Read Text From PDF Document Action

Read Text From PDF Document Action extracts plain text content from an open PDF document. It supports extracting text from the entire document or from specific page numbers and page ranges.

Appearance

In Talos, Read Text From PDF Document Action appears as a standard rectangular node with a PDF to text icon.

Properties

As with all Actions, Read Text From PDF Document Action has a set of unique properties required for its functionality.

Common properties

Common properties inherited from Action.

Display NameString

This is the display name of the action.

By customizing this property, you can differentiate between same-type actions.

Action IDString

Indicates the unique ID of this action.

This property is Read only and it is not customizable

DisabledBoolean

If set to true, this action is considered disabled and will not be executed.

Input Variable NameString

The variable name containing the open PDF document object.

Must refer to a PDF variable opened via Open PDF Document Action.

Output Variable NameString

The variable name to store the extracted plain text content.

The result is stored as an RPA String object.

Extraction ModeString

Specifies whether to extract the whole document or individual pages.

Must be one of the following:

• "whole_document": Extracts text from all pages in the PDF document.
• "page": Extracts text only from the pages specified in the Page Range property.

Page RangeString

The list of 1-based page numbers or page ranges to extract.

Only applicable when Extraction Mode is set to "page". Supports individual pages and hyphenated ranges separated by commas (e.g. "1,3,5-7").