unhwp 0.1.12

High-performance HWP/HWPX document extraction library

unhwp

High-performance Python library for extracting HWP/HWPX Korean word processor documents to Markdown.

Installation

pip install unhwp

Quick Start

import unhwp

# Simple conversion
markdown = unhwp.to_markdown("document.hwp")
print(markdown)

# Extract plain text
text = unhwp.extract_text("document.hwp")

# Full parsing with images
with unhwp.parse("document.hwp") as result:
    print(result.markdown)
    print(f"Sections: {result.section_count}")
    print(f"Paragraphs: {result.paragraph_count}")

    # Save images
    for img in result.images:
        img.save(f"output/{img.name}")

Features

• Fast: Native Rust library with zero-copy parsing
• Complete: Extracts text, tables, images, and document structure
• Clean Output: Optional cleanup pipeline for polished Markdown
• Format Support: HWP 5.0, HWPX, and HWP 3.x (legacy)

API Reference

Functions

to_markdown(path) -> str

Convert an HWP/HWPX document to Markdown.

markdown = unhwp.to_markdown("document.hwp")

to_markdown_with_cleanup(path, cleanup_options=None) -> str

Convert with optional cleanup.

markdown = unhwp.to_markdown_with_cleanup(
    "document.hwp",
    cleanup_options=unhwp.CleanupOptions.aggressive()
)

extract_text(path) -> str

Extract plain text content.

text = unhwp.extract_text("document.hwp")

parse(path, render_options=None) -> ParseResult

Parse a document with full access to content and images.

with unhwp.parse("document.hwp") as result:
    print(result.markdown)
    print(result.text)
    for img in result.images:
        print(img.name, len(img.data))

detect_format(path) -> int

Detect the document format.

fmt = unhwp.detect_format("document.hwp")
if fmt == unhwp.FORMAT_HWP5:
    print("HWP 5.0 format")
elif fmt == unhwp.FORMAT_HWPX:
    print("HWPX format")

Classes

RenderOptions

Options for Markdown rendering.

opts = unhwp.RenderOptions(
    include_frontmatter=True,
    image_path_prefix="images/",
    preserve_line_breaks=False,
)

CleanupOptions

Options for output cleanup.

# Presets
opts = unhwp.CleanupOptions.minimal()
opts = unhwp.CleanupOptions.default()
opts = unhwp.CleanupOptions.aggressive()
opts = unhwp.CleanupOptions.disabled()

# Custom
opts = unhwp.CleanupOptions(
    enabled=True,
    preset=1,
    detect_mojibake=True,
)

Constants

• FORMAT_UNKNOWN - Unknown format
• FORMAT_HWP5 - HWP 5.0 binary format
• FORMAT_HWPX - HWPX XML format
• FORMAT_HWP3 - HWP 3.x legacy format

Platform Support

• Windows (x64)
• Linux (x64)
• macOS (x64, ARM64)

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Rust Crate
• NuGet Package