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Connect PDF Vector to your favorite no-code platform to automate your workflows.

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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.

Document

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.

Invoice

Parse Invoice

Convert invoice document to clean, structured markdown.

Ask Invoice

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

Extract Invoice

Turn invoice document into structured data with custom fields.

Bank Statement

Convert Bank Statement

Convert bank statement document to Excel, CSV or Markdown format

Academic

Search Academic Papers

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

Fetch Academic Papers

Fetch academic papers using DOI or any IDs of any academic database.

Built for every use case

From business documents to academic research, our APIs power thousands of applications

Contract parsing

Invoice extraction

Financial reports

Form processing

Business intelligence

ChatGPT integration

Document chatbots

RAG systems

Semantic search

API integrations

Data mining

Table extraction

Chart analysis

Content indexing

Digital archives

Literature reviews

Citation tracking

Research databases

DOI/PubMed fetch

Study assistants

Easy to use APIs

Use our simple API directly or our TypeScript SDK to parse documents, extract data, ask questions, and search academic papers with just a few lines of code.

PDF 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/document.pdf",
  useLLM: "auto"
});

// From file
import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
const results = await client.parse({
  data: await readFile("document.pdf"),
  contentType: "application/pdf",
  useLLM: "auto"
});

Response:

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

Connect PDF Vector to your AI tools using the Model Context Protocol. Access document processing and academic search directly from your favorite AI assistant.

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfvector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://www.pdfvector.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer pdfvector_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configure in ChatGPT MCP settings

Open ChatGPT and go to Settings.
Navigate to the MCP section.
Add a new MCP server with these details:

URL: https://www.pdfvector.com/mcp
Authentication Type: Custom header
Header: Authorization
Value: Bearer pdfvector_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Paste this command into your Claude Code terminal with your API key

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user pdfvector https://www.pdfvector.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer pdfvector_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Add to your Cursor MCP configuration file

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdfvector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://www.pdfvector.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer pdfvector_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to your OpenAI Agent Builder configuration

Open OpenAI Agent Builder and add MCP node.
Choose add custom server.
Add a new MCP server with these details:

URL: https://www.pdfvector.com/mcp
Authentication Type: Custom header
Header: Authorization
Value: Bearer pdfvector_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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