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Tika Server API#

Overview of Tika Server#

Apache Tika is a flexible, powerful toolkit for detecting and extracting metadata and structured text from a wide variety of file formats. The Tika Server builds on this technology and provides a RESTful API, enabling you to easily integrate document analysis into your applications.

Key Features#

  • Support for numerous file formats: Tika Server 3.0 can extract data from almost all common document formats, including PDFs, Microsoft Office documents, HTML, XML, and many more. This makes it a universal tool for document analysis.

  • Metadata extraction: In addition to detecting text content, Tika is also capable of extracting comprehensive metadata such as author, title, creation date, and many others from documents. This capability is particularly valuable for organizations requiring extensive metadata management.

  • Automation: The remaining API endpoints allow you to automate document analysis on a large scale, significantly reducing time-consuming manual processes.

Licensing#

The Tika Server API is distributed under the Apache License 2.0. This license is one of the most widely used open-source licenses and allows you to use Tika in both open-source projects and proprietary applications without having to pay license fees. It provides high flexibility regarding code modification and distribution.

Use Cases#

  • Text mining and analysis: Companies can use Tika to process and analyze large amounts of unstructured data to gain valuable insights.

  • Document management: By integrating Tika into document management systems, organizations can automatically classify and handle documents.

  • Search engine optimization: Tika can help make document content more accessible to search engines by extracting deeply embedded text and making it available for SEO purposes.

Thanks to the Developer Community#

We would like to express our gratitude to the Apache Tika community, which continuously contributes to and develops this outstanding open-source project. Without their dedication and expertise, the provision and use of such powerful tools would not be possible. For more information and opportunities to participate in this project, visit the official Tika project page.

Contact and Support#

If you encounter challenges during the integration or use of the Tika Server API, do not hesitate to contact us. Our support team is available to assist you with technical difficulties and ensure that you can fully leverage the potential of the Tika Server API.