Process Documents via Nutrient
Your AI converts, OCRs, extracts, redacts, signs, and fills PDFs, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, and images using the Nutrient DWS API. It handles multipart POST requests with instructions and supports many common document formats.
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What is this skill?
Process, convert, OCR, extract, redact, sign, and fill documents using the Nutrient DWS API. Works with PDFs, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, and images. Use when converting, OCRing, extracting from, redacting, signing, or filling documents via the Nutrient DWS API.
When to use
- Converting documents between formats (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, images)
- Extracting text, tables, or key-value pairs from PDFs
- OCR on scanned documents or images
- Redacting PII before sharing documents
- Adding watermarks to drafts or confidential documents
- Digitally signing contracts or agreements
- Filling PDF forms programmatically
What’s inside
Note: This skill integrates with the Nutrient commercial API. Review their terms before use.
Process documents with the Nutrient DWS Processor API. Convert formats, extract text and tables, OCR scanned documents, redact PII, add watermarks, digitally sign, and fill PDF forms.
Setup
Get a free API key at nutrient.io
export NUTRIENT_API_KEY="pdf_live_..."
All requests go to https://api.nutrient.io/build as multipart POST with an instructions JSON field.
Operations
Convert Documents
# DOCX to PDF
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.docx=@document.docx" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.docx"}]}' \
-o output.pdf
# PDF to DOCX
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"output":{"type":"docx"}}' \
-o output.docx
# HTML to PDF
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "index.html=@index.html" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"html":"index.html"}]}' \
-o output.pdf
Supported inputs: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, DOC, XLS, PPT, PPS, PPSX, ODT, RTF, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF, HEIC, GIF, WebP, SVG, TGA, EPS.
Extract Text and Data
# Extract plain text
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"output":{"type":"text"}}' \
-o output.txt
# Extract tables as Excel
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"output":{"type":"xlsx"}}' \
-o tables.xlsx
OCR Scanned Documents
# OCR to searchable PDF (supports 100+ languages)
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "scanned.pdf=@scanned.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"scanned.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"ocr","language":"english"}]}' \
-o searchable.pdf
Languages: Supports 100+ languages via ISO 639-2 codes (e.g., eng, deu, fra, spa, jpn, kor, chi_sim, chi_tra, ara, hin, rus). Full language names like english or german also work. See the complete OCR language table for all supported codes.
Redact Sensitive Information
# Pattern-based (SSN, email)
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"redaction","strategy":"preset","strategyOptions":{"preset":"social-security-number"}},{"type":"redaction","strategy":"preset","strategyOptions":{"preset":"email-address"}}]}' \
-o redacted.pdf
# Regex-based
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"redaction","strategy":"regex","strategyOptions":{"regex":"\\b[A-Z]{2}\\d{6}\\b"}}]}' \
-o redacted.pdf
Presets: social-security-number, email-address, credit-card-number, international-phone-number, north-american-phone-number, date, time, url, ipv4, ipv6, mac-address, us-zip-code, vin.
Add Watermarks
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"watermark","text":"CONFIDENTIAL","fontSize":72,"opacity":0.3,"rotation":-45}]}' \
-o watermarked.pdf
Digital Signatures
# Self-signed CMS signature
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "document.pdf=@document.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"document.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"sign","signatureType":"cms"}]}' \
-o signed.pdf
Fill PDF Forms
curl -X POST https://api.nutrient.io/build \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NUTRIENT_API_KEY" \
-F "form.pdf=@form.pdf" \
-F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"form.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"fillForm","formFields":{"name":"Jane Smith","email":"jane@example.com","date":"2026-02-06"}}]}' \
-o filled.pdf
MCP Server (Alternative)
For native tool integration, use the MCP server instead of curl:
{
"mcpServers": {
"nutrient-dws": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@nutrient-sdk/dws-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"NUTRIENT_DWS_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"SANDBOX_PATH": "/path/to/working/directory"
}
}
}
}
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--- name: nutrient-document-processing description: Process, convert, OCR, extract, redact, sign, and fill documents using the Nutrient DWS API. Works with PDFs, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, and images. Use when converting, OCRing, extracting from, redacting, signing, or filling documents via the Nutrient DWS API. ---
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