Source Code: Making PDFs Searchable with Azure AI

Built this to make it easier for devs to experiment and build real-world AI workflows.

A simple ASP.NET Core Web App built with .NET 8.0 that allows users to:

• 📂 Upload PDF documents

• 🧠 Index the content using Azure AI Document Intelligence

• 🔍 Perform full-text searches across uploaded documents using Azure Cognitive Search

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🚀 Features

• Clean web interface for uploading and managing PDFs

• Automatic extraction of text using OCR

• Indexed and searchable content via Azure

• Full-text query support for retrieving relevant documents

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• ASP.NET Core (.NET 8.0)

• Azure AI Document Intelligence

• Azure Cognitive Search

• Razor Pages / MVC

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📦 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

2. Configure Azure services (Document Intelligence & Cognitive Search) in Azure Portal: https://blog.habeebyakubu.com/p/tutorial-converting-pdfs-into-searchable

3. Add your keys and endpoint URLs in appsettings.json

4. Run the app:

dotnet run

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💡 Ideas for Enhancement

• Add authentication (e.g. Azure AD, Identity)

• Filter or categorize search results

• UI improvements (responsive layout, loading indicators, etc.)

• Logging and error handling

🛠 GitHub repo here: dotnetyatch/PdfSearchApp

Happy to get feedback or contributions from the community!

That’s all for today, see you in the next one.