Bulk converter from PDF to Markdown

bulk_pdf_to_md.py

import os
import subprocess
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader

def convert_pdf_to_markdown(pdf_path, output_dir):
    with open(pdf_path, 'rb') as pdf_file:
        pdf_reader = PdfReader(pdf_file)
        text_content = ""
        for page_num in range(len(pdf_reader.pages)):
            text_content += pdf_reader.pages[page_num].extract_text()
    temp_text_file = os.path.join(output_dir, 'temp_text.txt')
    with open(temp_text_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as temp_file:
        temp_file.write(text_content)
    output_md_file = os.path.join(output_dir, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(pdf_path))[0] + '.md')
    subprocess.run(["pandoc", temp_text_file, "-o", output_md_file])
    os.remove(temp_text_file)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    input_directory = "PDFs"
    output_directory = "MDs"

    if not os.path.exists(output_directory):
        os.makedirs(output_directory)

    for filename in os.listdir(input_directory):
        if filename.endswith(".pdf"):
            input_path = os.path.join(input_directory, filename)
            convert_pdf_to_markdown(input_path, output_directory)
            print(f"Conversion complete for {filename}")