Read PDF Metadata API
Extract metadata from PDF files including title, author, creation date, page count, and custom properties. Built for document management, compliance workflows, and asset organization pipelines.
PDF metadata extraction for document workflows
Access PDF metadata programmatically without opening files manually — useful for document management and processing at scale.
Standard metadata fields
Retrieve title, author, creator, producer, creation date, and modification date from PDF files.
Document properties
Access page count, PDF version, encryption status, and other document-level properties.
Custom metadata
Extract custom XMP and document information dictionary fields embedded in PDF files.
Where teams use PDF metadata extraction
PDF metadata extraction is useful anywhere you need to catalog, filter, or process documents without reading their full content.
Document cataloging
Extract metadata from large document libraries to build searchable catalogs and inventories.
Compliance auditing
Verify document authorship, creation dates, and modification history for compliance and legal review.
Asset management
Organize and tag PDF assets in digital asset management systems using extracted metadata.
Workflow routing
Use metadata to automatically route, classify, or assign documents in processing pipelines.
Quality assurance
Verify that PDFs meet metadata standards before distribution, archiving, or publishing.
Ops automation
Trigger metadata extraction from Make.com, n8n, MCP tools, or API workflows for automated document processing.
Ready to read PDF metadata?
Use one API key for PDF metadata, then expand into PDF merging, conversion, extraction, and more without adding more vendor accounts.