Will this markitdown supports multiple file conversion?

[PRREDDYC]

I have a requirement to convert bulk docx and pdf files to .md , will this tool support this. If so can you please help me with how can we achieve that requirement.

[VANDRANKI]

markitdown does not have a built-in batch mode, but it is straightforward to loop over files in Python:

from pathlib import Path
from markitdown import MarkItDown

md = MarkItDown()
input_dir = Path("input")
output_dir = Path("output")
output_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

for path in input_dir.glob("*"):
    try:
        result = md.convert(str(path))
        out_path = output_dir / path.with_suffix(".md").name
        out_path.write_text(result.text_content, encoding="utf-8")
        print(f"Converted: {path.name}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Skipped {path.name}: {e}")

You can change the glob pattern to or to target specific types. The same instance is reused across all files so there is no startup overhead per file.

[sbusanelli]

@prreddyc/@VANDRANKI - I have submitted PR # #1793 for enhancement to give support for DOCX and PDF batch conversions. Lets see if it goes through approvals and merge, fingers crossed.