PDFtotext MCP Server

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read_pdf_text

Extract text from PDF files using the pdftotext utility. Specify pages, preserve layout formatting, or set encoding options. Ideal for processing single or multi-page documents.

Instructions

Extract text content from a PDF file using pdftotext from poppler-utils

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`encoding`	No	Text encoding for output (default: UTF-8)	UTF-8
`layout`	No	Preserve original text layout formatting (default: false)
`page`	No	Specific page number to extract (1-based indexing). If not specified, extracts all pages.
`path`	Yes	Path to the PDF file (relative to current working directory or absolute path)

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "encoding": {
      "default": "UTF-8",
      "description": "Text encoding for output (default: UTF-8)",
      "enum": [
        "UTF-8",
        "Latin1",
        "ASCII"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "layout": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Preserve original text layout formatting (default: false)",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "page": {
      "description": "Specific page number to extract (1-based indexing). If not specified, extracts all pages.",
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "number"
    },
    "path": {
      "description": "Path to the PDF file (relative to current working directory or absolute path)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "path"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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