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PDF Form Data Export

Read AcroForm field names, types and current values from a PDF and export them to JSON

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/pdf-form-data-export' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/pdfFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pdf-form-data-export' \
  -F 'pdfFile=/public/samples/pdf/form-sample-acroform.pdf' \
  -F 'includeEmptyFields=true' \
  -F 'includeFieldOptions=true'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/pdf-form-data-export

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
pdfFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
includeEmptyFields	checkbox	No	Include fields that have no value in the export
includeFieldOptions	checkbox	No	Include available options for radio/dropdown/list fields

File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/pdf-form-data-export, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

Text result

JSON

{
  "result": "Processed text content",
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)",
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  }
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-pdf-form-data-export": {
      "name": "pdf-form-data-export",
      "description": "Read AcroForm field names, types and current values from a PDF and export them to JSON",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=pdf-form-data-export",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "pdf-form-data-export",
    "arguments": {
  "pdfFile": "/public/samples/pdf/form-sample-acroform.pdf",
  "includeEmptyFields": true,
  "includeFieldOptions": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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