> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lyzn.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# PDF Reader

> Extract raw text or tables from PDF documents

# PDF Reader

Extract raw text or tables from PDF documents

## Properties

| Property   | Value           |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| **Type**   | pdf-reader      |
| **Family** | Actions         |
| **Group**  | Files & Storage |

## Parameters

| Name | Label | Type   | Description                                     | Required |
| ---- | ----- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| file | File  | JSON   | File handle, URL, or local path to the PDF file | Yes      |
| mode | Mode  | Select | Extraction mode                                 | No       |

## Outputs

| Name   | Label  | Type  | Description              |
| ------ | ------ | ----- | ------------------------ |
| pages  | pages  | array | Extracted pages          |
| tables | tables | array | Detected tables (if any) |