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Version: 2.26

Markitdown

haystack_integrations.components.converters.markitdown.markitdown_converter​

MarkItDownConverter​

Converts files to Haystack Documents using MarkItDown.

MarkItDown is a Microsoft library that converts many file formats to Markdown, including PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx), HTML, images, audio, and more. All processing is performed locally.

Usage example​

python
from haystack_integrations.components.converters.markitdown import MarkItDownConverter

converter = MarkItDownConverter()
result = converter.run(sources=["document.pdf", "report.docx"])
documents = result["documents"]

init​

python
__init__(store_full_path: bool = False) -> None

Initializes the MarkItDownConverter.

Parameters:

  • store_full_path (bool) – If True, the full file path is stored in the Document metadata. If False, only the file name is stored. Defaults to False.

run​

python
run(
    sources: list[str | Path | ByteStream],
    meta: dict[str, Any] | list[dict[str, Any]] | None = None,
) -> dict[str, list[Document]]

Converts files to Documents using MarkItDown.

Parameters:

  • sources (list[str | Path | ByteStream]) – List of file paths or ByteStream objects to convert.
  • meta (dict[str, Any] | list[dict[str, Any]] | None) – Optional metadata to attach to the Documents. Can be a single dict applied to all Documents, or a list of dicts aligned with sources.

Returns:

  • dict[str, list[Document]] – A dictionary with key documents containing the converted Documents.