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Stop scrolling through pages looking for one fact. Upload a PDF and just ask — PDF.chat finds the answer in the document and tells you, with a citation to the exact page.
Because every answer is grounded in your document and linked to its source, you never have to wonder whether the AI made it up.
How to ask your pdf
Common uses
- Find a specific clause or figure in a long contract
- Ask a research paper for its method, results or limitations
- Pull a date, total or name out of a report instantly
- Get a plain-language explanation of a confusing section
Frequently asked questions
Use this via the API
Run this tool programmatically with a single POST. Authenticate with the API token from your account page.
curl -X POST https://pdf.chat/api/v1/ocr/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-F "file=@your-file.pdf" \
-F "tool=ask-pdf"Files of 5 pages or fewer return the result inline; otherwise poll the job, then download it as md:
curl -L "https://pdf.chat/api/v1/ocr/JOB_UUID/download/?format=md" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" -o result.mdThen ask questions about the document, with answers cited to the page:
curl -X POST https://pdf.chat/api/v1/chat/JOB_UUID/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message": "Summarize this document"}'