<?php $url = 'http://server.com/document.pdf'; $data = json_decode(file_get_contents('http://api.rest7.com/v1/pdf_to_text.php?url=' . $url . '&layout=0')); if (@$data->success !== 1) { die('Failed'); } $txt = file_get_contents($data->file); file_put_contents('text.txt', $txt);