Use Nutrient DWS to convert PDF files into XLSX spreadsheets when the workflow needs editable spreadsheet output instead of static PDF tables. Start with a cloud PDF-to-XLSX API built for reporting, exports, analytics, and spreadsheet-ready document workflows.
Use a PDF-to-XLSX API when the workflow needs spreadsheet-ready output for finance, reporting, analysis, and export pipelines.
Use REST, Postman, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#, PHP, or HTTP to automate PDF-to-XLSX conversion inside document processing and reporting systems.
Connect XLSX conversion to getting started, pricing, and the broader Office converter hub so teams can validate the right spreadsheet output path quickly.
This example will convert your uploaded PDF file to an XLSX.
Try it out in three steps
document.pdf to your project folder.result.xlsx in your project folder to view the results.curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \ -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \ -o result.xlsx \ --fail \ -F document=@document.pdf \ -F instructions='{ "parts": [ { "file": "document" } ], "output": { "type": "xlsx" } }'curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build ^ -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" ^ -o result.xlsx ^ --fail ^ -F document=@document.pdf ^ -F instructions="{\"parts\": [{\"file\": \"document\"}], \"output\": {\"type\": \"xlsx\"}}"package com.example.pspdfkit;
import java.io.File;import java.io.IOException;import java.nio.file.FileSystems;import java.nio.file.Files;import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
import org.json.JSONArray;import org.json.JSONObject;
import okhttp3.MediaType;import okhttp3.MultipartBody;import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;import okhttp3.Request;import okhttp3.RequestBody;import okhttp3.Response;
public final class PspdfkitApiExample { public static void main(final String[] args) throws IOException { final RequestBody body = new MultipartBody.Builder() .setType(MultipartBody.FORM) .addFormDataPart( "document", "document.pdf", RequestBody.create( MediaType.parse("application/pdf"), new File("document.pdf") ) ) .addFormDataPart( "instructions", new JSONObject() .put("parts", new JSONArray() .put(new JSONObject() .put("file", "document") ) ) .put("output", new JSONObject() .put("type", "xlsx") ).toString() ) .build();
final Request request = new Request.Builder() .url("https://api.nutrient.io/build") .method("POST", body) .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_api_key_here") .build();
final OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient() .newBuilder() .build();
final Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
if (response.isSuccessful()) { Files.copy( response.body().byteStream(), FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("result.xlsx"), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING ); } else { // Handle the error throw new IOException(response.body().string()); } }}using System;using System.IO;using System.Net;using RestSharp;
namespace PspdfkitApiDemo{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { var client = new RestClient("https://api.nutrient.io/build");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST) .AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_api_key_here") .AddFile("document", "document.pdf") .AddParameter("instructions", new JsonObject { ["parts"] = new JsonArray { new JsonObject { ["file"] = "document" } }, ["output"] = new JsonObject { ["type"] = "xlsx" } }.ToString());
request.AdvancedResponseWriter = (responseStream, response) => { if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK) { using (responseStream) { using var outputFileWriter = File.OpenWrite("result.xlsx"); responseStream.CopyTo(outputFileWriter); } } else { var responseStreamReader = new StreamReader(responseStream); Console.Write(responseStreamReader.ReadToEnd()); } };
client.Execute(request); } }}// This code requires Node.js. Do not run this code directly in a web browser.
const axios = require('axios')const FormData = require('form-data')const fs = require('fs')
const formData = new FormData()formData.append('instructions', JSON.stringify({ parts: [ { file: "document" } ], output: { type: "xlsx" }}))formData.append('document', fs.createReadStream('document.pdf'))
;(async () => { try { const response = await axios.post('https://api.nutrient.io/build', formData, { headers: formData.getHeaders({ 'Authorization': 'Bearer your_api_key_here' }), responseType: "stream" })
response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("result.xlsx")) } catch (e) { const errorString = await streamToString(e.response.data) console.log(errorString) }})()
function streamToString(stream) { const chunks = [] return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { stream.on("data", (chunk) => chunks.push(Buffer.from(chunk))) stream.on("error", (err) => reject(err)) stream.on("end", () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf8"))) })}import requestsimport json
response = requests.request( 'POST', 'https://api.nutrient.io/build', headers = { 'Authorization': 'Bearer your_api_key_here' }, files = { 'document': open('document.pdf', 'rb') }, data = { 'instructions': json.dumps({ 'parts': [ { 'file': 'document' } ], 'output': { 'type': 'xlsx' } }) }, stream = True)
if response.ok: with open('result.xlsx', 'wb') as fd: for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8096): fd.write(chunk)else: print(response.text) exit()<?php
$FileHandle = fopen('result.xlsx', 'w+');
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, array( CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.nutrient.io/build', CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST', CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => '', CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => array( 'instructions' => '{ "parts": [ { "file": "document" } ], "output": { "type": "xlsx" } }', 'document' => new CURLFILE('document.pdf') ), CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array( 'Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here' ), CURLOPT_FILE => $FileHandle,));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
fclose($FileHandle);POST https://api.nutrient.io/build HTTP/1.1Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--customboundaryAuthorization: Bearer your_api_key_here
--customboundaryContent-Disposition: form-data; name="instructions"Content-Type: application/json
{ "parts": [ { "file": "document" } ], "output": { "type": "xlsx" }}--customboundaryContent-Disposition: form-data; name="document"; filename="document.pdf"Content-Type: application/pdf
(document data)--customboundary--Most common next steps
Use the following:
Get started:
Platform resources:
No input or resulting documents are stored on our infrastructure. All files are deleted as soon as a request finishes. Alternatively, check out our self-hosted product.
All communication between your application and Nutrient is done via HTTPS to ensure your data is encrypted when it’s sent to us.
All payments are handled by Paddle. Nutrient DWS Processor API never has direct access to any of your payment data.
Send a PDF to the PDF-to-XLSX API, and it returns an XLSX spreadsheet with the tables from your document mapped to rows, columns, and cells. See the getting started guide to make your first request.
Yes. Detected tables are converted into spreadsheet rows and columns so the data stays structured and ready for analysis.
Use the data extraction API to pull tables and key-value pairs directly into JSON, CSV, or XML.
Call the API over REST or HTTP and integrate it with Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, and PHP, or start in Postman. See supported languages.
It uses the credit-based DWS Processor pricing, with a free tier for evaluation. See Processor API pricing.
Create an account to get your DWS Processor API key and start making API calls.