Extracta.ai revolutionizes the way businesses handle email data through our Email Parsing API. By automating the extraction of text, attachments, and other relevant information from emails, we empower businesses to streamline their workflows, improve data management, and enhance business intelligence. This guide provides you with the essentials for integrating email parsing into your applications using our API.
Why Extracta.ai for Email Parsing?
Comprehensive Data Extraction: From body text to attachments, capture every piece of valuable information.
High Precision: Benefit from Extracta.aiβs advanced OCR and text processing technologies for accurate data extraction.
Custom Workflows: Easily integrate extracted data into your CRM, database, or custom workflow for immediate use.
Getting Started
Integrating email parsing into your system starts with a simple POST
request to our /createExtraction
endpoint, utilizing a request body designed for email data. Below, we provide a JSON template tailored for email parsing, highlighting the key information segments typically extracted from emails.
Body Example for Email
How to Implement
API Key Generation: First, sign up at https://app.extracta.ai and create an API key on the
/api
page.API Request: Use the JSON template in a
POST
request to/createExtraction
, including your API key in the header for authentication.Data Integration: The API's response will contain structured data extracted from the email, ready for integration into your system.
Code Example
const axios = require('axios');
/**
* Initiates a new document extraction process with the provided details.
*
* @param {string} token - The authorization token for API access.
* @param {Object} extractionDetails - The details of the extraction to be created.
* @returns {Promise<Object>} The promise that resolves to the API response with the new extraction ID.
*/
async function createExtraction(token, extractionDetails) {
const url = "https://api.extracta.ai/api/v1/createExtraction";
try {
const response = await axios.post(url, {
extractionDetails
}, {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`
}
});
// Handling response
return response.data; // Directly return the parsed JSON response
} catch (error) {
// Handling errors
throw error.response ? error.response.data : new Error('An unknown error occurred');
}
}
async function main() {
const token = 'apiKey';
const extractionDetails = {}; // the json body from the example
try {
const response = await createExtraction(token, extractionDetails);
console.log("New Extraction Created:", response);
} catch (error) {
console.error("Failed to create new extraction:", error);
}
}
main();
Maximize Your Data Potential
With Extracta.ai, transforming unstructured email data into actionable insights has never been easier. Our Email Parsing API is a powerful tool for businesses looking to automate data extraction from emails for CRM updates, database enrichment, batch processing, or business intelligence analysis.
Explore further details on our APIβs capabilities by visiting our API Endpoints - Data Extraction and our 1. Create extraction pages.
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