pdf-to-markdown-cli 0.5.1

CLI tool to convert PDF files (and other documents) to markdown using the Marker API.

PDF to Markdown CLI

Convert PDFs and other documents to Markdown using the Marker API.

Features

• Convert PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoint, spreadsheets, EPUB, HTML, and images to Markdown/JSON/HTML
• Automatic chunking for large documents with parallel processing
• Progress tracking and local caching for interrupted runs
• Full OCR customization options

Installation

From PyPI

pip install pdf-to-markdown-cli

From source

git clone https://github.com/SokolskyNikita/pdf-to-markdown-cli.git 
cd pdf-to-markdown-cli
pip install -e .

Usage

# Get API key from https://www.datalab.to/marker
export MARKER_PDF_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Basic usage
pdf-to-md /path/to/file.pdf

# Common options
pdf-to-md /path/to/file.pdf --json          # JSON output
pdf-to-md /path/to/file.pdf --noimg         # Disable images  
pdf-to-md /path/to/file.pdf --max           # Enable all flags for maximum output quality

CLI Options

• input: Input file or directory path
• --json: Output in JSON format (default is markdown)
• --langs: Comma-separated OCR languages (default: "English")
• --llm: Use LLM for enhanced processing
• --strip: Redo OCR processing
• --noimg: Disable image extraction
• --force: Force OCR on all pages
• --pages: Add page delimiters
• --max: Enable all OCR enhancements (equivalent to --llm --strip --force)
• -mp, --max-pages: Maximum number of pages to process from the start of the file
• --no-chunk: Disable PDF chunking
• -cs, --chunk-size: Set PDF chunk size in pages (default: 25)
• -o, --output-dir: Absolute path to the output directory
• -v, --verbose: Enable verbose (DEBUG level) logging
• --version: Show the installed version and exit

Requirements

• Python ≥3.10
• API key from datalab.to