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Extract → Extract Text by Expression

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Summary

Extracts text from a PDF by applying a regular expression to the selected pages through PDF4me. Provide the PDF as incoming binary data, a base64 string, or a URL, then specify the expression and optional page range.

Inputs

  • Input Data Type (required) — Choose Binary Data, Base64 String, or URL as the PDF source.
  • Input Binary Field (required) — For Binary Data, the name of the incoming binary property; defaults to data.
  • Base64 PDF Content (required) — For Base64 String, the PDF document content encoded as base64.
  • PDF URL (required) — For URL, the address of the PDF to process.
  • Document Name — Document name used for processing; defaults to document.pdf.
  • Expression (required) — Regular expression pattern to search for in the PDF; defaults to %.
  • Page Sequence — Pages to process, such as 1- for all pages, 1,2,3 for selected pages, or 1-5 for a range; defaults to 1-.
  • Custom Profiles — Optional JSON custom properties for the PDF4me API.

Output shape

Not established by the provided source pack.

The supplied source pack contains only a signature-level declaration for this operation's execute function, so it does not show the runtime request or returned data shape.

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