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This guide takes you from zero to a parsed document in three steps.
1

Create an API key

Sign in to your dashboard, open the API Keys page, or click on “Get API Key”, and create a new key. It’s shown once at creation, so copy it somewhere safe.All keys start with sk-pr- and authenticate via a bearer token:
Authorization: Bearer sk-pr-...
Treat your API key like a password. Don’t commit it to source control or expose it in client-side code – call ParseRouter from your backend.
2

Make sure you have credits

Parsing costs 1 credit per page, and you’re only charged for documents that parse successfully. Check your balance on the dashboard and top up from the Billing page if needed.
3

Parse your first document

Send a document as multipart form data. The only required field is file.
curl -X POST https://api.parserouter.com/v1/mineru/parse \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-pr-..." \
  -F "file=@invoice.pdf" \
  -F "model=mineru2.5-pro-2605"

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The response

A successful parse returns the page count, the full document as Markdown, and a flat list of structured content blocks in reading order: 
{
  "page_count": 1,
  "markdown": "# Invoice #2041\n\n<table><tr><td>Item</td><td>Qty</td><td>Price</td></tr><tr><td>API credits</td><td>10,000</td><td>$99.00</td></tr></table>",
  "content_list": [
    { "type": "text", "text": "Invoice #2041", "text_level": 1, "page_idx": 0 },
    {
      "type": "table",
      "table_body": "<table><tr><td>Item</td><td>Qty</td><td>Price</td></tr>...</table>",
      "page_idx": 0
    }
  ]
}
Use markdown when you want the whole document as text (for example, to feed an LLM), or content_list when you need structure, block types, and reading order.
Large documents take time. Pages are parsed by the model, so a multi-page document can take from seconds to a few minutes. Set a generous client timeout (the examples above use 600s). Documents are capped at 50 pages each.

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What’s next

API Reference

Every parameter and the full response schema.

Errors

The status codes ParseRouter returns and how to handle them.