Extract structured data from legal documents with unmatched accuracy

Contracts, filings, and agreements hold the data your business runs on. Nutrient Data Extraction API extracts it as typed, auditable JSON — with source coordinates and confidence scores, so nothing moves downstream unreviewed.

Master Services Agreement with highlighted contract fields alongside extracted structured JSON output

Trusted by enterprises, governments, and teams building document workflows at scale

Used by Lufthansa, Disney, Autodesk, UBS, Dropbox, IBM
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USE CASES

Example legal document workflows

Contract data extraction

Contract data extraction

Extract parties, dates, payment terms, renewal terms, obligations, and document metadata from contracts and agreements.

Clause extraction

Clause extraction

Identify and structure clause text from contracts, amendments, NDAs, schedules, and supporting documents.

Legal document search

Legal document search

Turn legal documents into structured Markdown or typed JSON for search, knowledge bases, document Q&A, and AI workflows.

Compliance and audit workflows

Compliance and audit workflows

Use source context, confidence, and page details to support reviewable, traceable legal document workflows.

eDiscovery and matter review

eDiscovery and matter review

Extract metadata, key-value fields, and document structure from legal hold documents and matter files for review and triage.

GOVERNED EXTRACTION

Why not rely on LLM-only extraction for legal documents?

LLMs can reason over documents — but legal workflows need deterministic, auditable output grounded in the source file, not generated answers that vary between runs.

Predictable structured output

Typed output remains tied to the source document — not generated answers that change between runs.

Confidence signals for routing and review

Route uncertain values for human review before they enter downstream legal or compliance systems.

Coordinates and page references for audit

Every extracted value is anchored to its source location for traceability and audit.

Layout-aware structure

Clauses, tables, and key-value regions preserved — not flattened into unstructured text.

Human review before downstream use

Support review and validation steps before data enters contract management, compliance, or matter systems.

Auditability for governed workflows

Source context and page detail support traceable, audit-ready legal document workflows.

WHAT YOU CAN EXTRACT

Structured fields from any legal document

Structured data extracted from a legal document
Parties and entities

Legal names, roles, addresses, and identifiers for all contract parties and signatories.


Key dates

Effective dates, termination dates, renewal windows, and notice periods extracted with source coordinates.


Clause text and obligations

Extracted clause content with source location for validation before it enters contract management or compliance systems.


Payment terms and contract values

Amounts, payment schedules, late fees, and currency fields from contracts and amendments.


Signature blocks

Signatory names, roles, dates, and signature presence indicators from executed documents.


Tables and schedules

Structured data from exhibits, schedules, and supporting documents, preserved with row and column context.


HOW IT WORKS

From legal document to structured output

Parse

Turn legal PDFs, scans, images, and Office files into document structure.

Extract

Identify clauses, tables, key-value regions, signatures, dates, and parties.

Map

Define the fields your workflow needs and get back validated, typed output.

Structure

Return typed JSON for systems and validation, or Markdown for search and AI workflows.

Process

Send structured data into review queues, contract management, compliance workflows, or business systems.

OUTPUT FORMATS

Spatial JSON. Or Markdown. From the same API.

Confidence scores, coordinates, and page context included.
Choose output: "json" or Markdown per request.

Spatial JSON

For extraction · validation · review

.json
{
"status": "processed",
"pages": [{
"elements": [
{
"type": "key_value_pair",
"label": "Effective date",
"value": "2024-01-15",
"confidence": 0.99,
"page": 1,
"bounds": [82, 128, 284, 152]
},
{
"type": "key_value_pair",
"label": "Contract value",
"value": "$240,000",
"confidence": 0.98,
"page": 2,
"bounds": [82, 320, 284, 344]
}
]
}]
}

Markdown

For RAG · search · knowledge bases

.md
# Master Services Agreement
**Party A** Acme Corp
**Party B** Vendor Inc
**Effective** January 15, 2024
## Payment Terms
Payment due within 30 days of invoice.
Late fees: 1.5% per month.
**Governing law** State of Delaware

No persistent document storage

All documents are processed and immediately discarded. No input files are retained.

SOC 2 Type 2

Audited annually. Reports available under NDA for enterprise customers.

Trust and compliance

Built for legal document workflows in production

TLS encryption by default

All API communication is encrypted. Unencrypted requests are rejected.

Privilege and confidentiality controls

No retention, encrypted transport, and access controls designed for governed legal document workflows.

Legal document extraction questions

Does Nutrient store legal documents after processing?

No. All uploaded documents are processed and immediately discarded. No input files or extracted content are retained on Nutrient infrastructure after the API response is returned.

Can the API extract specific clauses and obligations?

Yes. The API identifies and extracts clause text, key-value regions, tables, and structured fields from contracts, amendments, NDAs, and other legal documents — with source coordinates and confidence scores so teams can validate values before they enter downstream systems.

What file formats are supported?

Data Extraction API processes PDFs, scanned documents, images, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. It handles scanned PDFs, complex layouts, and mixed digital/image-based documents without requiring a separate OCR pipeline.

How is this different from a CLM platform?

Nutrient Data Extraction API is an extraction layer, not a contract lifecycle management platform. It extracts structured data from legal documents so that data can be reviewed, validated, and routed into contract management, compliance, matter management, or business systems your team already uses.

How do I validate and review extracted data before downstream use?

Every extracted element includes confidence scores, page references, and coordinates so you can flag low-confidence fields for human review, trace values back to the source document, and validate clause text and metadata before anything moves into downstream legal or compliance systems.

GET STARTED

Start extracting data from legal documents

5,000 free credits per month — no credit card required.

Your free account includes:

    • 5,000 Data Extraction API credits per month
    • Parse PDFs, scans, images, and Office files
    • Typed JSON output with confidence scores and source context
    • No persistent document storage