Custom fields and PDF attachments

Question

Hi Community,

is it anyhow possible to catch information´s via Butler (automation) out of an attached PDF file which was send via Mail to the board and filled automatically custom fields?

Thanks in advance

unknown · Accepted Answer

Hello @Wladislaw Huber

PDFs are complex, structured documents and Butler has no native ability to parse them to extract data.

You will need a third party product like Zapier, then use an extension like Docparser to extract the data from the PDF and send it through to Trello.

Wladislaw Huber · Accepted Answer

Thanks David I will try it out. Didnt hear before of Docparser...