Search inside documents

[Karthikeya_Ala]

Hello, We want to be able to search within attachments (word/ppt/pdf), similarly to typing a keyword in dropbox or google drive and getting results based on the presence of that word or phrase. PDF to text conversion is not a great solution for us since we have upwards of 3000 records and each record contains 2 attachments on average. Has anyone found a working solution?

[ScottWorld]

MiniExtensions offers the ability to extract text from PDF files, which you can then search:

miniExtensions for Airtable

Extract Text From PDF Attachments on Airtable - miniExtensions for Airtable

The text will be extracted as plain text and added back to Airtable in a new field. Search through documents by using filters. No need to download attachments

Also, I’ve heard excellent things about DocParser from multiple sources, which does the same thing but offers much more customizability:

Docparser

Docparser - Document Parser Software - Extract Data From PDF to Excel, JSON...

The leading document parser. Extract data from PDF to Excel, JSON or update apps with webhooks via Docparser.

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DocParser is also fully supported by Integromat, which is my personal favorite automation platform:

Integromat

Docparser Integrations

Docparser converts your PDF documents into structured and easy-to-handle data. With Docparser you can pull out specific data fields (e.g. Purchase Order Number, Date, Shipping Address, ...) and tabular data from your documents.

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