Connect PDF.co with Hookshot™ and your stack

PDF.co is a REST API platform for PDF automation including PDF extraction, generation, editing, splitting, merging, form filling, barcode processing, OCR, document parsing, file conversion (PDF to Excel/CSV/JSON/XML/HTML/Image and vice versa), and AI-powered invoice parsing.

Tools and triggers

What Agents can do in PDF.co

Available tools and events after PDF.co is connected.

  • Add Content to PDF

    Tool to add content to an existing PDF. Use when you need to overlay text, images, barcodes, or links before distributing the file.

  • Change PDF Text Searchable

    Tool to make PDF text searchable using OCR. Use when you need to add a searchable text layer to scanned or image-only PDF documents.

  • Check Job Status

    Tool to check status and result of an asynchronous job. Use after submitting a job to poll for completion.

  • Convert Email to PDF

    Tool to convert email files (.eml/.msg) to PDF. Use when you need to transform standalone email messages into PDF documents.

  • Convert Excel to CSV

    Tool to convert an Excel file (XLS/XLSX) to CSV. Use when you have a public Excel file URL and need CSV output. Inline option returns data inline; otherwise provides download URL.

  • Convert Excel to HTML

    Tool to convert an Excel file to HTML. Use when you have an Excel URL and need HTML output.

  • Convert Excel to JSON

    Tool to convert an online Excel or CSV file to JSON format. Use when you have a public file URL and need structured data extraction.

  • Convert Excel to Text

    Tool to convert Excel files to plain text. Use after providing an Excel file URL to extract spreadsheet content.

  • Convert Excel to XML

    Tool to convert an Excel file to XML. Use when needing XML output from xls/xlsx/csv synchronously or asynchronously.

  • Convert HTML to PDF

    Tool to convert HTML code or webpage URL into a PDF document. Use when you need to capture a webpage or HTML snippet as a PDF file.

  • Convert PDF to CSV

    Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to CSV format. Use when you need to extract tabular data from a PDF into CSV format.

  • Convert PDF to HTML

    Tool to convert PDF documents to HTML. Use when you need an HTML rendition of a PDF or scanned image.

  • Convert PDF to Image

    Tool to convert PDF pages to images (PNG, JPG, TIFF). Use when you need image previews of PDF content.

  • Convert PDF to JSON

    Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to JSON format. Use when you need a structured JSON representation of PDF content.

  • Convert PDF to Text

    Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to plain text. Use when you need raw text output preserving layout.

  • Convert PDF to XLS

    Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XLS format. Use when you need to extract tabular data into an Excel spreadsheet.

  • Convert PDF to XLSX

    Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XLSX (Excel) format. Use when you need structured spreadsheet output from a PDF.

  • Convert PDF to XML

    Tool to convert PDF or scanned images to XML format. Use when you need to extract structured data from PDF into XML.

  • Convert Text to PDF

    Tool to convert a plain text (.txt) file to PDF. Use when you have a public URL to a text file; raw inline text is not accepted by the endpoint.

  • Delete PDF Pages

    Tool to delete specific pages from a PDF file. Use when you need to remove unwanted pages before further processing.

  • Document Parser

    Tool to parse documents based on predefined templates to extract structured data. Use when you need to extract structured fields from a PDF by supplying a custom template.

  • Extract PDF Attachments

    Tool to extract embedded attachments from a PDF. Use when you need to retrieve embedded files from a PDF after uploading.

  • Find Text in PDF

    Tool to find text in a PDF document. Use when you need to locate keywords or regex patterns and get their page positions.

  • Generate Barcode

    Tool to generate high quality barcode images in 45+ formats including QR Code, Code 128, Code 39, and more. Use when you need to create barcodes with customization options like rotation, decoration images for QR codes…

Setup

Connect PDF.co in Hookshot™

Pick a scope, then confirm what can start a Protege and what it can do.

Trigger Access

What can start a Protege from this app.

Tool Access

What a Protege can do after it starts.

Connection scope

Prefer team for production.

Team

Shared credential for production and unattended runs.

Personal

Tied to one user—only when the workflow needs their account.

Chat

Team-scoped for supported chat surfaces.

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