.. _auto_pdf_to_text:

*CONVERTS PDF TO TEXT*
======================

Extracts all text content from an uploaded PDF file using the platform's FileHelper utility and returns it as a plain-text string. Use this worker whenever downstream steps require searchable or parseable text from a PDF document.

When to use
-----------

Tagged: ``file_conversion``, ``pdf``, ``pdf_to_text``, ``text_extraction``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - PDF File
     - pdf_file
     - file
     - —
     - ✓
     - The PDF file to convert; must be uploaded to the vault or provided as an attachment — accepts any standard PDF document.

Outputs
-------

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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - Converted Text
     - converted_text
     - textarea
     - Full plain-text content extracted from the PDF, returned as a single string with whitespace and line breaks preserved as parsed by the underlying PDF-to-text utility.

Disciplines
-----------

- data.io.file

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   Auto-generated from <code>platform</code> schema. Worker id: <code>pdf_to_text</code>. Schema hash: <code>baace46a00e0</code>. Hand-curated docs in <code>workerexamples/</code> override this page when present.
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