PDFCLOUD-5597 Readme updates

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+
+Thanks for contributing to `pdfrest`.
+
+## Development setup
+
+1. Install project tooling:
+
+```bash
+uv sync --group dev
+```
+
+2. (Recommended) install git hooks:
+
+```bash
+uv run pre-commit install
+```
+
+3. Verify package import/version:
+
+```bash
+uv run python -c "import pdfrest; print(pdfrest.__version__)"
+```
+
+## Code quality checks
+
+Run these before opening a PR:
+
+```bash
+uv run ruff format .
+uv run ruff check .
+uv run basedpyright
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Quick local run:
+
+```bash
+uv run pytest -n auto --maxschedchunk 2
+```
+
+Full interpreter matrix with coverage artifacts (`coverage/py<version>/`):
+
+```bash
+uvx nox -s tests
+```
+
+Class/function coverage gate for client classes:
+
+```bash
+uvx nox -s class-coverage
+```
+
+To reuse existing coverage JSON without rerunning tests:
+
+```bash
+uvx nox -s class-coverage -- --no-tests
+```
+
+## Examples
+
+Run all examples:
+
+```bash
+uvx nox -s examples
+```
+
+Run one example:
+
+```bash
+uv run nox -s run-example -- examples/delete/delete_example.py
+```
+
+## Docs preview (optional)
+
+```bash
+uv run mkdocs serve
+uv run mkdocs build --strict
+```

README.md

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-# pdfrest
+# pdfRest Python SDK
 
-Python client library for the PDFRest service. The project is managed with
-[uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) and targets Python 3.9 and newer.
+[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/pdfrest/pdfrest-python/test-and-publish.yml?branch=main&label=tests)](https://github.com/pdfrest/pdfrest-python/actions/workflows/test-and-publish.yml)
+[![PyPI Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pdfrest)](https://pypi.org/project/pdfrest/)
+[![Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pdfrest)](https://pypi.org/project/pdfrest/)
+[![llms.txt](https://img.shields.io/badge/llms.txt-available-2ea44f)](https://python.pdfrest.com/llms.txt)
 
-## Running examples
+Build production-grade PDF automation with the official Python SDK for
+[pdfRest](https://pdfrest.com/): a powerful PDF API platform for conversion,
+OCR, extraction, redaction, security, forms, and AI-ready document workflows.
 
-```bash
-uvx nox -s examples
-uv run nox -s run-example -- examples/delete/delete_example.py
-```
+- Homepage: [pdfrest.com](https://pdfrest.com/)
+- API docs: [pdfrest.com/apidocs](https://pdfrest.com/apidocs/)
+- Python SDK docs: [python.pdfrest.com](https://python.pdfrest.com/)
+- API Lab: [pdfrest.com/apilab](https://pdfrest.com/apilab/)
 
-## Getting started
+## Why pdfRest
 
-```bash
-uv sync
-uv run python -c "import pdfrest; print(pdfrest.__version__)"
-```
+- Enterprise PDF quality powered by Adobe PDF Library technology.
+- Fast onboarding with API Lab, code samples, and straightforward REST patterns.
+- Chainable API workflows that let you pass outputs between calls.
+- Deployment flexibility: Cloud, self-hosted on AWS, or self-hosted container.
+- Security and compliance resources published in the trust center and product
+  documentation.
+
+## Why this SDK
+
+- Official typed Python interface to pdfRest (`PdfRestClient` and
+  `AsyncPdfRestClient`).
+- Pydantic-backed request/response models for safer integrations.
+- High-level helpers for the endpoints teams use most in production.
+- Consistent error handling, request customization, and file management helpers.
+
+## What you can build
 
-## Development
+Use this PDF API for workflows like:
 
-To install the tooling used by CI locally, include the `--group dev` flag:
+- Convert and transform: PDF to Word/Excel/PowerPoint/images/Markdown, and
+  convert files to PDF/PDF-A/PDF-X.
+- Extract and analyze: OCR, text extraction, image extraction, PDF metadata.
+- Secure and govern: redaction, encryption, permissions, signing, watermarking.
+- Compose and optimize: merge/split, compress, flatten, rasterize, color
+  conversion.
+- Form operations: import/export form data, flatten forms, XFA to Acroforms.
+
+## Built for AI and LLM pipelines
+
+pdfRest is especially useful for document AI systems:
+
+- Convert PDFs to structured Markdown for downstream retrieval and training data
+  prep.
+- Extract clean text and metadata for indexing and chunking pipelines.
+- Summarize and translate document content with API-native operations.
+- Keep multi-step pipelines efficient by chaining outputs between operations.
+
+## Installation
+
+`pdfrest` supports Python `3.10+`.
+
+Recommended (`uv`):
 
 ```bash
-uv sync --group dev
+uv add pdfrest
 ```
 
-It is recommended to enable the pre-commit hooks after installation:
+Fallback (`pip`):
 
 ```bash
-uv run pre-commit install
+pip install pdfrest
 ```
 
-Run the test suite with:
+## Quick start
+
+Set your API key in `PDFREST_API_KEY`:
 
 ```bash
-uv run pytest
+export PDFREST_API_KEY="your-api-key"
 ```
 
-Check per-function coverage for the client classes:
+Run your script:
 
 ```bash
-uvx nox -s class-coverage
+uv run python your_script.py
 ```
 
-To reuse an existing `coverage/py<version>/coverage.json` without rerunning
-tests, add `-- --no-tests` (and optional `--coverage-json path`).
+Example (upload + extract text):
 
-## Documentation
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
 
-Run the docs site locally:
+from pdfrest import PdfRestClient
 
-```bash
-uv run mkdocs serve
+with PdfRestClient() as client:
+    uploaded = client.files.create_from_paths([Path("input.pdf")])[0]
+    result = client.extract_pdf_text(uploaded, full_text="document")
+
+preview = ""
+if result.full_text is not None and result.full_text.document_text is not None:
+    preview = result.full_text.document_text[:500]
+print(preview)
 ```
 
-Build the static documentation site:
+Async example:
 
-```bash
-uv run mkdocs build --strict
+```python
+import asyncio
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from pdfrest import AsyncPdfRestClient
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    async with AsyncPdfRestClient() as client:
+        uploaded = (await client.files.create_from_paths([Path("input.pdf")]))[0]
+        result = await client.extract_pdf_text(uploaded, full_text="document")
+        preview = ""
+        if result.full_text is not None and result.full_text.document_text is not None:
+            preview = result.full_text.document_text[:500]
+        print(preview)
+
+
+asyncio.run(main())
 ```
+
+## Deployment options
+
+- Cloud (default): use `PdfRestClient()` with `PDFREST_API_KEY`.
+- Self-hosted: set `base_url="https://your-api-host"` and keep the same Python
+  SDK surface.
+
+## Learn more
+
+- API toolkit overview: [pdfrest.com](https://pdfrest.com/)
+- Resources and insights:
+  [pdfrest.com/resources](https://pdfrest.com/resources/)
+- Example scripts: `examples/README.md`
+- Python SDK docs: [python.pdfrest.com](https://python.pdfrest.com/)
+
+## For contributors
+
+Contributor workflows live in `CONTRIBUTING.md`.