Create Extractor

curl -X POST https://api.extend.ai/extractors \
     -H "x-extend-api-version: 2026-02-09" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "name": "Invoice Extractor",
  "config": {
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "vendor_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name of the vendor"
        },
        "invoice_number": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The invoice number"
        },
        "total_amount": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "The total amount due"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

{
  "object": "extractor",
  "id": "ex_Xj8mK2pL9nR4vT7qY5wZ",
  "name": "Invoice Extractor",
  "createdAt": "2024-03-21T16:45:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-03-21T16:45:00Z",
  "draftVersion": {
    "object": "extractor_version",
    "id": "exv_xK9mLPqRtN3vS8wF5hB2cQ",
    "description": "Updated extraction fields for new invoice format",
    "version": "draft",
    "config": {
      "baseProcessor": "extraction_performance",
      "baseVersion": "string",
      "extractionRules": "string",
      "schema": {},
      "advancedOptions": {
        "modelReasoningInsightsEnabled": true,
        "advancedMultimodalEnabled": true,
        "citationsEnabled": true,
        "arrayCitationStrategy": "item",
        "arrayStrategy": {
          "type": "large_array_heuristics"
        },
        "chunkingOptions": {
          "chunkingStrategy": "standard",
          "pageChunkSize": 1,
          "chunkSelectionStrategy": "intelligent",
          "customSemanticChunkingRules": "string"
        },
        "excelSheetRanges": [
          {
            "start": 1,
            "end": 1
          }
        ],
        "excelSheetSelectionStrategy": "intelligent",
        "pageRanges": [
          {
            "start": 1,
            "end": 10
          },
          {
            "start": 20,
            "end": 30
          }
        ],
        "reviewAgent": {
          "enabled": true
        }
      },
      "parseConfig": {
        "target": "markdown",
        "chunkingStrategy": {
          "type": "page",
          "options": {
            "minCharacters": 500,
            "maxCharacters": 10000
          }
        },
        "engine": "parse_performance",
        "engineVersion": "latest",
        "blockOptions": {
          "figures": {
            "enabled": true,
            "figureImageClippingEnabled": true,
            "advancedChartExtractionEnabled": false
          },
          "tables": {
            "enabled": true,
            "targetFormat": "html",
            "tableHeaderContinuationEnabled": false,
            "cellBlocksEnabled": false,
            "agentic": {
              "enabled": false,
              "customInstructions": "string"
            }
          },
          "text": {
            "signatureDetectionEnabled": false,
            "agentic": {
              "enabled": false,
              "customInstructions": "string"
            }
          },
          "keyValue": {
            "blankFieldFormattingEnabled": false
          },
          "barcodes": {
            "imageClippingEnabled": false,
            "readingEnabled": false
          },
          "formulas": {
            "enabled": false
          }
        },
        "advancedOptions": {
          "pageRotationEnabled": true,
          "pageRanges": [
            {
              "start": 1,
              "end": 10
            },
            {
              "start": 20,
              "end": 30
            }
          ],
          "excelParsingMode": "basic",
          "excelSkipHiddenContent": false,
          "excelUseRawCellValues": false,
          "excelSkipCalculation": true,
          "verticalGroupingThreshold": 1,
          "returnOcr": {
            "words": false
          },
          "alwaysConvertToPdf": false,
          "enrichmentFormat": "xml",
          "imageConversionQuality": "medium",
          "formattingDetection": [
            {
              "type": "change_tracking"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "extractorId": "ex_Xj8mK2pL9nR4vT7qY5wZ",
    "createdAt": "2024-03-21T16:45:00Z"
  }
}

Create a new extractor.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Headers

x-extend-api-version"2026-02-09"Optional

API version to use for the request. If you’re using an SDK, you can ignore this parameter. If you are not using an SDK and do not specify a version, you will either receive a 400 Bad Request or be set to a previous legacy version. See API Versioning for more details.

API version to use for the request. If you're using an SDK, you can ignore this parameter. If you are not using an SDK and do not specify a version, you will either receive a `400 Bad Request` or be set to a previous legacy version. See [API Versioning](https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/developers/api-versioning) for more details.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

namestringRequired

The name of the extractor.

cloneExtractorIdstringOptional

The ID of an existing extractor to clone. If provided, the new extractor will be created with the same config as the extractor with this ID. Cannot be provided together with config.

Example: "ex_BMdfq_yWM3sT-ZzvCnA3f"

configobjectOptional

The configuration for the extractor. Cannot be provided together with cloneExtractorId.

Response

Extractor created successfully

objectenum

The type of object. Will always be "extractor".

Allowed values:

idstring

The ID of the extractor.

Example: "ex_Xj8mK2pL9nR4vT7qY5wZ"

namestring

The name of the extractor.

Example: "Invoice Extractor"

createdAtstringformat: "date-time"

The time (in UTC) at which the object was created. Will follow the RFC 3339 format.

Example: "2024-03-21T16:45:00Z"

updatedAtstringformat: "date-time"

The time (in UTC) at which the object was last updated. Will follow the RFC 3339 format.

Example: "2024-03-21T16:45:00Z"

draftVersionobject

The draft version of the extractor. This is the editable version in the Extend dashboard.

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

402

Payment Required Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

422

Unprocessable Entity Error

429

Too Many Requests Error

500

Internal Server Error