PDF Parse

Parse a PDF into structured JSON: text, layout-aware blocks with bounding boxes, tables, and image metadata.

Security Scan

The skill's requirements and runtime instructions are consistent with a PDF-parsing proxy to pdfapihub.com, but it relies on a third‑party service (no code bundled) and doesn't explicitly warn about uploading sensitive documents.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the runtime instructions and example: the skill forwards PDFs (by URL or multipart upload) to pdfapihub.com for parsing and expects an API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header — this is appropriate for a PDF parsing integration.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md only instructs POSTing to https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/pdf/parse with either a public URL or multipart file and an API key. That stays within the stated purpose, but the instructions do not warn that PDFs (which may contain sensitive PII or secrets) will be transmitted to a third-party service — a privacy/data-exfiltration risk users should be aware of.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec or code files; nothing is written to disk or downloaded by the skill itself, which minimizes installation risk.

Credentials

The skill requires an API key (header-based) according to SKILL.md and skill.json, but no required environment variables are declared in the registry metadata — this is not dangerous but is a minor inconsistency in how credentials are represented. Requesting an API key for the external service is proportionate to the functionality.

Persistence & Privilege

always:false and no install-time modifications or system paths requested. The skill does perform outbound network calls to pdfapihub.com when invoked (expected for its purpose).

Assessment

This skill forwards PDFs to a third-party service (pdfapihub.com) and requires an API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header. Before installing: (1) confirm you trust pdfapihub.com (review their privacy policy and retention practices); (2) avoid sending sensitive or regulated documents unless you’ve verified security/contractual protections; (3) supply the API key via the platform's secure credential storage (do not paste it into chat); (4) test with non-sensitive samples first; and (5) if you need stronger assurance, ask the skill author for a homepage, company identity, and privacy/terms links — the owner is currently unknown.

What It Does

Parses a PDF into structured JSON with text content, layout-aware blocks (with normalized bounding boxes), tables, and image metadata.

When to Use

• Extract structured data from PDFs (text, tables, images)
• Get layout-aware content with bounding box coordinates
• Parse invoices, forms, or reports into machine-readable format

Parsing Modes

Mode	Description
text	Text only
layout	Text + text blocks with bounding boxes
tables	Text + table blocks
full	Text + blocks + tables + images (default)

Required Inputs

Provide one of:

• url — public URL to a PDF
• Multipart upload with file field

Authentication

Send your API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header.

Get your free API key at https://pdfapihub.com. Full API documentation is available at https://pdfapihub.com/docs.

Use Cases

• Invoice Parsing — Extract line items, totals, and vendor info from PDF invoices
• Resume Parsing — Extract structured data (name, experience, skills) from PDF resumes
• Contract Analysis — Extract clauses, dates, and parties from legal PDF contracts
• Form Data Extraction — Pull filled form fields and values from PDF forms
• Research Paper Analysis — Extract text, tables, and figures from academic PDFs
• Document Indexing — Parse PDFs into structured JSON for search engine indexing

Example Usage

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/pdf/parse \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample-pdfinvoice-with-image.pdf", "mode": "full", "pages": "1-3" }'