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Convert new files in Dropbox to plain text using PDF.co

Set up this Zap to automatically convert new PDFs in a Dropbox folder into plain text (.txt) format using PDF.co. You can customize to convert selected pages only. By default, PDF.co converts all pages from the input PDF, saving you from tedious manual file management.

Set up this Zap to automatically convert new PDFs in a Dropbox folder into plain text (.txt) format using PDF.co. You can customize to convert selected pages only. By default, PDF.co converts all pages from the input PDF, saving you from tedious manual file management.

When this happens...
New File in Folder
Triggers when a new file is added to a folder. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.
TriggerPolling
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Supported triggers and actions

- Space
- FolderRequired
- Include files in subfolders?
- Include sharing link?
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Space
- FolderRequired
- File
- Include files in subfolders?
- Include file contents?
- Include sharing link?
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Space
- File PathRequired
- Important Information
Action
Write
- Space
- FolderRequired
- Folder NameRequired
Action
Write
- Space
- FileRequired
- New LocationRequired
Action
Write
- Space
- FolderRequired
- File NameRequired
- File ContentRequired
- Include sharing link?
Action
Write
- Space
- PathRequired
- Requested Visibility
- Link Password
- Expires At
Action
Write
- Space
- FolderRequired
- Include files in subfolders?
- Folder NameRequired
- Include Deleted Folders?
- Include sharing link?
Action
Search
- Space
- FolderRequired
- Search TermRequired
- Include file contents?
- Include sharing link?
Action
Search
- Source File URLRequired
- IdRequired
- X Co-ordinateRequired
- Y Co-ordinateRequired
- TypeRequired
- Initial Value
- Size
- Pages
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Text to addRequired
- X Co-ordinateRequired
- Y Co-ordinateRequired
- Advance Options
Action
Write
- Barcode ValueRequired
- Barcode Type
- Generate Inline URL (optional)
- Advance Options
Action
Write
- Input FormatRequired
- Source File URLRequired
- File Name (optional)
- Worksheet Index (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- PDF.co API EndpointRequired
- URL Input Parameter Override (optional)
- Input JSON (optional)
- Execute Job Check Immediately
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Template Id (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Extract Fillable Fields (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- OCR Language (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Operation TypeRequired
- OCR Language for auto-rotate (optional)
- Page Numbers (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URL (optional)
- Text Annotations (fill at least one)
- Image Embeds (fill at least one)
- Fillable Form Fields (fill at least one)
- File Name (optional)
- Allow Empty Text and Image Objects (optional)
- Auto-trim Input Values (optional)
- Template Data (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Operation Mode (optional)
- Owner Password (fill at least one for Remove Security)
- User Password (fill at least one for Remove Security)
- Encryption Algorithm (optional)
- Allow Printing (optional)
- Define Printing Quality (optional)
- Enable Document Assembly (optional)
- Enable Content Copying (optional)
- Enable Content Copying for Accessibility (optional)
- Enable Document Modification (optional)
- Enable Form Field Filling (optional)
- Enable Commenting (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Text to LocateRequired
- Replacement TextRequired
- Target Pages
- Enable Regular Expressions (optional)
- Case-Sensitive Search (optional)
- Replacement Limit (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Search QueryRequired
- Enable Regular Expressions (optional)
- Page Range (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Barcode Search StringRequired
- Exclude Pages with Identified Barcodes (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write

- Space
- FolderRequired
- Include files in subfolders?
- Include file contents?
- Include sharing link?
Trigger
Polling
Try It
- Space
- FileRequired
- New LocationRequired
Action
Write
- Space
- Folder PathRequired
- Important Information
Action
Write
- Space
- FolderRequired
- FileRequired
- Overwrite
- Specify File Name
- Specify File Extension
- Include sharing link?
Action
Write
- Space
- FolderRequired
- File NameRequired
- File ContentRequired
- Overwrite
- Include sharing link?
Action
Write
- Space
- FileRequired
- New NameRequired
Action
Write
- Stop on errorRequired
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
Write
- Space
- FolderRequired
- Include files in subfolders?
- File NameRequired
- Include Deleted Files?
- Include file contents?
- Include sharing link?
Action
Search
- Barcode ValueRequired
- Barcode TypeRequired
- Source File URL (optional)
- X Co-ordinateRequired
- Y Co-ordinateRequired
- Pages (optional)
- Custom Profiles
- Advance Options
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Image URLRequired
- X Co-ordinateRequired
- Y Co-ordinateRequired
- Width
- Height
- Pages
Action
Write
- Message
- Source File URLRequired
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Barcode Type to Read (optional)
- Pages (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Output FormatRequired
- Source File URLRequired
- Page Selection (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- OCR Language for Scanned Documents (optional)
- Extraction Region (optional)
- Enable Line Grouping (optional)
- Unwrap (optional)
- Define Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Custom Classification Rules (optional)
- CSV Rules URL (optional)
- Enable Case Sensitive Custom Rules (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Message
- Sender EmailRequired
- Recipient EmailRequired
- Email SubjectRequired
- SMTP ServerRequired
- SMTP Server PortRequired
- SMTP UsernameRequired
- SMTP PasswordRequired
- CC (optional)
- BCC (optional)
- Email Body (Plain Text) (optional)
- Email Body (HTML) (optional)
- Attachment URLs (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Input TypeRequired
- Page Orientation (optional)
- Page Size (optional)
- Custom Page Size (optional)
- Custom Margins (optional)
- Render Page Background (optional)
- Media Type (optional)
- Do not wait until full page load (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Automatically Convert Non-PDF Files (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Text to Search and RemoveRequired
- Enable Regular Expressions (optional)
- Case-Sensitive Search (optional)
- Pages (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Text to LocateRequired
- Replacement Image URLRequired
- Pages (optional)
- Enable Regular Expressions (optional)
- Case-Sensitive Search (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Page Numbers/RangesRequired
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write
- Source File URLRequired
- Text Search StringRequired
- Enable Case-Sensitive Search (optional)
- Enable Regular Expression Search (optional)
- Exclude Pages with Identified Text (optional)
- OCR Language (optional)
- File Name (optional)
- Custom Profiles (optional)
Action
Write

About Dropbox

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About PDF.co

PDF.co is a set of tools for PDF file and data extraction. Get CSV out of pdf, spreadshets, barcodes, invoices. Also can split pdf, merge pdf, convert pdf.

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