How I built an open-source file converter supporting 20+ formats in Python

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Hi r/Python! 👋

I'm happy to share file-converter, an open-source Python tool I built.

Description

A multi-format file converter supporting 20+ formats (CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, Excel, PDF, DOCX, PNG, JPG, WEBP, Markdown, HTML) with CLI and Python API.

Source Code

🔗 https://github.com/ab0jwad/file-converter

Installation

pip install file-converter-tool

Usage

from file_converter import FileConverter
converter = FileConverter()
converter.convert('data.csv', 'data.json')

Features

20+ format conversions
CLI and Python API
Batch processing
Automated tests (pytest)
CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
MIT License

Why I built it

I needed a simple way to convert between file formats without uploading to online services. Built it to be modular and easy to extend.

A ⭐ would be amazing if you find it useful! 🙏

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