PDF to Markdown Converter

Convert PDF files to Markdown format with support for text formatting, lists, headers, and hyperlinks.

Installation

npm install pdf-to-markdown-converter

Usage

const PDFToMarkdown = require('pdf-to-markdown-converter');

// Initialize converter
const converter = new PDFToMarkdown({
    preserveFormatting: true,    // Maintain text formatting
    includeImages: false,        // Skip images
    preserveLinks: true          // Convert hyperlinks
});

// Convert single file
try {
    await converter.convertFile('input.pdf', 'output.md');
    console.log('Conversion complete');
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Conversion failed:', error);
}

Options

| Option | Type | Default | Description | |--------|------|---------|-------------| | preserveFormatting | boolean | true | Maintain text formatting like headers and lists | | includeImages | boolean | false | Future support for image extraction | | preserveLinks | boolean | true | Convert PDF hyperlinks to markdown format |

Features

• Converts PDF text to Markdown
• Detects and formats headers
• Preserves bullet points and numbered lists
• Converts hyperlinks to markdown format [text](url)
• Maintains paragraph structure

Author

Gurshaan Singh

https://github.com/gurshaan17/