# Apache Tika Java API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-java-api/  
**Provider:** Apache Tika — https://apis.io/providers/apache-tika/  
**Documentation:** https://tika.apache.org/

Apache Tika Java API is one of 13 APIs that [Apache Tika](https://apis.io/providers/apache-tika/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Java, Content Extraction, Parser, and Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

The Tika Java API provides the AutoDetectParser for automatic format detection and parsing, Metadata class for reading extracted metadata fields, ContentHandler for streaming SAX-based text extraction, and Detector for MIME type identification. The facade Tika class provides a simple one-line API for text extraction from any supported format.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://tika.apache.org/
- **APIReference** — https://tika.apache.org/1.28/api/
- **SDKs** — https://search.maven.org/search?q=org.apache.tika
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-tika/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Apache Tika APIs (12)

- [Apache Tika Apache Tika Server REST API API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-apache-tika-server-rest-api-api/)
- [Apache Tika Detect API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-detect-api/)
- [Apache Tika Detectors API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-detectors-api/)
- [Apache Tika Language API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-language-api/)
- [Apache Tika Meta API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-meta-api/)
- [Apache Tika Mime Types API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-mime-types-api/)
- [Apache Tika Parsers API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-parsers-api/)
- [Apache Tika Rmeta API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-rmeta-api/)
- [Apache Tika Status API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-status-api/)
- [Apache Tika Tika API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-tika-api/)
- [Apache Tika Translate API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-translate-api/)
- [Apache Tika Unpack API](https://apis.io/apis/apache-tika/apache-tika-unpack-api/)

## Tags

Java, Content Extraction, Parser, Metadata

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