Export documents to Markdown
using .NET API

Markdown conversion API to export popular document formats to clean Markdown with full control.
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Export PDF to Markdown in C#

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// Import the namespace
using GroupDocs.Markdown;

// Set the license
License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic");

// Instantiate converter
var converter = new MarkdownConverter("business-plan.pdf");

// Convert and save output Markdown file
converter.Convert("business-plan.md");
dotnet add package GroupDocs.Markdown

GroupDocs.Markdown at a glance

API to parse and export documents to Markdown in .NET applications.

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Accurate and reliable conversion

Efficiently convert supported formats to Markdown while maintaining structure integrity. Supports .NET Framework 4.6.2+ and .NET 6.0 on Windows and Linux.

Popular formats supported

Export PDF, Word, Excel, eBooks, Web and plain text files to Markdown, including password-protected documents.

Runs on your local machine

You control your data - we provide an on-premise API that does not require any cloud or internet connection.

Platforms support

The following operating systems, frameworks and package managers are supported.

Amazon
Docker
Azure
VS Code
ReSharper
macOS
Linux
NuGet

Supported file formats

The following file formats are supported for export to Markdown.

PDF

  • Digital PDFs, PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/X and PDF/UA
  • Encrypted and Signed PDFs

Word & Excel

  • Word: DOCX, DOC, RTF, DOCM, DOTX, DOTM, DOT, ODT, OTT
  • Excel: XLSX, XLS, CSV, XLSM, XLSB, ODS, TSV, NUMBERS, XLTX, XLTM, XLAM, FODS, SXC, OTS, XLT

Other

  • e-Books: EPUB, MOBI, AZW3
  • Text: TXT, XML
  • Web: CHM

GroupDocs.Markdown features

These are the features that make our product stand out.

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Export multiple document formats

Convert most popular document formats to Markdown (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, EPUB and more).

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Advanced Markdown formatting

Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links, images, blockquotes and code blocks are exported to the appropriate Markdown syntax.

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Full control over images

Take control over images by exporting them or embedding into the output Markdown file.

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Runs on your local machine

No cloud or Internet connection required. All processing is done on your local machine.

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Intuitive public API

Simple and intuitive public API designed by developers for developers with love.

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Works on Windows and Linux

.NET and .NET Framework assemblies are provided within the NuGet package.

Code samples

The most common usage scenarios for exporting documents to Markdown in .NET applications.

Export DOCX to Markdown

This code sample shows how to convert a DOCX file to Markdown and save output to file. The images are embedded in the output file.
C# F# VB.NET
// Import the namespace
using GroupDocs.Markdown;

// Set the license
License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic");

// Instantiate converter
var converter = new MarkdownConverter("annual-review.docx");

// Convert and save output to file
converter.Convert("annual-review.md");

// Import the namespace  
open GroupDocs.Markdown

// Set the license
License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic")

// Instantiate converter
let converter = new MarkdownConverter("annual-review.docx")

// Convert and save output to file
converter.Convert("annual-review.md")

' Import the namespace  
Imports GroupDocs.Markdown

Module Program
    Sub Main()
        ' Set the license
        License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic")

        ' Instantiate converter
        Dim converter As New MarkdownConverter("annual-review.docx")

        ' Convert and save output to file
        converter.Convert("annual-review.md")
    End Sub
End Module

Save images to a folder

This code sample shows how to convert a DOCX file to Markdown and save images to a separate folder.
C# F# VB.NET
// Import the namespace
using GroupDocs.Markdown;

// Set the license
License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic");

// Instantiate converter
var converter = new MarkdownConverter("annual-report.docx");

// Set image export strategy and output folder
var convertOptions = new DocumentConverterOptions();
convertOptions.ImageExportStrategy = new ExportImagesToFileSystemStrategy("./images");

// Convert and save output to file
converter.Convert("annual-report.md");

// Import the namespace
open GroupDocs.Markdown

// Set the license
License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic")

// Instantiate converter
let converter = new MarkdownConverter("annual-report.docx")

// Set image export strategy and output folder
let convertOptions = new DocumentConverterOptions()
convertOptions.ImageExportStrategy <- new ExportImagesToFileSystemStrategy("./images")

// Convert and save output to file
converter.Convert("annual-report.md")

' Import the namespace  
Imports GroupDocs.Markdown

Module Program
    Sub Main()
        ' Set the license
        License.Set("GroupDocs.Markdown.lic")

        ' Instantiate converter
        Dim converter As New MarkdownConverter("annual-report.docx")

        ' Set image export strategy and output folder
        Dim convertOptions As New DocumentConverterOptions()
        convertOptions.ImageExportStrategy = New ExportImagesToFileSystemStrategy("./images")

        ' Convert and save output to file
        converter.Convert("annual-report.md")
    End Sub
End Module

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