Processing a PDF file with Claude and extracting key information
The following Job aims at accessing a Claude API, using a Claude model to retrieve and
process an existing PDF about mobile statistics, and extracting key information from the
file in the console.
Before you begin
This scenario uses Claude model capabilities. For more information, read the
corresponding Claude documentation.
Linking the components
Procedure
Drag and drop the following components from the Palette:
tClaudeAIClient, and
tLogRow.
Connect the components using a Row >
FLOW connection.
Configuring the components
Procedure
Double-click the tClaudeAIClient component to display its
Component view.
In the Basic settings view, enter your Claude API key and
select the desired Claude model.
In this scenario, the claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219 is
used. For more information on the Claude models that support PDF files, read the
corresponding Claude documentation.
You can leave the Prompt field empty as it will be
provided in the Advanced settings as a JSON code.
In the Advanced settings view, enter the API version of
your choice, and configure the JSON request that will reference your PDF and
provide the prompt.
To do so, select Use raw JSON, and enter the following
JSON in the Request body field:
{
"model": "{.config.model}",
"max_tokens": 1024,
"messages": [{
"role": "user",
"content": [{
"type": "document",
"source": {
"type": "url",
"url": "<url_to_pdf>"
}
},
{
"type": "text",
"text": "What are the key findings in this document?"
}]
}]
}
Replace <url_to_pdf> with the actual URL
address where the PDF file is stored.
In this scenario, a PDF file about a report on mobile statistics including
users, devices, OSes, and mobile habits, is used.
Double-click the tLogRow component to display its
Component view.
Click Sync columns to retrieve the schema structure from
the previous component if needed.
In the Mode area, select Basic,
and click Print content with log4j to display the Job
result in the console.
Executing the Job
Procedure
Press Ctrl + S to save your Job.
Press F6 to execute it.
Results
The Run console displays the result of the JSON prompt that
fetches the PDF data and extract its key information.
In this scenario, a PDF file about a report on mobile statistics including users, devices, OSes, and mobile habits, is used.
