as flattened text.

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PDF to Markdown API: what your agent gets.

Public text PDFs, returned as readable Markdown. The test flattened tables and mathematical layout.

  • Read a public PDF as Markdown

    Return the document title and readable text with Markdown headings. Our paper test returned about 40,500 characters; table cells were flattened into prose.

    $0.005 / PDF request

PDF extraction, tested.

The response contained the paper title, abstract and numbered sections. Tables and mathematical layout were returned as text.

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Your agent asked

Read the Attention Is All You Need paper from its public arXiv PDF
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What came back

Document
Attention Is All You Need, arXiv 1706.03762
Returned text
about 40,500 characters, with Markdown headings
Table 1
Column labels and values flattened into text

One public text PDF. Table layout was flattened; scanned-document OCR and faithful equation layout were not tested.

Try the API request Quote first, then run

1. Check the price

Use your TaskFuel API key as TASKFUEL_API_KEY in your terminal or server. Keep it out of browser code. This request checks the price without paying.

Exact public PDF URL used in the test. This request sends no body.

curl --fail-with-body https://app.taskfuel.ai/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKFUEL_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-binary @- <<'TASKFUEL_REQUEST'
{
  "url": "https://x402.ottoai.services/web-extract?url=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fpdf%2F1706.03762",
  "method": "GET",
  "dryRun": true
}
TASKFUEL_REQUEST

2. Run the request

Review amount_usd in the quote. To pay and run, change dryRun to false and add maxAmountUsd with that approved amount inside the same JSON object. Keep the inputs unchanged; this limit applies to one call.

3. Read the result

Read data.title and data.content. data.httpStatus identifies the fetched document’s status; a successful paid API response can still contain a source error page.

Setup and API reference · Job polling and timeout recovery

Try it in your next task.

Connect your agent to TaskFuel and give it the public PDF URL plus the text or sections you need.

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Name the task

Tell your agent what the output needs to contain.

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See the price

Your agent shows the provider and price before spending.

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Review the response

Check the output against your task. The call reports its cost and remaining balance.

When to use it.

Reading a research paper

Pull text and headings into the task.

Your agent reads the extracted abstract and sections, then refers back to the source PDF.

Understanding extraction limits

See how the table came back.

Your agent can read the returned table text while keeping the source PDF for the original layout.

Providers for this task.

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Good Questions.

What does the PDF to Markdown API return?

A document title and Markdown text. The research-paper test returned about 40,500 characters with headings and body text.

Does it preserve tables and equations?

In this test, table cells were flattened into text and mathematical layout was simplified. The result served text reading rather than a faithful layout conversion.

Does this example cover scanned PDFs?

The tested paper was a text PDF. Scans require OCR; this example does not establish scanned-document extraction.

Can a free local converter do the job?

Yes. Free tools such as Docling can be a better fit for local documents or repeated extraction when you run the conversion yourself. This route reads a public PDF from your agent’s existing task.

What did the PDF request cost?

The successful paper extraction cost $0.005 on 5 November 2026. Your agent shows the price for your own request before it pays.

Do I need a separate extraction account?

No. Your agent pays from your TaskFuel balance, so there is nothing else to sign up for.

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