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Every ecosystem has its own parser zoo. A PDF library here, an Office reader there, an OCR wrapper bolted on the side. Pick yours below for the honest rundown and the one request that replaces it.

These pages exist because "extract text from a PDF in Python" and "parse a DOCX in Node.js" are real, distinct searches. The honest answer is different for every language, because every ecosystem's libraries stop in a different place. Each page below names the real libraries developers already reach for, what they cover well, and exactly where they stop. Then it shows the same job as one txtfetch request. See also extract by format for the format-first version of the same idea. Or see SDK & framework quickstarts for official clients and RAG-framework loaders, and solutions for the use-case view.

Python
Python 3.9+ · requests or httpx
Python's parser zoo, replaced by one POST.
pypdf, python-docx, openpyxl, extract-msg, and pytesseract. One POST replaces them all.
- pypdf
- python-docx
- openpyxl
- extract-msg
- pytesseract
Read the Python guide →
JavaScript
Node.js 18+ · built-in fetch
Four npm packages, one fetch() call.
pdf-parse, mammoth, xlsx, and tesseract.js. One fetch() call replaces the whole stack.
- pdf-parse
- mammoth
- xlsx
- tesseract.js
Read the JavaScript guide →
Go
Go 1.21+ · net/http, standard library only
The library Go's ecosystem doesn't have.
No mainstream Office parser. OCR needs cgo. One net/http call sidesteps both.
- ledongthuc/pdf
- unipdf (UniDoc)
- gosseract
- (community OOXML readers)
Read the Go guide →
Java
Java 11+ · java.net.http, standard library only
The libraries you'd reach for are already inside Tika.
PDFBox, POI, and tess4j are Tika's own building blocks. You would be re-deriving the glue.
- Apache PDFBox
- Apache POI (HSSF/XSSF)
- Apache POI (HWPF/XWPF)
- tess4j
Read the Java guide →
C# / .NET
.NET 6+ · System.Net.Http, standard library only
Three NuGet packages, one HttpClient call.
PdfPig or iText, plus the Open XML SDK, plus a Tesseract wrapper. Or just one HttpClient call.
- PdfPig
- iText
- Open XML SDK
- Tesseract (NuGet wrapper)
Read the C# / .NET guide →

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Extract text in your language.

Python's parser zoo, replaced by one POST.

Four npm packages, one fetch() call.

The library Go's ecosystem doesn't have.

The libraries you'd reach for are already inside Tika.

Three NuGet packages, one HttpClient call.

Pick your language and paste it in.