PDF to CSV

v1.0.2

Extract tables and text from a PDF into CSV format via the PDFAPIHub cloud API. PDFs are uploaded to pdfapihub.com for processing. Requires a CLIENT-API-KEY...

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byRishabh Dugar@rishabhdugar

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Install the skill "PDF to CSV" (rishabhdugar/pdf-to-csv) from ClawHub.
Skill page: https://clawhub.ai/rishabhdugar/pdf-to-csv
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Required env vars: PDFAPIHUB_API_KEY
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Purpose & Capability
The name/description say the skill uses PDFAPIHub to convert PDFs to CSV and the only required credential is PDFAPIHUB_API_KEY, which is exactly what you'd expect for a hosted API integration. skill.json and SKILL.md point at pdfapihub.com endpoints consistent with the described capability.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions explicitly POST PDFs (via URL, base64, or multipart) to https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/pdf/csv and require sending the API key in the CLIENT-API-KEY header. There are no instructions to read unrelated files, other env vars, or to exfiltrate data elsewhere, but the skill does upload user PDFs to a third-party service — a privacy risk noted in the docs. This behavior is expected for the stated purpose but worth highlighting.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files (instruction-only). That minimizes filesystem persistence and supply-chain risk.
Credentials
Only a single API key (PDFAPIHUB_API_KEY) is required and declared as the primary credential. The key is proportionate to calling the PDFAPIHub hosted API; no unrelated secrets or config paths are requested.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill does not request system-wide changes or modifications to other skills. The skill can be invoked autonomously (platform default), which is normal for skills and not by itself a concern.
Assessment
This skill appears to do what it says: it uploads PDFs to pdfapihub.com and returns CSVs. Before installing: (1) do not send sensitive or confidential documents unless you trust PDFAPIHub—files are uploaded to a third party and auto-deleted after 30 days per the docs; (2) store the PDFAPIHUB_API_KEY securely (least-privilege key if possible) and be ready to revoke it if you suspect misuse; (3) test with non-sensitive PDFs first to validate behavior and outputs; (4) review PDFAPIHub’s privacy, retention, and billing policies; (5) confirm your agent’s network/output handling so converted CSVs aren’t forwarded to other destinations you don’t expect.

Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.

Runtime requirements

EnvPDFAPIHUB_API_KEY
Primary envPDFAPIHUB_API_KEY
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80downloads
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3versions
Updated 1w ago
v1.0.2
MIT-0

PDF to CSV

What It Does

Extracts tables and text from a PDF into CSV format via the PDFAPIHub hosted API. Your PDF is uploaded to PDFAPIHub servers for processing and the extracted CSV is returned. Uses structured table detection when available.

When to Use

  • Extract tabular data from a PDF as CSV for data processing
  • Pull invoice line items or report data into CSV

Required Inputs

Provide one of:

  • url — public URL to a PDF
  • file — base64-encoded PDF
  • Multipart upload with file field

Authentication

This skill calls the PDFAPIHub hosted API at https://pdfapihub.com/api. Your PDF is sent to PDFAPIHub servers for table extraction.

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.

Privacy note: PDFs you process are uploaded to PDFAPIHub's cloud service. Do not send confidential documents unless you trust the service. Files are auto-deleted after 30 days.

Use Cases

  • Data Pipeline Ingestion — Extract PDF table data as CSV for import into databases or BI tools
  • CRM Import — Pull contact lists from PDF exports into CSV for CRM import
  • Inventory Management — Convert PDF inventory reports to CSV for spreadsheet tracking
  • Research Data — Extract experimental data from PDF papers into CSV for analysis
  • Automated ETL — Feed PDF-extracted CSV data into automated data processing pipelines

Example Usage

curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/pdf/csv \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample-pdfinvoice-with-image.pdf", "output": "url" }'

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