# OpenRouter launches Extractions API in alpha for structured data extraction

> Original title: The Extractions API is now live in alpha on OpenRouter.

- Source: OpenRouter
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:42:47.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/ndvyg77m95cblheyktu9igwdc
- Original: https://x.com/OpenRouter/status/2120542766191276199

## Summary

OpenRouter says its Extractions API is now live in alpha, letting users describe the fields they need and pull them from text, images, and PDFs as structured data. Examples include names in an email or the total on a receipt. The source links to a guide for the API.

## Post

The Extractions API is now live in alpha on OpenRouter.

Use it to pull specific details out of text, images, and PDFs by describing the fields you need, like the names in an email or the total on a receipt, and get each one back as structured data.

Read the guide: https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/extractions-api/

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