# Apache Tika

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/apache-tika/  
**Website:** https://tika.apache.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 13

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.

## Kin Score — 30.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 35.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 20.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (13)

- **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 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 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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Apache Tika Agentic Access** — 33 operations · 23 acting

## Security (2)

- **Apache Tika Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Apache Tika Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Apache Tika Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (4)

- **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.

## Tags

Content Extraction, Document Processing, Metadata, Text Extraction, Open-Source

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/apache-tika/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.