---
name: "pdf123-extract-pages"
description: "Pull specific pages into a new file. Runs the PDF123 \"Extract Pages\" tool (pdf123.xyz) over its REST API with curl, no account needed. Use when the user wants this done to their file. Also known as: 提取页面, Extraer páginas, पृष्ठ निकालें, استخراج الصفحات, Extrair páginas, Ambil halaman, Extraire des pages, Извлечь страницы, ページの抽出, Seiten extrahieren, 페이지 추출, Trích trang, Sayfa çıkar, 擷取頁面, Estrai pagine, ดึงหน้าออก, Wyodrębnij strony, Вийняти сторінки, Pagina's eruit halen, Ekstrak halaman, Plocka ut sidor, Εξαγωγή σελίδων, Извличане на страници, Extreu pàgines, Toa kurasa."
compatibility: "Needs curl 7.76+ and outbound HTTPS to pdf123.xyz, or PDFX_API_BASE pointing at a self-hosted pdfx-server."
---

# Extract Pages (PDF123)

Pull specific pages into a new file.

Web version: https://pdf123.xyz/extract-pages · All tools: https://pdf123.xyz/skills/pdf123.md

## When to use

- Send one exhibit, signature page or chart instead of the whole document
- Pull a chapter out of a long report
- Build a shorter version of a document for review

## Run it

Replace the sample file names and values with the user's, then run:

```bash
API="${PDFX_API_BASE:-https://pdf123.xyz}"
curl -sS --fail-with-body -X POST "$API/api/v1/general/rearrange-pages" \
  -F "fileInput=@input.pdf" \
  -F "pageNumbers=1" \
  --output-dir "pdf123-output/$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" --create-dirs -OJ -w '%{filename_effective} %{content_type}\n'
```

## Inputs

Everything is `multipart/form-data`. The command above already sends each field with its default; keep them all and change only the values the user asked for, since some endpoints reject a missing optional field.

| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `fileInput` | file | yes | | .pdf (one file) |
| `pageNumbers` | text | yes | `1` | Pages to extract. 1-based page list: `1,3-5`, open range `7-`, `all`, or an `n` expression such as `2n` for even pages |

## Result

curl saves the result in a new `pdf123-output/<timestamp>/` directory under the server's file name and prints its path and content type. Several output files come back as one ZIP. Tell the user where the file is.

## Limits

- A page number outside the document is an error, not a skip
- Repeated page numbers are used once; Rearrange Pages in Duplicate mode writes each page twice
- Password-protected files need the password; API callers run Unlock first
- Upload limit on this website: 500 MB per file, sent in chunks above about 95 MB. A single direct API request body is capped at 100 MB.

## Errors

- A non-zero curl exit means the request failed. The saved file then holds `application/problem+json`; read it and report its `detail` to the user instead of retrying blindly.
- `413`: the upload exceeds 100 MiB. `429`: wait for `Retry-After` seconds, then retry once.
- Send `X-API-KEY: $PDFX_API_KEY` only if the user has a PDF123 API key; anonymous calls work without it.

## Privacy

Files are uploaded to the API host, processed, and deleted once the response is sent. For confidential files, ask before uploading, or use a self-hosted server via `PDFX_API_BASE`.