Apache Tika

Apache Tika is a toolkit for detecting and extracting metadata and structured text content from over 1,000 file formats including PDF, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), OpenDocument, HTML, XML, images, audio, video, and archive formats. Tika provides a REST API server, Java library, and command-line tool. It is used by Apache Solr, Apache Nutch, and many other systems for content extraction and indexing. It is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.

Apache Tika is listed with 13 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Apache Tika Server REST API, Detect API, Detectors API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Content Extraction, Document Processing, Metadata, Text Extraction, and Open Source.

The Apache Tika catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Apache Tika’s developer surface includes documentation, developer portal, getting-started guide, release notes, support, and 14 more developer resources.

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34.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 17/100 agent aware open core · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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13 APIs 7 Features 4 Use Cases

Content Extraction Document Processing Metadata Text Extraction Open Source

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 34.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.5 / 16

Developer Ergonomics 3.4 / 13

Access Clarity 2.4 / 13

Operational Transparency 3.3 / 8

Contract Governance 1.1 / 8

Discoverability 4.1 / 7

Regulatory Posture 2.4 / 15

Open Source Surface 7.5 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 17/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 33.7 — up to +16.6 composite points
Access Clarity scores 18.4 — up to +16.3 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 26.2 — up to +14.8 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
RPA and Document AI (RPA marketplaces, intelligent document processing)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 13

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache Tika Java API

The Tika Java API provides the AutoDetectParser for automatic format detection and parsing, Metadata class for reading extracted metadata fields, ContentHandler for streaming SA...

Apache Tika Apache Tika Server REST API

The Apache Tika Server REST API API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for apache tika server rest api.

Apache Tika Detect API

The Detect API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for detect.

Apache Tika Detectors API

The Detectors API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for detectors.

Apache Tika Language API

The Language API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for language.

Apache Tika Meta API

The Meta API from Apache Tika — 3 operation(s) for meta.

Apache Tika Mime Types API

The Mime Types API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for mime types.

Apache Tika Parsers API

The Parsers API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for parsers.

Apache Tika Rmeta API

The Rmeta API from Apache Tika — 5 operation(s) for rmeta.

Apache Tika Status API

The Status API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for status.

Apache Tika API

The Tika API from Apache Tika — 4 operation(s) for tika.

Apache Tika Translate API

The Translate API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for translate.

Apache Tika Unpack API

The Unpack API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for unpack.

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Open Collections 13

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Detect API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Detectors API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Language API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Meta API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Mime Types API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Parsers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Rmeta API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Server REST Apache Server REST API Tika API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Translate API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST Apache Tika Server REST API Unpack API

OPEN COLLECTION

Apache Tika Server REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Apache Tika API pricing

Not yet checked against Apache Tika's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Professional paid	Free
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Apache Tika's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Apache Tika Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Tika Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Apache Tika

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Apache Tika Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

1000+ Format Support

Detect and extract content from over 1,000 file formats using parser plugins.

Metadata Extraction

Extract document metadata including author, creation date, title, and format-specific properties.

Language Detection

Automatic language detection from extracted text content.

MIME Type Detection

Accurate MIME type detection based on file content (magic bytes) not just file extension.

REST Server

Standalone HTTP server for document processing without Java library dependency.

OCR Integration

Optional Tesseract OCR integration for text extraction from images and scanned PDFs.

Recursive Parsing

Recursive parsing of archive formats (ZIP, TAR, JAR) and embedded documents.

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Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache Tika API Rules

34 rules · 32 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apache Tika Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Tika Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Tika Agentic Access

33 operations · 23 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 4

What developers build with this provider.

Search Indexing

Extract text from documents for indexing in Apache Solr or Elasticsearch.

Document Intelligence

Automated metadata extraction and classification for document management systems.

Content Migration

Batch content extraction during digital archive migration and transformation.

E-Discovery

Legal e-discovery content extraction from diverse document collections.

Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Apache Solr

Solr Cell uses Tika for extracting text from uploaded documents for indexing.

Apache Nutch

Nutch web crawler uses Tika for parsing fetched web page content.

Elasticsearch

Ingest attachment processor uses Tika for document content extraction.

Tesseract OCR

Optional Tesseract integration for OCR on images and scanned documents.

Apache NiFi

NiFi processor integration for automated document parsing workflows.

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Python Tika Package

SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

ReleaseNotes

ReleaseNotes

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

License

TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: apache-tika
name: Apache Tika
description: Apache Tika is a toolkit for detecting and extracting metadata and structured text content from over 1,000 file
  formats including PDF, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), OpenDocument, HTML, XML, images, audio, video, and archive
  formats. Tika provides a REST API server, Java library, and command-line tool. It is used by Apache Solr, Apache Nutch,
  and many other systems for content extraction and indexing. It is maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/apache-tika.png
tags:
- Content Extraction
- Document Processing
- Metadata
- Text Extraction
- Open Source
tags_raw:
- Content Extraction
- Document Processing
- Metadata
- Text Extraction
- Open Source
- Open-Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-09-16'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-tika/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-java-api
  name: Apache Tika Java API
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://tika.apache.org/
  tags:
  - Java
  - Content Extraction
  - Parser
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://tika.apache.org/1.28/api/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://search.maven.org/search?q=org.apache.tika
    title: Maven Java SDK
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-apache-tika-server-rest-api-api
  name: Apache Tika Apache Tika Server REST API
  description: The Apache Tika Server REST API API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for apache tika server rest api.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Apache Tika Server REST API
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-apache-tika-server-rest-api-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-detect-api
  name: Apache Tika Detect API
  description: The Detect API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for detect.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Detect
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-detect-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-detectors-api
  name: Apache Tika Detectors API
  description: The Detectors API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for detectors.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Detectors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-detectors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-language-api
  name: Apache Tika Language API
  description: The Language API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for language.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Language
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-language-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-meta-api
  name: Apache Tika Meta API
  description: The Meta API from Apache Tika — 3 operation(s) for meta.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Meta
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-meta-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-mime-types-api
  name: Apache Tika Mime Types API
  description: The Mime Types API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for mime types.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - MIME Types
  tags_raw:
  - Mime Types
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-mime-types-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-parsers-api
  name: Apache Tika Parsers API
  description: The Parsers API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for parsers.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Parser
  tags_raw:
  - Parsers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-parsers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-rmeta-api
  name: Apache Tika Rmeta API
  description: The Rmeta API from Apache Tika — 5 operation(s) for rmeta.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Rmeta
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-rmeta-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-status-api
  name: Apache Tika Status API
  description: The Status API from Apache Tika — 1 operation(s) for status.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-status-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-tika-api
  name: Apache Tika API
  description: The Tika API from Apache Tika — 4 operation(s) for tika.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Tika
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-tika-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-translate-api
  name: Apache Tika Translate API
  description: The Translate API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for translate.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Translate
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-translate-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
- aid: apache-tika:apache-tika-unpack-api
  name: Apache Tika Unpack API
  description: The Unpack API from Apache Tika — 2 operation(s) for unpack.
  humanURL: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  tags:
  - Unpack
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-tika-unpack-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/TikaServer
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://tika.apache.org/
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/apache-tika-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/apache-tika-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/apache-tika-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.apache.org/
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/apache/tika/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/apache/.github/blob/main/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/apache/tika/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/apache/tika/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/apache-tika-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-tika-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-tika-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/tika
- type: Documentation
  url: https://tika.apache.org/
- type: Portal
  url: https://tika.apache.org/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://tika.apache.org/gettingstarted.html
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/apache/tika/releases
- type: Support
  url: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TIKA/MailingLists
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/tika/
  title: Python Tika Package
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: 1000+ Format Support
    description: Detect and extract content from over 1,000 file formats using parser plugins.
  - name: Metadata Extraction
    description: Extract document metadata including author, creation date, title, and format-specific properties.
  - name: Language Detection
    description: Automatic language detection from extracted text content.
  - name: MIME Type Detection
    description: Accurate MIME type detection based on file content (magic bytes) not just file extension.
  - name: REST Server
    description: Standalone HTTP server for document processing without Java library dependency.
  - name: OCR Integration
    description: Optional Tesseract OCR integration for text extraction from images and scanned PDFs.
  - name: Recursive Parsing
    description: Recursive parsing of archive formats (ZIP, TAR, JAR) and embedded documents.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Search Indexing
    description: Extract text from documents for indexing in Apache Solr or Elasticsearch.
  - name: Document Intelligence
    description: Automated metadata extraction and classification for document management systems.
  - name: Content Migration
    description: Batch content extraction during digital archive migration and transformation.
  - name: E-Discovery
    description: Legal e-discovery content extraction from diverse document collections.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache Solr
    description: Solr Cell uses Tika for extracting text from uploaded documents for indexing.
  - name: Apache Nutch
    description: Nutch web crawler uses Tika for parsing fetched web page content.
  - name: Elasticsearch
    description: Ingest attachment processor uses Tika for document content extraction.
  - name: Tesseract OCR
    description: Optional Tesseract integration for OCR on images and scanned documents.
  - name: Apache NiFi
    description: NiFi processor integration for automated document parsing workflows.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com

Apache Tika API — frequently asked questions

Does Apache Tika have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from Apache Tika, including Apache Tika Java API, Apache Tika Apache Tika Server REST API and Apache Tika Detect API, and 10 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Apache Tika API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 12 OpenAPI specifications for Apache Tika, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the Apache Tika API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for Apache Tika, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Apache Tika API ready for AI agents?

Apache Tika has a Kin Score of 34.2 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 17.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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Tools for providers

9 MCP tools reach this

find_providersBrowse and filter every provider in the catalog.
get_provider_artifactsEvery artifact this provider publishes, grouped by type.
get_provider_operationsEvery operation across all of their OpenAPIs — one call instead of parsing every spec.
get_provider_toolsEvery MCP tool they ship, with the operation each wraps.
get_provider_evidenceHow each part of their score was established. Free — the basis for a claim should not sit behind it.
get_provider_ratingPRO — composite, band, trend and facet scores.
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.

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This provider

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/apache-tika"

All providers

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers?limit=25"

Every operation they expose

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/apache-tika/operations?limit=25"

How their score was established

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/apache-tika/evidence"

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