OCR & LLM Parser
A powerful Python package for parsing and processing documents using multiple providers:
- Mistral OCR — Extracts text from PDFs and images with high accuracy.
- LangChain — Processes or summarizes text using LLMs.
- Llama Parser — Advanced parsing with Markdown or text output.
- HuggingFace — OCR and document question answering with transformer models.
The package provides a unified interface so you can switch between providers easily using a factory pattern.
🚀 Features
- Extract text from PDFs or images
- Summarize or process text using LLMs
- Support for Markdown or plain text output
- Plug-and-play factory to switch providers without changing much code
- Handles environment variable loading for API keys automatically
🔑 Tokens
Create a .env file in your project root and add the API keys for the services you want to use.
Mistral OCR
MISTRAL-OCR-API-TOKEN=your_mistral_api_key
Llama Parser
LLAMA-PARSER-API-TOKEN=your_llama_parser_api_key
HuggingFace
HF-API-TOKEN=your_huggingface_api_key
Only include the keys for the providers you plan to use.
🛠️ Usage
from HowdenParser import ParserFactory
from pathlib import Path
parser = ParserFactory.get_parser("mistralocr:", result_type="md") text = parser.parse(Path("document.pdf")) print(text)
if HowdenConfig package being used
config: Config = Config(parameter=Parameter())
parser = Parser.create(config.parameter)
text = parser.parse(Path("document.pdf"))
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