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PDF.co Find and Search API

PDF.co Find and Search API. Locate text and tables; toggle text-searchability.

PDF.co Find and Search API is a Naftiko capability published by PDF.co, one of 9 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider.

Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include PDF.co, Search, and OCR.

Run with Naftiko PDF.coSearchOCR

Capability Spec

naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: PDF.co Find and Search API
  description: PDF.co Find and Search API. Locate text and tables; toggle text-searchability.
  tags:
  - PDF.co
  - Search
  - OCR
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    PDFCO_API_KEY: PDFCO_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: find-search
    baseUri: https://api.pdf.co
    resources:
    - name: pdf-find
      path: /v1/pdf/find
      operations:
      - {name: findText, method: POST, description: Locate text and return coordinates, outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true}]}
    - name: pdf-find-table
      path: /v1/pdf/find/table
      operations:
      - {name: findTable, method: POST, description: AI-powered table detection, outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true}]}
    - name: pdf-makesearchable
      path: /v1/pdf/makesearchable
      operations:
      - {name: makeSearchable, method: POST, description: OCR a scanned PDF to make it text-searchable, outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true}]}
    - name: pdf-makeunsearchable
      path: /v1/pdf/makeunsearchable
      operations:
      - {name: makeUnsearchable, method: POST, description: Strip text layer to produce image-only PDF, outputRawFormat: json, inputParameters: [{name: body, in: body, type: object, required: true}]}
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: x-api-key
      value: '{{env.PDFCO_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header