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Purchase order parser for automated procurement workflows

Extract suppliers, purchase-order headers, delivery terms, totals, and repeating line items into relational data ready for ERP and internal systems.

  • ✓ Reusable relational schema
  • ✓ Dashboard or API workflow
  • ✓ SQLite, JSON, CSV, or XML export

Product video coming soon

See a purchase order become structured procurement data

This video will show a purchase order being parsed into supplier, order, and line-item tables and then submitted through the API.

Transformation

purchase-order.pdf → PDFParse → suppliers + purchase_orders + line_items

Relational output

Select a relationship to explore →

purchase_orders

idpurchase_order_numberorder_dateexpected_delivery_datecurrency
pur_1048sup_018PO-482192026-07-012026-07-14USD
pur_1049sup_031PO-482202026-07-042026-07-18USD
pur_1050sup_044PO-482212026-07-092026-07-22EUR
pur_1051sup_018PO-482192026-07-012026-07-14USD
pur_1052sup_031PO-482202026-07-042026-07-18USD
pur_1053sup_044PO-482212026-07-092026-07-22EUR
pur_1054sup_018PO-482192026-07-012026-07-14USD
pur_1055sup_031PO-482202026-07-042026-07-18USD

Relationship: purchase_orders.id → purchase_order_items.purchase_order_id

Try the API

Extract from your code.

Submit an uploaded document using an existing schema. PDFParse queues processing asynchronously; retrieve completed records through the same API. Applications and AI agents use this endpoint too.

# Documents must already be uploaded to your active project.
curl -X POST https://api.pdfparse.net/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PDFPARSE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "tableSlug": "invoices",
    "documentKeys": ["uploaded-document-id"]
  }'

# { "id": 123, "status": "queued" }

Why PDFParse

01

Preserve supplier and order relationships.

02

Extract repeated product rows accurately.

03

Map supplier documents into one schema.

04

Send structured data into procurement systems.

Edge cases

Multi-page orders

Partial deliveries

Variant descriptions

Missing SKUs

Freight charges

Tax breakdowns

Currencies

Scanned orders

Common questions.

Can PDFParse extract purchase-order line items?

Yes. Use a repeating purchase-order-items table.

Can I process orders from multiple suppliers?

Yes. Use a shared schema to normalize supplier layouts.

Can I define my own PO schema?

Yes. Build reusable fields and relationships for your workflow.

Does it support multi-page purchase orders?

Yes.

Can output be imported into an ERP?

PDFParse returns structured records your application can map into an ERP.

Is there a PDFParse API?

Yes. Use project-scoped API keys to create extraction jobs and retrieve structured records from your active project.

Can AI agents use this workflow?

Yes. Applications and AI agents can use the same project-scoped API endpoints after documents are uploaded and a schema is available.

Automate purchase-order extraction with structured data