[note] MarkItDown: A tool for smoothly converting docx and pptx into markdown

📌 Introduction

This article discusses MarkItDown, a tool specifically designed to effortlessly convert docx and pptx files into markdown format. It highlights various Python libraries that serve as dependencies for this conversion process, enabling users to handle documents and multimedia content effectively.

🚀 Quick Start

How MarkItDown works?

Down below are the module use for MarkItDown

dependencies = [
  "beautifulsoup4",
  "requests",
  "mammoth",
  "markdownify",
  "numpy",
  "python-pptx",
  "pandas",
  "openpyxl",
  "pdfminer.six",
  "puremagic",
  "pydub",
  "youtube-transcript-api",
  "SpeechRecognition",
  "pathvalidate",
]

mammoth

• https://pypi.org/project/mammoth/
  Mammoth is a tool designed for converting documents like MS Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice files into HTML

python-pptx

• https://github.com/scanny/python-pptx
  A Python library that can create/read/update .pptx file

openpyxl

• https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
  A Python library to read/write Excel 2010 xlsx xlsm xltx xltm file

pdfminer

• https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
  Pdfminer.six is a community-maintained version that was forked from original PDFMiner. This module helps users extract information from PDF files.

pydub

• https://github.com/jiaaro/pydub
  Make it easy for you to manipulate audio in a simple way

youtube-transcript-api

• https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api
  A Python API allows you to get the transcript for a given YouTube video

SpeechRecognition

• https://github.com/Uberi/speech_recognition/tree/master
  Support for speech-to-text engines like Google Cloud Speech API, Wit.ai, Whisper, etc

markdownify

• https://github.com/matthewwithanm/python-markdownify
  Convert HTML file into Markdown

pathvalidate

• https://github.com/thombashi/pathvalidate
  A Python library to sanitize and validate strings such as filenames, file paths, etc

puremagic

• https://github.com/cdgriffith/puremagic/tree/master
• Puremagic is a file type detection tool that can identify the type of an input file without relying on its extension. Since file extensions can be easily changed, using them alone to identify file type can be risky. This module defines a set of rules to read the file content and determine its type.

# puremagic/magic_data.json
{
  "extension_only": [
    ["", 0, ".txt", "text/plain", "Text File"],
    ["", 0, ".log", "text/plain", "Logger File"],
    ["", 0, ".yaml", "application/x-yaml", "YAML File"],
    ["", 0, ".yml", "application/x-yaml", "YAML File"],
    ["", 0, ".toml", "application/toml", "TOML File"],
    ["", 0, ".py", "text/x-python", "Python File"],
    ["", 0, ".pyc", "application/x-python", "Python Complied File"],
    ["", 0, ".pyd", "application/x-python", "Python Complied File"],
    ["", 0, ".python_history", "text/plain", "Python History File"],
    ["", 0, ".bat", "application/x-script", "Windows BAT file"],
    ["", 0, ".gitconfig", "text/plain", "Git Ignore File"],
...

🔁 Recap

• MarkItDown allows smooth conversion of docx and pptx files to markdown format.
• A variety of dependencies are required for this conversion, including libraries for handling documents, audio, and data.
• Each library mentioned has its own specific functionality, such as converting Word documents to HTML or reading Excel files.

🔗 References

• https://pypi.org/project/mammoth/
• https://github.com/scanny/python-pptx
• https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
• https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six
• https://github.com/jiaaro/pydub
• https://github.com/jdepoix/youtube-transcript-api
• https://github.com/Uberi/speech_recognition/tree/master
• https://github.com/matthewwithanm/python-markdownify
• https://github.com/thombashi/pathvalidate
• https://github.com/cdgriffith/puremagic/tree/master