@markitdownjs/epub

EPUB to AST converter for MarkItDownJS. Extracts chapters, headings, paragraphs, and metadata from EPUB ebooks into structured document nodes.

Install

npm install @markitdownjs/epub @markitdownjs/core

Usage

import { MarkItDown } from "@markitdownjs/core";
import { EpubConverter } from "@markitdownjs/epub";

const parser = new MarkItDown();
parser.registerConverter(new EpubConverter());

const result = await parser.convert({ source: epubBuffer, mimeType: "application/epub+zip" });

API

EpubConverter

Implements the IConverter interface from @markitdownjs/core.

| Method | Description | |--------|-------------| | convert(input) | Extracts chapters and metadata from an EPUB buffer | | canHandle(mimeType) | Returns true for application/epub+zip |

Extracted content includes: book metadata (title, author, language), chapter structure, headings, paragraphs, and inline formatting.

Part of the MarkItDownJS Monorepo

https://github.com/markitdownjs/markitdownjs