pdf_make_searchable
Convert scanned PDFs and images into text-searchable documents by running OCR and adding an invisible text layer for full text search.
Instructions
Convert scanned PDF documents or image files into a text-searchable PDF.
Runs OCR and adds an invisible text layer that can be used for text search.
Ref: https://developer.pdf.co/api-reference/pdf-change-text-searchable/searchable.md
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | URL to the source file. Supports publicly accessible links including Google Drive, Dropbox, PDF.co Built-In Files Storage. Use 'upload_file' tool to upload local files. | |
| httpusername | No | HTTP auth user name if required to access source url. (Optional) | |
| httppassword | No | HTTP auth password if required to access source url. (Optional) | |
| lang | No | Language for OCR for scanned documents. Default is 'eng'. See PDF.co docs for supported languages. (Optional, Default: 'eng') | eng |
| pages | No | Comma-separated page indices (e.g., '0, 1, 2-' or '1, 3-7'). Use '!' for inverted page numbers (e.g., '!0' for last page). Processes all pages if None. (Optional) | |
| password | No | Password of the PDF file. (Optional) | |
| name | No | File name for the generated output. (Optional) | |
| api_key | No | PDF.co API key. If not provided, will use X_API_KEY environment variable. (Optional) |
Implementation Reference
- pdfco/mcp/services/pdf.py:85-88 (helper)Helper service function that actually makes the API call to the PDF.co '/v1/pdf/makesearchable' endpoint.
async def make_pdf_searchable( params: ConversionParams, api_key: str | None = None ) -> BaseResponse: return await request("pdf/makesearchable", params, api_key=api_key) - pdfco/mcp/services/pdf.py:125-153 (helper)Core 'request' helper that builds the HTTP payload, sends it via PDFCoClient to the PDF.co API, and returns a BaseResponse.
async def request( endpoint: str, params: ConversionParams, custom_payload: dict | None = None, api_key: str | None = None, ) -> BaseResponse: payload = params.parse_payload(async_mode=True) if custom_payload: payload.update(custom_payload) try: async with PDFCoClient(api_key=api_key) as client: url = f"/v1/{endpoint}" print(f"Requesting {url} with payload {payload}", file=sys.stderr) response = await client.post(url, json=payload) print(f"response: {response}", file=sys.stderr) json_data = response.json() return BaseResponse( status="working", content=json_data, credits_used=json_data.get("credits"), credits_remaining=json_data.get("remainingCredits"), tips=f"You **should** use the 'wait_job_completion' tool to wait for the job [{json_data.get('jobId')}] to complete if a jobId is present.", ) except Exception as e: return BaseResponse( status="error", content=f"{type(e)}: {[arg for arg in e.args if arg]}", )