Pdf to markdown (#2730)

# Description

Please provide a summary of the changes, including relevant motivation
and context.

Closes #(issue_number)

## Checklist

- [ ] I have read the [Contribution
Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code
- [ ] I have attached images of the change if it is UI based
- [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
- [ ] If my code has heavily changed functionality I have updated
relevant docs on [Stirling-PDFs doc
repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/)
- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have read the section [Add New Translation
Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags)
(for new translation tags only)

---------

Co-authored-by: a <a>

DeveloperGuide.md

@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ dependencies {
 2. Generate new verification metadata and keys:
 ```bash
 # Generate verification metadata with signatures and checksums
-./gradlew clean dependencies buildEnvironment --write-verification-metadata sha256,pgp
+./gradlew clean dependencies buildEnvironment spotlessApply --write-verification-metadata sha256,pgp
 
 # Export the .keys file 
 ./gradlew --export-keys

build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id "org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin" version "1.8.0"
     id "io.swagger.swaggerhub" version "1.3.2"
     id "edu.sc.seis.launch4j" version "3.0.6"
-    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "7.0.1"
+    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "7.0.2"
     id "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report" version "2.9"
 	//id "nebula.lint" version "19.0.3"
 	id("org.panteleyev.jpackageplugin") version "1.6.0"
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ spotless {
         importOrder("java", "javax", "org", "com", "net", "io")
         toggleOffOn()
         trimTrailingWhitespace()
-        indentWithSpaces()
+        leadingTabsToSpaces()
         endWithNewline()
     }
 }
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.bucket4j/bucket4j_jdk17
     implementation "com.bucket4j:bucket4j_jdk17-core:8.14.0"
     implementation "com.fathzer:javaluator:3.0.5"
-
+	
-    implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.18.3'
+	implementation 'com.vladsch.flexmark:flexmark-html2md-converter:0.64.8'
 	
     developmentOnly("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools:$springBootVersion")
     compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:$lombokVersion"
@@ -454,4 +454,4 @@ task printMacVersion {
     doLast {
         println getMacVersion(project.version.toString())
     }
-}
+}

cucumber/features/external.feature

@@ -204,4 +204,12 @@ Feature: API Validation
   Then the response status code should be 200
   And the response file should have size greater than 100
   And the response file should have extension ".pdf"
+  
+  Scenario: Convert PDF to Markdown format
+  Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
+  And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+  When I send the API request to the endpoint "/api/v1/convert/pdf/markdown"
+  Then the response status code should be 200
+  And the response file should have size greater than 100
+  And the response file should have extension ".md"
   

cucumber/webpage_urls.txt

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 /extract-page
 /pdf-to-single-page
 /img-to-pdf
-/markdown-to-pdf
 /pdf-to-img
 /pdf-to-text
 /pdf-to-csv

gradle/verification-metadata.xml

@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
       <verify-signatures>true</verify-signatures>
       <keyring-format>armored</keyring-format>
       <trusted-artifacts>
+         <trust group="com.datastax.oss" name="java-driver-bom" version="4.15.0"/>
          <trust group="io.dropwizard.metrics" name="metrics-bom" reason="BOM file, safe to trust"/>
          <trust group="io.dropwizard.metrics" name="metrics-parent" reason="BOM parent, https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/20194"/>
          <trust group="org.springframework" name="spring-framework-bom" reason="Spring BOM file, safe to trust"/>
       </trusted-artifacts>
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+      </ignored-keys>
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@@ -220,14 +213,9 @@
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src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "url-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "markdown-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "pdf-to-csv");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Convert", "pdf-to-markdown");
 
         // Adding endpoints to "Security" group
         addEndpointToGroup("Security", "add-password");
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", REMOVE_BLANKS);
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-text");
         addEndpointToGroup("Java", "remove-image-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Java", "pdf-to-markdown");
 
         // Javascript
         addEndpointToGroup("Javascript", "pdf-organizer");
@@ -258,9 +260,11 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
         // Weasyprint dependent endpoints
         addEndpointToGroup("Weasyprint", "html-to-pdf");
         addEndpointToGroup("Weasyprint", "url-to-pdf");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Weasyprint", "markdown-to-pdf");
 
         // Pdftohtml dependent endpoints
         addEndpointToGroup("Pdftohtml", "pdf-to-html");
+        addEndpointToGroup("Pdftohtml", "pdf-to-markdown");
 
         // disabled for now while we resolve issues
         disableEndpoint("pdf-to-pdfa");

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/ConverterWebController.java

@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ public class ConverterWebController {
         return "convert/markdown-to-pdf";
     }
 
+    @GetMapping("/pdf-to-markdown")
+    @Hidden
+    public String convertPdfToMarkdownForm(Model model) {
+        model.addAttribute("currentPage", "pdf-to-markdown");
+        return "convert/pdf-to-markdown";
+    }
+
     @GetMapping("/url-to-pdf")
     @Hidden
     public String convertURLToPdfForm(Model model) {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertPDFToMarkdown.java

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.converters;
+
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
+
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.PDFFile;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.PDFToFile;
+
+@RestController
+@Tag(name = "Convert", description = "Convert APIs")
+@RequestMapping("/api/v1/convert")
+public class ConvertPDFToMarkdown {
+
+    @PostMapping(consumes = "multipart/form-data", value = "/pdf/markdown")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Convert PDF to Markdown",
+            description =
+                    "This endpoint converts a PDF file to Markdown format. Input:PDF Output:Markdown Type:SISO")
+    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> processPdfToMarkdown(@ModelAttribute PDFFile request)
+            throws Exception {
+        MultipartFile inputFile = request.getFileInput();
+        PDFToFile pdfToFile = new PDFToFile();
+        return pdfToFile.processPdfToMarkdown(inputFile);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/utils/PDFToFile.java

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
+import com.vladsch.flexmark.html2md.converter.FlexmarkHtmlConverter;
+import com.vladsch.flexmark.util.data.MutableDataSet;
+
 import io.github.pixee.security.Filenames;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -28,6 +31,123 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor.ProcessExecutorResult;
 @Slf4j
 public class PDFToFile {
 
+    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> processPdfToMarkdown(MultipartFile inputFile)
+            throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        if (!"application/pdf".equals(inputFile.getContentType())) {
+            return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
+        }
+
+        MutableDataSet options =
+                new MutableDataSet()
+                        .set(
+                                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.MAX_BLANK_LINES,
+                                2) // Control max consecutive blank lines
+                        .set(
+                                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.MAX_TRAILING_BLANK_LINES,
+                                1) // Control trailing blank lines
+                        .set(
+                                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.SETEXT_HEADINGS,
+                                true) // Use Setext headings for h1 and h2
+                        .set(
+                                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.OUTPUT_UNKNOWN_TAGS,
+                                false) // Don't output HTML for unknown tags
+                        .set(
+                                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.TYPOGRAPHIC_QUOTES,
+                                true) // Convert quotation marks
+                        .set(
+                                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.BR_AS_PARA_BREAKS,
+                                true) // Convert <br> to paragraph breaks
+                        .set(FlexmarkHtmlConverter.CODE_INDENT, "    "); // Indent for code blocks
+
+        FlexmarkHtmlConverter htmlToMarkdownConverter =
+                FlexmarkHtmlConverter.builder(options).build();
+
+        String originalPdfFileName = Filenames.toSimpleFileName(inputFile.getOriginalFilename());
+        String pdfBaseName = originalPdfFileName;
+        if (originalPdfFileName.contains(".")) {
+            pdfBaseName = originalPdfFileName.substring(0, originalPdfFileName.lastIndexOf('.'));
+        }
+
+        Path tempInputFile = null;
+        Path tempOutputDir = null;
+        byte[] fileBytes;
+        String fileName = "temp.file";
+
+        try {
+            tempInputFile = Files.createTempFile("input_", ".pdf");
+            inputFile.transferTo(tempInputFile);
+            tempOutputDir = Files.createTempDirectory("output_");
+
+            List<String> command =
+                    new ArrayList<>(
+                            Arrays.asList(
+                                    "pdftohtml",
+                                    "-s",
+                                    "-noframes",
+                                    "-c",
+                                    tempInputFile.toString(),
+                                    pdfBaseName));
+
+            ProcessExecutorResult returnCode =
+                    ProcessExecutor.getInstance(ProcessExecutor.Processes.PDFTOHTML)
+                            .runCommandWithOutputHandling(command, tempOutputDir.toFile());
+            // Process HTML files to Markdown
+            File[] outputFiles = Objects.requireNonNull(tempOutputDir.toFile().listFiles());
+            List<File> markdownFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+            // Convert HTML files to Markdown
+            for (File outputFile : outputFiles) {
+                if (outputFile.getName().endsWith(".html")) {
+                    String html = Files.readString(outputFile.toPath());
+                    String markdown = htmlToMarkdownConverter.convert(html);
+
+                    String mdFileName = outputFile.getName().replace(".html", ".md");
+                    File mdFile = new File(tempOutputDir.toFile(), mdFileName);
+                    Files.writeString(mdFile.toPath(), markdown);
+                    markdownFiles.add(mdFile);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // If there's only one markdown file, return it directly
+            if (markdownFiles.size() == 1) {
+                fileName = pdfBaseName + ".md";
+                fileBytes = Files.readAllBytes(markdownFiles.get(0).toPath());
+            } else {
+                // Multiple files - create a zip
+                fileName = pdfBaseName + "ToMarkdown.zip";
+                ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+                try (ZipOutputStream zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream)) {
+                    // Add markdown files
+                    for (File mdFile : markdownFiles) {
+                        ZipEntry mdEntry = new ZipEntry(mdFile.getName());
+                        zipOutputStream.putNextEntry(mdEntry);
+                        Files.copy(mdFile.toPath(), zipOutputStream);
+                        zipOutputStream.closeEntry();
+                    }
+
+                    // Add images and other assets
+                    for (File file : outputFiles) {
+                        if (!file.getName().endsWith(".html") && !file.getName().endsWith(".md")) {
+                            ZipEntry assetEntry = new ZipEntry(file.getName());
+                            zipOutputStream.putNextEntry(assetEntry);
+                            Files.copy(file.toPath(), zipOutputStream);
+                            zipOutputStream.closeEntry();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                fileBytes = byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();
+            }
+
+        } finally {
+            if (tempInputFile != null) Files.deleteIfExists(tempInputFile);
+            if (tempOutputDir != null) FileUtils.deleteDirectory(tempOutputDir.toFile());
+        }
+        return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
+                fileBytes, fileName, MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
+    }
+
     public ResponseEntity<byte[]> processPdfToHtml(MultipartFile inputFile)
             throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         if (!"application/pdf".equals(inputFile.getContentType())) {

src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties

@@ -450,8 +450,11 @@ HTMLToPDF.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert
 
 home.MarkdownToPDF.title=Markdown to PDF
 home.MarkdownToPDF.desc=Converts any Markdown file to PDF
-MarkdownToPDF.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert
+MarkdownToPDF.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert,md
 
+home.PDFToMarkdown.title=PDF to Markdown
+home.PDFToMarkdown.desc=Converts any PDF to Markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert,md
 
 home.getPdfInfo.title=Get ALL Info on PDF
 home.getPdfInfo.desc=Grabs any and all information possible on PDFs
@@ -646,6 +649,11 @@ MarkdownToPDF.help=Work in progress
 MarkdownToPDF.credit=Uses WeasyPrint
 
 
+#pdf-to-markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.title=PDF To Markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.header=PDF To Markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.submit=Convert
+
 
 #url-to-pdf
 URLToPDF.title=URL To PDF

src/main/resources/messages_en_US.properties

@@ -450,8 +450,11 @@ HTMLToPDF.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert
 
 home.MarkdownToPDF.title=Markdown to PDF
 home.MarkdownToPDF.desc=Converts any Markdown file to PDF
-MarkdownToPDF.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert
+MarkdownToPDF.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert,md
 
+home.PDFToMarkdown.title=PDF to Markdown
+home.PDFToMarkdown.desc=Converts any PDF to Markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.tags=markup,web-content,transformation,convert,md
 
 home.getPdfInfo.title=Get ALL Info on PDF
 home.getPdfInfo.desc=Grabs any and all information possible on PDFs
@@ -646,6 +649,11 @@ MarkdownToPDF.help=Work in progress
 MarkdownToPDF.credit=Uses WeasyPrint
 
 
+#pdf-to-markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.title=PDF To Markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.header=PDF To Markdown
+PDFToMarkdown.submit=Convert
+
 
 #url-to-pdf
 URLToPDF.title=URL To PDF

src/main/resources/templates/convert/pdf-to-markdown.html

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html th:lang="${#locale.language}" th:dir="#{language.direction}" th:data-language="${#locale.toString()}" xmlns:th="https://www.thymeleaf.org">
+<head>
+    <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/common :: head(title=#{PDFToMarkdown.title}, header=#{PDFToMarkdown.header})}"></th:block>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/common :: game}"></th:block>
+    <div id="page-container">
+        <div id="content-wrap">
+            <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/navbar.html :: navbar}"></th:block>
+            <br><br>
+            <div class="container">
+                <div class="row justify-content-center">
+                    <div class="col-md-6 bg-card">
+                        <div class="tool-header">
+                            <span class="material-symbols-rounded tool-header-icon convert">markdown_copy</span>
+                            <span class="tool-header-text" th:text="#{PDFToMarkdown.header}"></span>
+                        </div>
+                        <form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" th:action="@{'/api/v1/convert/pdf/markdown'}">
+                            <div th:replace="~{fragments/common :: fileSelector(name='fileInput', multipleInputsForSingleRequest=false, accept='.pdf')}"></div>
+                            <button type="submit" id="submitBtn" class="btn btn-primary" th:text="#{PDFToMarkdown.submit}"></button>
+                        </form>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/footer.html :: footer}"></th:block>
+    </div>
+</body>
+</html>

src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html

@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
                           <div
                             th:replace="~{fragments/navbarEntry :: navbarEntry ('pdf-to-book', 'book', 'home.PDFToBook.title', 'home.PDFToBook.desc', 'PDFToBook.tags', 'convert')}">
                           </div>
+                          <div
+                            th:replace="~{fragments/navbarEntry :: navbarEntry ('pdf-to-markdown', 'markdown_copy', 'home.PDFToMarkdown.title', 'home.PDFToMarkdown.desc', 'PDFToMarkdown.tags', 'convert')}">
+                          </div>
                         </div>
                       </div>
                       <!-- Security menu items -->

src/main/resources/templates/home.html

@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
               <div
                 th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='pdf-to-book', cardTitle=#{home.PDFToBook.title}, cardText=#{home.PDFToBook.desc}, cardLink='pdf-to-book', toolIcon='book', tags=#{PDFToBook.tags}, toolGroup='convert')}">
               </div>
+              <div
+                th:replace="~{fragments/card :: card(id='pdf-to-markdown', cardTitle=#{home.PDFToMarkdown.title}, cardText=#{home.PDFToMarkdown.desc}, cardLink='pdf-to-markdown', toolIcon='markdown_copy', tags=#{PDFToMarkdown.tags}, toolGroup='convert')}">
+              </div>
             </div>
           </div>