rawatsaurav01 opened a new pull request, #180:
URL: https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/pull/180
Propose the addition of native Markdown extraction support in Apache PDFBox
to simplify the conversion of PDF content to Markdown, eliminating the need for
intermediate HTML conversion.
**Description:**
Currently, Apache PDFBox supports HTML extraction through `PdfText2HTML`.
However, this requires an extra step of converting HTML to Markdown using
external tools like CopyDown. To enhance efficiency, we suggest incorporating
native Markdown extraction support within Apache PDFBox.**Sample Code
Comparison:**
**Current Process:**
```java
File pdfFile = new File("sample/sample.pdf");
File mdFile = new File("sample/sample.md");PDFText2HTML pdfText2HTML = new
PDFText2HTML();
CopyDown copyDown = new CopyDown();try (PDDocument pdDocument =
Loader.loadPDF(pdfFile)) {
Files.writeString(mdFile.toPath(),
copyDown.convert(pdfText2HTML.getText(pdDocument)));
}
**Proposed Process:**
```java
File pdfFile = new File("sample/sample.pdf");
File mdFile = new File("sample/sample.md");PDFText2Markdown pdfText2Markdown
= new PDFText2Markdown();try (PDDocument pdDocument = Loader.loadPDF(pdfFile)) {
Files.writeString(mdFile.toPath(), pdfText2Markdown.getText(pdDocument));
}
**Benefits:**
1. **Streamlined Workflow:** Direct PDF to Markdown conversion without
relying on external tools.
2. **Performance Improvement:** Reduced resource consumption, especially for
large PDF files.
3. **Enhanced User Experience:** Aligns with common use cases, improving
overall usability.
**Proposed Changes:**
Introduce `PDFText2Markdown` in Apache PDFBox to provide native Markdown
extraction.
**Compatibility:**
Ensure backward compatibility with existing PDFBox functionalities while
seamlessly adding Markdown extraction.
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