$ man pdf2md
/pdf2md(1)
PRICE / CALL
$0.20
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
mediakitCATEGORY
utilities
STATUS
● live
NAME
pdf2md — pdf to markdown converter
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/pdf2md
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
PDF to Markdown converter. AI PDF extractor. Datalab Marker — OCR + layout-aware. Best-in-class for tables, equations, multi-column.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf_url | string | Public URL of a PDF file. Max 30 pages. | required |
| output_format | string | Output format: 'markdown' (default), 'html', or 'json'. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| markdown | string | Markdown content (present when output_format is 'markdown') |
| html | string | HTML content (present when output_format is 'html') |
| json | object | Structured JSON content (present when output_format is 'json') |
| output_format | string | Echo of the format used |
| page_count | number | Number of pages in the source PDF |
| source_url | string | Echo of the input URL |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.org/v1/pdf2md \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# install once claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp" # then ask Claude Code: # "use the pdf2md tool to ..."
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- pdfmarkdownhtmljsonconversion
- env
- DATALAB_API_KEY
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- mediakit
- price
- $0.20 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in mediakit
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| convert-pdf | Convert PDF to Markdown, HTML, JSON, or structured text via Datalab Marker. | $0.20 |
| ocr | OCR / optical character recognition / scanned document extractor / image-PDF to text. | $0.20 |
| pdf-to-markdown | AI PDF extractor: PDF to Markdown / HTML / structured JSON via Datalab Marker. | $0.20 |
| pdf-to-text | PDF to text / extract text from PDF. | $0.20 |
| extract-tables | Extract tables from PDF / table extractor / PDF to CSV / spreadsheet from PDF. | $0.10 |
| mp4-to-mp3 | MP4 → MP3 audio extractor. | $0.10 |
| pdf-extract-tables | PDF table extractor / table from PDF / scanned-table parsing / financial-table OCR / multi-page table consolidator / Datalab Marker tables. | $0.10 |
| pdf-to-jpg | PDF to JPG / PNG / WEBP image converter. | $0.10 |
SEE ALSO