Merge branch 'main' into feature/fix-code-comments

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/docker-existing-dockerfile
+{
+	"name": "Existing Dockerfile",
+	"build": {
+		// Sets the run context to one level up instead of the .devcontainer folder.
+		"context": "..",
+		// Update the 'dockerFile' property if you aren't using the standard 'Dockerfile' filename.
+		"dockerfile": "../Dockerfile"
+	},
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers-extra/features/hatch:2": {}
+	},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [],
+
+	// Uncomment the next line to run commands after the container is created.
+	// "postCreateCommand": "cat /etc/os-release",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	// "customizations": {},
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as an existing user other than the container default. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "root"
+}

Dockerfile

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-FROM python:3.13-alpine
+FROM python:3.13-slim-bullseye
 
 USER root
 
 # Runtime dependency
-RUN apk add --no-cache ffmpeg
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    ffmpeg \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN pip install markitdown
 

README.md

@@ -2,65 +2,47 @@
 
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/markitdown.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/markitdown/)
 
-The MarkItDown library is a utility tool for converting various files to Markdown (e.g., for indexing, text analysis, etc.)
+MarkItDown is a utility for converting various files to Markdown (e.g., for indexing, text analysis, etc).
+It supports:
+- PDF
+- PowerPoint
+- Word
+- Excel
+- Images (EXIF metadata and OCR)
+- Audio (EXIF metadata and speech transcription)
+- HTML
+- Text-based formats (CSV, JSON, XML)
+- ZIP files (iterates over contents)
 
-It presently supports:
+To install MarkItDown, use pip: `pip install markitdown`. Alternatively, you can install it from the source: `pip install -e .`
 
-- PDF (.pdf)
+## Usage
-- PowerPoint (.pptx)
-- Word (.docx)
-- Excel (.xlsx)
-- Images (EXIF metadata, and OCR)
-- Audio (EXIF metadata, and speech transcription)
-- HTML (special handling of Wikipedia, etc.)
-- Various other text-based formats (csv, json, xml, etc.)
-- ZIP (Iterates over contents and converts each file)
 
-# Installation
+### Command-Line
-
-You can install `markitdown` using pip:
-
-```python
-pip install markitdown
-```
-
-or from the source
-
-```sh
-pip install -e .
-```
-
-# Usage
-The API is simple:
-
-```python
-from markitdown import MarkItDown
-
-markitdown = MarkItDown()
-result = markitdown.convert("test.xlsx")
-print(result.text_content)
-```
-
-To use this as a command-line utility, install it and then run it like this:
-
-```bash
-markitdown path-to-file.pdf
-```
-
-This will output Markdown to standard output. You can save it like this:
 
 ```bash
 markitdown path-to-file.pdf > document.md
 ```
 
-You can pipe content to standard input by omitting the argument:
+You can also pipe content:
 
 ```bash
 cat path-to-file.pdf | markitdown
 ```
 
-You can also configure markitdown to use Large Language Models to describe images. To do so you must provide `llm_client` and `llm_model` parameters to MarkItDown object, according to your specific client.
+### Python API
 
+Basic usage in Python:
+
+```python
+from markitdown import MarkItDown
+
+md = MarkItDown()
+result = md.convert("test.xlsx")
+print(result.text_content)
+```
+
+To use Large Language Models for image descriptions, provide `llm_client` and `llm_model`:
 
 ```python
 from markitdown import MarkItDown
@@ -72,7 +54,7 @@ result = md.convert("example.jpg")
 print(result.text_content)
 ```
 
-You can also use the project as Docker Image:
+### Docker
 
 ```sh
 docker build -t markitdown:latest .
@@ -93,23 +75,22 @@ This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://ope
 For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
 contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
 
-### Running Tests
+### Running Tests and Checks
 
-To run tests, install `hatch` using `pip` or other methods as described [here](https://hatch.pypa.io/dev/install).
+- Install `hatch` in your environment and run tests:
+    ```sh
+    pip install hatch  # Other ways of installing hatch: https://hatch.pypa.io/dev/install/
+    hatch shell
+    hatch test
+    ```
 
-```sh
+  (Alternative) Use the Devcontainer which has all the dependencies installed:
-pip install hatch
+    ```sh
-hatch shell
+    # Reopen the project in Devcontainer and run:
-hatch test
+    hatch test
-```
+    ```
 
-### Running Pre-commit Checks
+- Run pre-commit checks before submitting a PR: `pre-commit run --all-files`
-
-Please run the pre-commit checks before submitting a PR.
-
-```sh
-pre-commit run --all-files
-```
 
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