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.

2 APIs 7 Features

Content ExtractionDocument ProcessingMetadataText ExtractionOpen Source

APIs

Apache Tika REST API

The Tika Server REST API provides HTTP endpoints for content type detection, text extraction, metadata extraction, and language detection from uploaded documents. Key endpoints ...

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...

Collections

Apache Tika Server REST API

OPEN

Pricing Plans

Apache Tika Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits

Apache Tika Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Apache Tika Finops

FINOPS

Features

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.

Use Cases

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

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

Python Tika Package

SDKs

Sources

opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: Apache Tika Server REST API
  version: '1.0'
items:
- info:
    name: Server welcome page
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/
  docs: Server welcome page
- info:
    name: Tika identity
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/tika
  docs: Tika identity
- info:
    name: Extract content from a document
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/tika
  docs: Extract content from a document
- info:
    name: Extract main content
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/tika/main
  docs: Extract main content
- info:
    name: Extract plain text
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/tika/text
  docs: Extract plain text
- info:
    name: Extract content via multipart form upload
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/tika/form
    body:
      type: multipart-form
      data: []
  docs: Extract content via multipart form upload
- info:
    name: Metadata identity
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/meta
  docs: Metadata identity
- info:
    name: Extract document metadata
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/meta
  docs: Extract document metadata
- info:
    name: Get a metadata key (identity)
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/meta/:key
    params:
    - name: key
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Get a metadata key (identity)
- info:
    name: Extract specific metadata key
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/meta/:key
    params:
    - name: key
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Extract specific metadata key
- info:
    name: Extract metadata via multipart form upload
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/meta/form
    body:
      type: multipart-form
      data: []
  docs: Extract metadata via multipart form upload
- info:
    name: Detect MIME type of an uploaded stream
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/detect/stream
  docs: Detect MIME type of an uploaded stream
- info:
    name: Detect language of an uploaded stream (POST)
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/language/stream
  docs: Detect language of an uploaded stream (POST)
- info:
    name: Detect language of an uploaded stream
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/language/stream
  docs: Detect language of an uploaded stream
- info:
    name: Detect language of a string (POST)
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/language/string
  docs: Detect language of a string (POST)
- info:
    name: Detect language of a string
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/language/string
  docs: Detect language of a string
- info:
    name: Translate using a specific translator (POST)
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/translate/all/:translator/:src/:dest
    params:
    - name: translator
      value: ''
      type: path
    - name: src
      value: ''
      type: path
    - name: dest
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Translate using a specific translator (POST)
- info:
    name: Translate using a specific translator
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/translate/all/:translator/:src/:dest
    params:
    - name: translator
      value: ''
      type: path
    - name: src
      value: ''
      type: path
    - name: dest
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Translate using a specific translator
- info:
    name: Translate using default translator (POST)
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/translate/all/:src/:dest
    params:
    - name: src
      value: ''
      type: path
    - name: dest
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Translate using default translator (POST)
- info:
    name: Translate using default translator
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/translate/all/:src/:dest
    params:
    - name: src
      value: ''
      type: path
    - name: dest
      value: ''
      type: path
  docs: Translate using default translator
- info:
    name: Recursive metadata identity
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/rmeta
  docs: Recursive metadata identity
- info:
    name: Recursive metadata extraction
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/rmeta
  docs: Recursive metadata extraction
- info:
    name: Recursive metadata with plain text
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/rmeta/text
  docs: Recursive metadata with plain text
- info:
    name: Recursive metadata with HTML content
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/rmeta/html
  docs: Recursive metadata with HTML content
- info:
    name: Recursive metadata, ignore content
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/rmeta/ignore
  docs: Recursive metadata, ignore content
- info:
    name: Recursive metadata via multipart form upload
    type: http
  http:
    method: POST
    url: http://localhost:9998/rmeta/form
    body:
      type: multipart-form
      data: []
  docs: Recursive metadata via multipart form upload
- info:
    name: Unpack archive embedded resources
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/unpack
  docs: Unpack archive embedded resources
- info:
    name: Unpack all embedded resources
    type: http
  http:
    method: PUT
    url: http://localhost:9998/unpack/all
  docs: Unpack all embedded resources
- info:
    name: Supported MIME types
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/mime-types
  docs: Supported MIME types
- info:
    name: Registered detectors
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/detectors
  docs: Registered detectors
- info:
    name: Registered parsers
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/parsers
  docs: Registered parsers
- info:
    name: Detailed parser information
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/parsers/details
  docs: Detailed parser information
- info:
    name: Server status
    type: http
  http:
    method: GET
    url: http://localhost:9998/status
  docs: Server status
bundled: true