# Pixo PDF Text Extraction

> Pixo PDF Text Extraction is a paid API for AI agents from api.pixo.tools, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Extracts plain text from a PDF file, processed privately in-process without third-party AI services, priced per page at $0.01 USDC

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.pixo.tools/v1/pdf/extract
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/pixo-pdf-text-extraction-5073f2f2
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Gzga9W6IKTO9VJ5qlQri-

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability pixo-pdf-text-extraction-5073f2f2 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull all the text out of this PDF file I'm uploading? It's a regular PDF with selectable text and I want the raw text content back — processed privately without sending it to any third-party AI.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to extract selectable/embedded text from a standard PDF privately and efficiently, without sending document content to third-party AI services like Google Gemini. Prefer this over the OCR endpoint for PDFs that already have embedded text (not scanned images), and over the structured JSON extraction endpoint when you just need raw text rather than structured data.

## Known failure modes

- PDF is password-protected and cannot be parsed without unlocking first
- PDF contains only scanned images with no embedded text (use OCR endpoint instead)
- Malformed or corrupt PDF file returns a parsing error
- File upload too large or exceeds size limits
- Insufficient USDC balance to cover per-page pricing

## How this service works

Extract text from a PDF — priced per page (private, in-process)

## Output

Returns the extracted text content from the PDF document, processed in-process without sending to external AI services. The text is extracted page by page and billed at $0.01 USDC per page.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "required": [
  "file"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "file": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object"
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/pixo-pdf-text-extraction-5073f2f2/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.pixo.tools](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.pixo.tools/llms.txt)