PDF to Excel

Extract tables from PDF documents to Excel (.xlsx) or CSV format.

POSThttps://api.morphopdf.com/v1/convert/pdf-to-excel

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Retrieve your API Key from Dashboard.

Request Body

Provide the PDF file using one of the following methods.

fileFile

PDF file uploaded via multipart/form-data.

urlstringOptional

Public URL pointing to a PDF file.

Query Parameters

formatstringOptionalDefault: json

Response format. Use 'binary' to receive the Excel file directly, or 'json' for metadata.

outputFormatstringOptionalDefault: xlsx

Output file format. Options: 'xlsx' (Excel) or 'csv' (comma-separated values).

modestringOptionalDefault: convert

Operation mode. 'detect' returns table regions without converting, 'convert' performs full conversion.

Response

When using format=json (default):

successboolean

Indicates whether the operation completed successfully.

messagestring

Human-readable status message.

fileNamestring

Name of the generated Excel file.

downloadUrlstring

Presigned URL to download the file. Valid for 1 hour.

Table Detection

For best results, use PDFs with clearly defined tables. Scanned documents may require OCR preprocessing. Tables with visible borders are detected more reliably.

Error Responses

Status	Code	Description
400	`INVALID_INPUT`	No file provided or invalid PDF
400	`INVALID_FILE_TYPE`	File is not a valid PDF document
401	`AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED`	Missing or invalid API key
500	`PROCESSING_FAILED`	No tables detected or processing error

POST/v1/convert/pdf-to-excel

curl -X POST "https://api.morphopdf.com/v1/convert/pdf-to-excel?format=binary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  --output spreadsheet.xlsx

200OK

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "File processed successfully",
  "fileName": "spreadsheet.xlsx",
  "downloadUrl": "https://files.morphopdf.com/sessions/abc123/output/spreadsheet.xlsx?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Expires=3600&..."
}