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GroupDocs.Markdown provides two ways to load a file from a local disk: the static one-liner API and the instance-based API.
The simplest approach – pass a file path and get the Markdown string back:
from groupdocs.markdown import MarkdownConverter
def load_from_disk_static():
"""Load and convert a local file to Markdown using the static API."""
# Step 1: Convert a local file to a Markdown string in one call
markdown = MarkdownConverter.to_markdown("business-plan.docx")
# Step 2: Or save the result directly to a file on disk
MarkdownConverter.to_file("business-plan.docx", "load-from-disk-static.md")
if __name__ == "__main__":
load_from_disk_static()
business-plan.docx is sample file used in this example. Click here to download it.
| HOME BASED | | |
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| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | | |
| | Business Plan | |
| | TABLE OF CONTENTS TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437451" Introduction PAGEREF _Toc9437451 \h 3 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437452" 1. Executive Summary PAGEREF _Toc9437452 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437453" 2. Company Overview PAGEREF _Toc9437453 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437454" 3. Business Description PAGEREF _Toc9437454 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437
...
| , create a MarkdownConverter instance:
from groupdocs.markdown import MarkdownConverter
def load_from_disk_instance():
"""Load a local file with the instance API, inspect metadata, then convert."""
# Step 1: Open the document with a context manager
with MarkdownConverter("business-plan.docx") as converter:
# Step 2: Retrieve document metadata before converting
info = converter.get_document_info()
print(f"Format: {info.file_format}, Pages: {info.page_count}")
# Step 3: Convert to Markdown and print the result
converter.convert("load-from-disk-instance.md")
if __name__ == "__main__":
load_from_disk_instance()
business-plan.docx is sample file used in this example. Click here to download it.
| HOME BASED | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | |
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | | |
| | Business Plan | |
| | TABLE OF CONTENTS TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437451" Introduction PAGEREF _Toc9437451 \h 3 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437452" 1. Executive Summary PAGEREF _Toc9437452 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437453" 2. Company Overview PAGEREF _Toc9437453 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437454" 3. Business Description PAGEREF _Toc9437454 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9437
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