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Turn any PDF into typed JSON with a single REST call. Authenticate with your API key, post a document, and receive fields, tables, and relations with per-field confidence.

Authentication

All requests are authenticated with an API key sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Keep your key secret; never expose it in client-side code.

Header

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Extract a document

Send a document as multipart/form-data to POST /v1/extract. The request returns typed JSON with the extracted data.

Parameters

filerequired: The document to extract, e.g. an invoice PDF.
schema_typerequired: The document schema to apply, e.g. invoice.

Request

# Turn an invoice PDF into typed JSON
curl -X POST https://api.parsift.com/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F "schema_type=invoice"

Response

A successful call returns 200 OK with a status of success and a data object holding the extracted fields.

Response · 200 OK

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "vendor": "AWS Inc.",
    "total": 4500.00
  }
}

Supported formats

PDF and images (PNG, JPG, TIFF). The format is detected automatically.

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