# Transform a PDF file to plain text

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821 "2023-05-16T19:05:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Alvaro\_Souza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alvaro_souza/32/51490_2.png) [@Alvaro\_Souza](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alvaro_Souza)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/1 "2023-05-16T19:05:25Z")

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Hi everyone,

im being trying to build this AI app that use pdf files in the system part of the open ai api request, but when i upload the file to glide, it only give me the url of where is located.

Anyone know how can i transform this file into plain text?

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Gabriele](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/joe_gabriele/32/57595_2.png) [@Joe\_Gabriele](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Joe_Gabriele)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/2 "2023-05-16T19:11:17Z")

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Have you tried the Azure Image to Text integration?

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**Author:** ![Alvaro\_Souza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alvaro_souza/32/51490_2.png) [@Alvaro\_Souza](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alvaro_Souza)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/3 "2023-05-16T19:19:41Z")

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how’s that? it’s in glide? or outside of it? because the integration onlt work with images.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Gabriele](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/joe_gabriele/32/57595_2.png) [@Joe\_Gabriele](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Joe_Gabriele)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/4 "2023-05-16T19:22:55Z")

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Its an internal Glide integration. Haven’t used it personally but worth exploring

Also I believe there is a Google Cloud Vision integration that can do image to text as well

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/5 "2023-05-16T23:35:58Z")

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Can you go more into details here on what you’re trying to do? If your PDF has a lot of pages, it might run into some problems.

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**Author:** ![Alvaro\_Souza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/alvaro_souza/32/51490_2.png) [@Alvaro\_Souza](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Alvaro_Souza)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/6 "2023-05-17T04:42:36Z")

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well it depends on what file my clients want to upload. so it can be bigger or smaller.

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/transform-a-pdf-file-to-plain-text/61821/7 "2023-05-18T23:35:42Z")

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> [@Google Cloud API](https://community.glideapps.com/t/google-cloud-api/61848/3):
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> PDF solution just dropped!