#  `dump_actions`

Dump action info
## Usage
> pdftl `<input>` `dump_actions` `[<selector>...]` `[output` `<output>]`

## Details
The `dump_actions` operation extracts interactive actions and trigger events from
a PDF file and outputs them in JSON format.

This includes actions associated with:
  - Document events (e.g., scripts that run when opening, saving, or printing)
  - Document-level JavaScript libraries
  - Page events (e.g., actions triggered when opening or closing a page)
  - Annotations (e.g., links, hover events, focus events)
  - Bookmarks (e.g., actions triggered when clicking a bookmark node)
  - Interactive form fields (e.g., keystroke, formatting, validation, or calculation scripts)
  - Chained action sequences (subsequent actions triggered in a chain)

### Filtering
Actions can be filtered using the same selector syntax as [`dump_annots`](<dump_annots.md>) and [`modify_annots`](<modify_annots.md>).

The syntax is `selector` or `selector(Key=Value, ...)`, where:
  - `selector` is a page range (e.g., `1-5`, `odd`, see [[[`page_specs`](<../general/page_specs.md>)]]) and/or an
    action type (e.g., `/JavaScript`, `/GoTo`, `/URI`, `/Launch`).
  - `Key=Value` pairs filter actions by property values (e.g. matching a script body).

Page-specific selectors (like `1/JavaScript`) only return actions associated with that page.
Document-level and bookmark actions are excluded when page range filters are used.
## Examples

> Show all action data for a file
```
pdftl in.pdf dump_actions
```

> Show only JavaScript actions
```
pdftl in.pdf dump_actions /JavaScript
```

> Show JavaScript actions located on Page 1
```
pdftl in.pdf dump_actions "1/JavaScript"
```

> Show JavaScript actions matching an exact script
```
pdftl in.pdf dump_actions "/JavaScript(JS=(console.log('wc');))"
```


**Tags**: in_place, actions, info

*Source: pdftl.operations.dump_actions*

*Read online: [https://pdftl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/operations/dump_actions.html](https://pdftl.readthedocs.io/en/latest/operations/dump_actions.html)*

*Type: Operation*