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MarkItDownLoader

class MarkItDownLoader:
MarkitDown convert various file types into Markdown format. Supported Input Formats:
  • PDF
  • Microsoft Office documents:
  • Word (.doc, .docx)
  • Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
  • PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)
  • EPUB
  • HTML
  • Images (with EXIF metadata and OCR support)
  • Audio files (with EXIF metadata and speech transcription)
  • Text-based formats:
  • CSV
  • JSON
  • XML
  • ZIP archives (iterates over contents)
  • YouTube URLs (via transcript extraction)

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init

def __init__(
    self,
    llm_client: Optional[object] = None,
    llm_model: Optional[str] = None
):
Initializes the Converter. Parameters:
  • llm_client (Optional[object]): Optional client for LLM integration. (default: :obj:None)
  • llm_model (Optional[str]): Optional model name for the LLM. (default: :obj:None)

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_validate_format

def _validate_format(self, file_path: str):
Validates if the file format is supported. Parameters:
  • file_path (str): Path to the input file.
Returns: bool: True if the format is supported, False otherwise.

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convert_file

def convert_file(self, file_path: str):
Converts the given file to Markdown format. Parameters:
  • file_path (str): Path to the input file.
Returns: str: Converted Markdown text.

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convert_files

def convert_files(
    self,
    file_paths: List[str],
    parallel: bool = False,
    skip_failed: bool = False
):
Converts multiple files to Markdown format. Parameters:
  • file_paths (List[str]): List of file paths to convert.
  • parallel (bool): Whether to process files in parallel. (default: :obj:False)
  • skip_failed (bool): Whether to skip failed files instead of including error messages. (default: :obj:False)
Returns: Dict[str, str]: Dictionary mapping file paths to their converted Markdown text.