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Extract structured fields from bank statements documents.

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Extract Bank Statements Data

Finance teams use this recipe to extract Bank Statements details and transaction tables from PDFs instead of manually rekeying statement activity.

APIs Used

Document Extraction (1 credit per page)

Prerequisites

You need an Iteration Layer API key. Get one at platform.iterationlayer.com during the 7-day trial.

For full integration guidance (SDKs, auth, MCP, error handling), see the Iteration Layer Integration Guide.

Implementation

curl -X POST https://api.iterationlayer.com/document-extraction/v1/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "files": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "name": "bank-statements.pdf",
      "url": "https://example.com/documents/bank-statements-sample.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "account_holder",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Account holder name"
      },
      {
        "name": "institution_name",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Bank, card issuer, or financial institution name"
      },
      {
        "name": "account_number",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Masked account or card number"
      },
      {
        "name": "statement_start_date",
        "type": "DATE",
        "description": "Statement period start date"
      },
      {
        "name": "statement_end_date",
        "type": "DATE",
        "description": "Statement period end date"
      },
      {
        "name": "opening_balance",
        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        "description": "Opening balance"
      },
      {
        "name": "closing_balance",
        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        "description": "Closing balance"
      },
      {
        "name": "transactions",
        "type": "ARRAY",
        "description": "Statement transaction lines",
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "transaction_date",
            "type": "DATE",
            "description": "Transaction date"
          },
          {
            "name": "description",
            "type": "TEXT",
            "description": "Transaction description"
          },
          {
            "name": "amount",
            "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
            "description": "Transaction amount"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "currency",
        "type": "CURRENCY_CODE",
        "description": "Currency code"
      }
    ]
  }
}'
import { IterationLayer } from "iterationlayer";

const client = new IterationLayer({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const result = await client.extractDocument({
  "files": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "name": "bank-statements.pdf",
      "url": "https://example.com/documents/bank-statements-sample.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "account_holder",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Account holder name"
      },
      {
        "name": "institution_name",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Bank, card issuer, or financial institution name"
      },
      {
        "name": "account_number",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Masked account or card number"
      },
      {
        "name": "statement_start_date",
        "type": "DATE",
        "description": "Statement period start date"
      },
      {
        "name": "statement_end_date",
        "type": "DATE",
        "description": "Statement period end date"
      },
      {
        "name": "opening_balance",
        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        "description": "Opening balance"
      },
      {
        "name": "closing_balance",
        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        "description": "Closing balance"
      },
      {
        "name": "transactions",
        "type": "ARRAY",
        "description": "Statement transaction lines",
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "transaction_date",
            "type": "DATE",
            "description": "Transaction date"
          },
          {
            "name": "description",
            "type": "TEXT",
            "description": "Transaction description"
          },
          {
            "name": "amount",
            "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
            "description": "Transaction amount"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "currency",
        "type": "CURRENCY_CODE",
        "description": "Currency code"
      }
    ]
  }
});
from iterationlayer import IterationLayer

client = IterationLayer(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")

result = client.extract_document(**{
  "files": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "name": "bank-statements.pdf",
      "url": "https://example.com/documents/bank-statements-sample.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "schema": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "account_holder",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Account holder name"
      },
      {
        "name": "institution_name",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Bank, card issuer, or financial institution name"
      },
      {
        "name": "account_number",
        "type": "TEXT",
        "description": "Masked account or card number"
      },
      {
        "name": "statement_start_date",
        "type": "DATE",
        "description": "Statement period start date"
      },
      {
        "name": "statement_end_date",
        "type": "DATE",
        "description": "Statement period end date"
      },
      {
        "name": "opening_balance",
        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        "description": "Opening balance"
      },
      {
        "name": "closing_balance",
        "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
        "description": "Closing balance"
      },
      {
        "name": "transactions",
        "type": "ARRAY",
        "description": "Statement transaction lines",
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "transaction_date",
            "type": "DATE",
            "description": "Transaction date"
          },
          {
            "name": "description",
            "type": "TEXT",
            "description": "Transaction description"
          },
          {
            "name": "amount",
            "type": "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
            "description": "Transaction amount"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "currency",
        "type": "CURRENCY_CODE",
        "description": "Currency code"
      }
    ]
  }
})
package main

import il "github.com/iterationlayer/sdk-go"

func main() {
	client := il.NewClient("YOUR_API_KEY")

	result, err := client.ExtractDocument(il.ExtractDocumentRequest{
		Files: []il.FileInput{
			il.FileInput{
				Type: "url",
				Name: "bank-statements.pdf",
				Url: "https://example.com/documents/bank-statements-sample.pdf",
			},
		},
		Schema: il.ExtractionSchema{
			Fields: []any{
				il.TextFieldConfig{
					Name: "account_holder",
					Type: "TEXT",
					Description: "Account holder name",
				},
				il.TextFieldConfig{
					Name: "institution_name",
					Type: "TEXT",
					Description: "Bank, card issuer, or financial institution name",
				},
				il.TextFieldConfig{
					Name: "account_number",
					Type: "TEXT",
					Description: "Masked account or card number",
				},
				il.DateFieldConfig{
					Name: "statement_start_date",
					Type: "DATE",
					Description: "Statement period start date",
				},
				il.DateFieldConfig{
					Name: "statement_end_date",
					Type: "DATE",
					Description: "Statement period end date",
				},
				il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
					Name: "opening_balance",
					Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
					Description: "Opening balance",
				},
				il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
					Name: "closing_balance",
					Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
					Description: "Closing balance",
				},
				il.ArrayFieldConfig{
					Name: "transactions",
					Type: "ARRAY",
					Description: "Statement transaction lines",
					Fields: []any{
						il.DateFieldConfig{
							Name: "transaction_date",
							Type: "DATE",
							Description: "Transaction date",
						},
						il.TextFieldConfig{
							Name: "description",
							Type: "TEXT",
							Description: "Transaction description",
						},
						il.CurrencyAmountFieldConfig{
							Name: "amount",
							Type: "CURRENCY_AMOUNT",
							Description: "Transaction amount",
						},
					},
				},
				il.CurrencyCodeFieldConfig{
					Name: "currency",
					Type: "CURRENCY_CODE",
					Description: "Currency code",
				},
			},
		},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	_ = result
}
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        "schemaJson": "{\n  \"fields\": [\n    {\n      \"name\": \"account_holder\",\n      \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n      \"description\": \"Account holder name\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"institution_name\",\n      \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n      \"description\": \"Bank, card issuer, or financial institution name\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"account_number\",\n      \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n      \"description\": \"Masked account or card number\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"statement_start_date\",\n      \"type\": \"DATE\",\n      \"description\": \"Statement period start date\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"statement_end_date\",\n      \"type\": \"DATE\",\n      \"description\": \"Statement period end date\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"opening_balance\",\n      \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n      \"description\": \"Opening balance\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"closing_balance\",\n      \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n      \"description\": \"Closing balance\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"transactions\",\n      \"type\": \"ARRAY\",\n      \"description\": \"Statement transaction lines\",\n      \"fields\": [\n        {\n          \"name\": \"transaction_date\",\n          \"type\": \"DATE\",\n          \"description\": \"Transaction date\"\n        },\n        {\n          \"name\": \"description\",\n          \"type\": \"TEXT\",\n          \"description\": \"Transaction description\"\n        },\n        {\n          \"name\": \"amount\",\n          \"type\": \"CURRENCY_AMOUNT\",\n          \"description\": \"Transaction amount\"\n        }\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"currency\",\n      \"type\": \"CURRENCY_CODE\",\n      \"description\": \"Currency code\"\n    }\n  ]\n}",
        "files": {
          "fileValues": [
            {
              "fileInputMode": "url",
              "fileName": "bank-statements.pdf",
              "fileUrl": "https://example.com/documents/bank-statements-sample.pdf"
            }
          ]
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Extract bank statements data from the file at [file URL]. Use the extract_document tool with these fields:

- account_holder (TEXT): Account holder name
- institution_name (TEXT): Bank, card issuer, or financial institution name
- account_number (TEXT): Masked account or card number
- statement_start_date (DATE): Statement period start date
- statement_end_date (DATE): Statement period end date
- opening_balance (CURRENCY_AMOUNT): Opening balance
- closing_balance (CURRENCY_AMOUNT): Closing balance
- transactions (ARRAY): Each with transaction_date (DATE), description (TEXT), amount (CURRENCY_AMOUNT)
- currency (CURRENCY_CODE): Currency code

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "account_holder": {
      "value": "Account Holder",
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "ACCOUNT HOLDER"
      ]
    },
    "institution_name": {
      "value": "Institution Name",
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "INSTITUTION NAME"
      ]
    },
    "account_number": {
      "value": "Account Number",
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "ACCOUNT NUMBER"
      ]
    },
    "statement_start_date": {
      "value": "2026-04-15",
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "15 Apr 2026"
      ]
    },
    "statement_end_date": {
      "value": "2026-04-15",
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "15 Apr 2026"
      ]
    },
    "opening_balance": {
      "value": {
        "amount": "1234.56",
        "currency": "EUR"
      },
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "EUR 1,234.56"
      ]
    },
    "closing_balance": {
      "value": {
        "amount": "1234.56",
        "currency": "EUR"
      },
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "EUR 1,234.56"
      ]
    },
    "transactions": {
      "value": [
        {
          "transaction_date": {
            "value": "2026-04-15",
            "confidence": 0.96,
            "citations": [
              "15 Apr 2026"
            ]
          },
          "description": {
            "value": "Description",
            "confidence": 0.96,
            "citations": [
              "DESCRIPTION"
            ]
          },
          "amount": {
            "value": {
              "amount": "1234.56",
              "currency": "EUR"
            },
            "confidence": 0.96,
            "citations": [
              "EUR 1,234.56"
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "TRANSACTIONS"
      ]
    },
    "currency": {
      "value": "EUR",
      "confidence": 0.97,
      "citations": [
        "CURRENCY"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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