Convert via API

I need to convert PDF to Excel/XML format, but via an API, because I want to use it my workflow.

Is there an Adobe solution for this?

Thanks,

Stephan

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Participant

Head over to PDFTables.com. They have an API you can use to convert one or multiple PDFs all at once to XML, XLS or CSV.

Participant

I tried PDFTables, but unfortunately, it doesn't extract all the data correctly.

Community Expert

What is your workflow?

Participant

Customer outputs a PDF from its ERP software => PDF => Excel/XML => I write some code to get the content of the PDF.

The PDF is a form with no FDF content (duh), but has fields at fixed location. So I can extract the values.

Creating an Excel as XML file with Adobe Acrobate is perfect, the fields are marked with the col/row location so I can identify them.

It took 8 months to get the PDF from the ERP so modifying the output of the ERP is not possible in my lifetime.

I tried all the online (free/commercial) online converters, they're not able to process correctly these PDF. But Acrobat can.

So question is: does Acrobat/Adobe/someone have an API to create these Excel/XML files, online?

Community Expert

You should look at the LiveCycle server products.

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