Paddle OCR Layout Parser This Apify Actor provides a powerful interface to the Paddle OCR Layout Parsing API. It allows you to submit an image or a PDF file via a URL and receive structured Markdown content, with all embedded images correctly linked via their absolute URLs. It also provides a visual representation of the parsed layout. ## Features - Supports Images and PDFs: Process various image formats (PNG, JPG, etc.) and multi-page PDF documents. - Smart File Type Detection: Automatically determines the file type from the URL, or you can specify it manually. - Markdown Content Extraction: Extracts the full textual content and structure of the document into clean Markdown. - Layout Visualization: Provides a URL to an image that visually highlights the detected layout structure (titles, paragraphs, figures, tables). - File Size Limit: Protects against oversized files by enforcing a 5MB limit. ## Input The Actor requires the following inputs, which are defined in the Input tab. | Field | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | File URL (fileUrl) | String | Required. A publicly accessible URL to the image or PDF file you want to process. The file size must not exceed 5MB. | | File Type (fileType) | String | The type of the file. It's recommended to leave this as Autodetect. Options: Autodetect, Image, PDF. | ## Output The Actor stores its results in the Apify default dataset. Each item in the dataset corresponds to a page from the input file. ### Output Structure (JSON) json [ { "pageNumber": 1, "processedMarkdown": "## This is the Title\n\nAnd this is a paragraph of text. Here is an image:\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"https://example.com/path/to/image.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50%\" /></div>", "layoutImageUrl": "https://example.com/path/to/layout_visualization.jpg", } ] - processedMarkdown: The primary output. Ready-to-render Markdown with absolute image URLs. - layoutImageUrl: A URL to an image visualizing the detected document layout.