Convert PDF to Markdown
Purpose
Convert the user's PDF file to Markdown format, preserving structure and formatting.
Input
- •Path to the PDF file you want to convert
Steps
- •Install pymupdf4llm if not already installed:
bash
pip install pymupdf4llm
- •Convert the user's PDF to Markdown with proper formatting:
python
import pymupdf4llm
# Convert with better formatting and structure preservation
markdown_text = pymupdf4llm.to_markdown(
"<user's_pdf_path>",
page_chunks=True, # Separate pages with breaks
write_images=True # Extract and include images
)
# Save to a markdown file with the same name
output_filename = "<user's_pdf_path>".replace('.pdf', '.md')
with open(output_filename, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
f.write(markdown_text)
- •Tell the user where the converted markdown file was saved.
Note
If the PDF appears to be scanned (images of text), inform the user that OCR tools would work better for that use case.