# Extract text from PDF

> Supported in: Batch, Faster

Extracts raw text from the pages in a PDF with configurable output formats.

**Expression categories:** Media

## Declared arguments

* **Media reference:** The column containing media references to PDF files in a media set.<br>*Expression\<Media reference>*
* *optional* **End page:** The end of the page range (inclusive). If no value is provided, it will default to the last page.<br>*Expression\<Integer>*
* *optional* **Error handling:** Determines the behavior of the pipeline for inputs that fail to process.<br>*Enum\<FAIL, NULL>*
* *optional* **Output format:** The format of the extracted text output.<br>*Enum\<HTML, Markdown, Text, hOCR>*
* *optional* **Start page:** The start of the page range. If no value is provided, it will default to the first page.<br>*Expression\<Integer>*

**Output type:** *Array\<String>*

## Examples

### Example 1: Base case

**Argument values:**

* **Media reference:** `Media Reference`
* **End page:** `End Page`
* **Error handling:** `FAIL_FAST`
* **Output format:** `TEXT`
* **Start page:** `Start Page`

| Media Reference | Start Page | End Page | **Output** |
| ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
| {"mimeType":"application/pdf","reference":{"type":"mediaSetItem","mediaSetItem":{"mediaSetRid":"ri.mio.test.media-set.1","mediaItemRid":"ri.mio.test.media-item.1"}}} | 1 | 2 | \[ first page, second page ] |

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