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PDF, Word, Excel & PowerPoint to Markdown for RAG

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Convert PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML and EPUB files to clean Markdown with tables, page markers and optional RAG chunks. Built for LLM pipelines. Pay per page, no text no charge.

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Emmanuel Vingadassalon

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You can access the PDF, Word, Excel & PowerPoint to Markdown for RAG programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "urls": ["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/markitdown/main/packages/markitdown/tests/test_files/test.pdf"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("propped_cloak/document-to-markdown").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

PDF to Markdown for RAG - Word, Excel, PowerPoint API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use PDF, Word, Excel & PowerPoint to Markdown for RAG API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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