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Office to Text / Markdown API

Plain text or Markdown from any office document.

Environment

EnvironmentBase URL
Productionhttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1

There is one environment and no sandbox, so every request here is real and counts toward your limits.

Request

POSThttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1/tools/office-to-text
Content type
multipart/form-data
Auth
X-API-Key with tools:run
Accepts
doc, docx, odt, rtf, xls, xlsx, ods, ppt and 2 more
Files per request
1
Largest file
2 GB
Job timeout
300 s
Rate weight
2 units

Parameters

Send these as a JSON string in the options form field. Anything else is rejected.

NameTypeDefaultAllowed
formatstringmdtxt, md

Response

StatusBodyWhen
201txt, mdThe run finished within 60 seconds
202Job summary JSONStill running; poll the job
4xx, 5xxError JSONSee error codes

A file response carries X-Sada-Job and X-Sada-Expires-At. For long work, post to /v1/tools/office-to-text/jobs instead. See jobs and webhooks.

Try it yourself!

Pick a file, set the options and run a real request with your key. The code follows your changes.

Headers

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Body

curl -X POST "https://api.sadafiles.com/v1/tools/office-to-text" \  -H "X-API-Key: $SADAFILES_API_KEY" \  -F "files[]=@input.doc" \  -o output.txt

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