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Doc to Markdown - PDF, DOCX & HTML to Markdown Converter

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Converts your own PDF, DOCX, HTML or TXT file into clean Markdown. Built for RAG pipelines, LLM ingestion and AI agents that need plain, structured text instead of binary document formats.

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Doc to Markdown — PDF, DOCX & HTML to Markdown Converter

Converts a PDF, DOCX, HTML or TXT document into clean Markdown. Built to feed RAG pipelines, index content for an LLM, or prepare documents for use by an AI agent.

What it does

Downloads the file from the URL you provide.
Detects the format by extension or Content-Type.
Converts to Markdown, preserving headings, lists and bold text when the source format carries them (DOCX, HTML). PDFs are converted to plain text (see limitation below).

Who it's for

RAG/agent pipelines that need plain text before indexing.
Turning PDF/Word reports or contracts into a format that's easy to process with another program.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`fileUrl`	string	Yes	Direct http(s) URL to the file. Maximum 20 MB.

{ "fileUrl": "https://example.com/report.pdf" }

Output

{
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/report.pdf",
  "format": "pdf",
  "markdown": "Extracted text from the document...",
  "characterCount": 4213
}

Formats supported today (and what's not yet)

Format	Support	Note
PDF	Yes	Plain text, no heading structure (see `TERMS.md`)
DOCX	Yes	With structure (headings, lists, bold)
HTML	Yes	With structure
TXT	Yes	Passthrough
XLSX / XLS	Not yet	The Actor returns an explicit error, not an incorrect result
PPTX / PPT	Not yet	Same as above
DOC (Word 97-2003)	No	Use `.docx`, PDF or HTML instead

Pricing

Pay-per-event, provisional. Starting reference: USD 0.01 per document converted (03-plan.md §2). Final calibration against real compute before publishing.

How to call it

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cuantic-data~doc-to-markdown/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fileUrl": "https://example.com/report.pdf"}'

Terms and limits

See ./TERMS.md: the document is always supplied by the user, the conversion libraries are open source under permissive licenses (Apache-2.0, BSD-2-Clause, MIT), and format limitations are disclosed, not hidden.

FAQ

Why doesn't my PDF have headings in the result? This is a known limitation of PDF text extraction: the format doesn't carry "this is an H1" as metadata, only visually positioned text. To keep headings, convert from DOCX or HTML if you have that version.

Do you support Excel/PowerPoint? Not yet. The Actor tells you explicitly instead of failing silently or returning an empty result.

Found a bug? Email cuanticwindows@gmail.com — we reply within 72 hours.

See build/README.md for how to run tests and publish this Actor.

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