PDF Vector

Excel to Markdown API for developers

Convert any Excel spreadsheet to clean, structured markdown with our enterprise-grade document parser.

Battle-Tested Spreadsheet Parsing – Convert Excel files to clean markdown, proven by Research Kick and ChatAcademia

Clean & Structured Data – Consistent formatting for both parsed spreadsheets and table data

Simple Integration – REST API or TypeScript SDK with comprehensive documentation and examples

Easy to use APIs

Use our simple APIs directly or our TypeScript SDK with just a few lines of code.

Excel Parse

API Docs

import { PDFVector } from "pdfvector";

const client = new PDFVector({
  apiKey: "pdfvector_xxxxxxx"
});

// From URL
const results = await client.parse({
  url: "https://example.com/spreadsheet.xlsx",
  useLLM: "auto"
});

// From file
import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
const results = await client.parse({
  data: await readFile("spreadsheet.xlsx"),
  contentType: "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
  useLLM: "auto"
});

Response:

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Example Output

Real examples of clean markdown extracted from Excel spreadsheets

Original Document

Income statement

Parsed Markdown

Clean, structured output

# Income statement 

| Income Statement |  |  |  |
| :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: |
|  | Quinn Campbell |  | FYXX Q2 |
|  | Financial statements in U.S. dollars |  |  |
|  | REVENUE |  |  |
|  | Gross sales | 500,654 |  |
|  | Less: sales returns and allowances |  |  |
|  | Net sales |  | \$500,654 |
|  | COST OF GOODS SOLD |  |  |
|  | Beginning inventory | 123 |  |
|  | Add: Purchases | 65 |  |
|  | Freight-in | 2 |  |
|  | Direct labor | 12 |  |
|  | Indirect expenses | 5 |  |
|  | Inventory available | 207 |  |
|  | Less: ending inventory | 132 |  |
|  | Cost of goods sold |  | \$75 |
|  | Gross profit (loss) |  | \$500,579 |
|  | EXPENSES |  |  |
|  | Advertising | 332 |  |
|  | Amortization | 211 |  |
|  | Bad debts | 231 |  |
|  | Bank charges | 423 |  |
|  | Charitable contributions | 231 |  |
|  | Commissions | 242 |  |
|  | Contract labor | 560 |  |
|  | Depreciation | 445 |  |
|  | Dues and subscriptions | 546 |  |
|  | Employee benefit programs | 468 |  |
|  | Insurance | 464 |  |
|  | Interest | 872 |  |
|  | Legal and professional fees | 134 |  |
|  | Licenses and fees | 546 |  |
|  | Miscellaneous | 4,767 |  |
|  | Office expenses | 125 |  |
|  | Payroll taxes | 451 |  |
|  | Postage | 654 |  |
|  | Rent | 415 |  |
|  | Repairs and maintenance | 4,564 |  |
|  | Supplies | 54 |  |
|  | Telephone | 654 |  |
|  | Travel | 122 |  |
|  | Utilities | 455 |  |
|  | Vehicle expenses | 654 |  |
|  | Wages | 455,551 |  |
|  | Total expenses |  | \$474,171 | |  Net operating income |  | $\$ 26,408$ |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  OTHER INCOME |  |  |   |
|  Gain (loss) on sale of assets | 25,112 |  |   |
|  Interest income | 12,321 |  |   |
|  Total other income | 20,021 | $\$ 37,433$ |   |
|  Net income (loss) |  | $\$ 63,841$ |   |

# Variables

|  Example | FALSE  |
| --- | --- |
|  Shading | FALSE  |
|  Series | OfficeReady 3.0  |
|  Look | 1  |

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Everything you need for document processing

Transform any document into clean text. Extract structured data from PDFs, Word files, Excel spreadsheets, and images with precision and speed. Also search 5M+ academic papers and fetch papers by paper IDs.

Parse PDF

Convert PDF document to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Word

Convert Word document to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Image

Convert image file to clean, structured markdown.

Parse Excel

Convert Excel spreadsheet to clean, structured markdown.

Ask PDF

Ask questions about PDF document and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Word

Ask questions about Word document and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Image

Ask questions about image and get answers in markdown format.

Ask Excel

Ask questions about Excel spreadsheet and get answers in markdown format.

Extract PDF

Turn PDF document into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Word

Turn Word document into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Image

Turn image into structured data with custom fields.

Extract Excel

Turn Excel spreadsheet into structured data with custom fields.

List Images

List images from PDF and Word document.

Search Academic Papers

Search across PubMed, Semantic Scholar, ArXiv, Google Scholar, ERIC, and Europe PMC databases.

Fetch Papers by IDs

Instantly retrieve papers using DOI or any IDs of any academic database.

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