Nutrient Document Processing

> 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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -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 "[email protected]" \
  -F 'instructions={"parts":[{"file":"form.pdf"}],"actions":[{"type":"fillForm","formFields":{"name":"Jane Smith","email":"[email protected]","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"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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