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Quick Start: Node.js

Installation

Section titled “Installation”
Terminal window
npm install edgeparse

Requirements: Node.js 18+ · No additional system dependencies.

Parse a PDF

Section titled “Parse a PDF”
import { convert } from "edgeparse";


// Get Markdown string
const markdown = convert("document.pdf", { format: "markdown" });
console.log(markdown);


// Get structured JSON string
const json = convert("document.pdf", { format: "json" });


// Get HTML string
const html = convert("document.pdf", { format: "html" });

With Options

Section titled “With Options”
import { convert } from "edgeparse";


const result = convert("document.pdf", {
  format: "markdown",
  pages: "1-5",
  tableMethod: "cluster",
});

Output Formats

Section titled “Output Formats”
FormatDescription
"markdown"Clean Markdown with table support
"json"Structured JSON with full metadata
"html"Semantic HTML
"text"Plain text (reading order)

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”