# Pdf doc address list to thunkable list

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-doc-address-list-to-thunkable-list/2014255>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-doc-address-list-to-thunkable-list/2014255 "2022-08-25T09:51:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrd.forster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@lrd.forster1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lrd.forster1)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-doc-address-list-to-thunkable-list/2014255/1 "2022-08-25T09:51:39Z")

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I am thinking about an app for drivers, they receive a list of pickups with times and dropp offs. In a pdf document through email. I want to extract the information and create a route for satnav. At present drivers have to open pdf doc copy an address paste into satnave app then go back to doc for next address. I was thinking perhaps extracting address into a thunkable list some how

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-doc-address-list-to-thunkable-list/2014255/2 "2022-08-26T05:04:10Z")

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I think you would need to find an API that would allow you to upload a PDF and then convert it to text. I Googled _api pdf to text_ and found some promising results.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pdf-doc-address-list-to-thunkable-list/2014255/3 "2022-11-24T05:04:41Z")

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