POST /v1/pdf/to-xlsx · 1 cent per page

PDF → Excel (XLSX)

Convert PDF tables to Excel: every table found becomes a sheet, numbers stay numbers (1.234,56 and 1,234.56), percentages become percent cells. Billed per page.

Try it

curl -X POST https://api.bigapi.dev/v1/pdf/to-xlsx -H 'Authorization: Bearer $KEY' -F 'file=@report.pdf' -o tables.xlsx

New keys come with 100 free operations, no signup: curl -X POST https://api.bigapi.dev/v1/keys. Failed calls cost nothing.

Parameters

Name	Meaning
`file` required	PDF with a text layer that contains tables (for scans use ocr first).
`first`	First page to read (1 is the first page). Default: first page
`last`	Last page to read. Default: last page
`minCols`	Minimum number of columns for a line to count as a table row. Raise it to 3 or more if ordinary text is mistaken for a table. Default: 2

Result and price

1¢/p · 1 cent per page

Returns application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet. Response headers carry the cost (X-BigAPI-Cost) and notes about your input (X-BigAPI-Warnings).

From an agent (MCP)

Connect BiGapi as an MCP server: https://api.bigapi.dev/mcp (hosted) or npx -y @bigapi/mcp (local). Then ask in plain words; the agent finds pdf_to_xlsx on its own.

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