Use python to build markdown Converter

wollens — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 05:41:40 +0000

🚀 Check out my URL/PDF/DOCX to Markdown Converter!

Hey fellow developers! 👋

I'm super excited to share a tool I've been working on that I think might make your life a bit easier. You know that annoying process of converting documents to Markdown? Well, I built something to handle that!

What does it do?

Converts web pages to Markdown with just a URL
Transforms PDF files to Markdown (using pdfplumber)
Converts DOCX files to clean Markdown
Lets you preview the rendered result right there
Comes with copy/download buttons for quick access

I built it using FastAPI for the backend (it's crazy fast! ⚡) and kept the frontend super clean and simple. You literally just paste a URL or upload a file, hit convert, and boom! 💥 You've got your Markdown.

Why I made this:
I got tired of manually converting docs for my documentation work, and thought others might find this useful too. Plus, I wanted to learn more about FastAPI and document processing in Python.

Tech stack:

FastAPI (because who doesn't love async Python? 🐍)
pdfplumber for PDF parsing
python-docx for Word docs
marked.js for the preview
Basic HTML/CSS/JS for the frontend

The code is open source, and I'd love to get your feedback or contributions! Check out the screenshots in the README to see it in action.

Try it out:

Clone the repo
Install dependencies
Run with uvicorn
Convert all the things! 🎉

What do you think? Would love to hear your thoughts or suggestions for improvements! And if anyone wants to contribute, PRs are more than welcome! 🤝

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Thanks for all the feedback! I'm already working on some of your suggestions! 🙏

Golang build a file DB

wollens — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:37:37 +0000

Hey there, Gophers and DB enthusiasts!

So, I've been diving into Go lately (loving it, by the way!), and I thought, "Why not build something cool to really get my hands dirty?" That's when I stumbled upon go-caskdb, and it sparked an idea. I decided to create my own little file-based database, which I'm calling FileDB. It's been quite the journey, and I wanted to share it with you all!

FileDB is pretty straightforward - it's a key-value store that persists data to disk. Here's what it can do:

Set key-value pairs

Retrieve values by key

Update existing entries

Delete keys (well, kind of - more on that in a sec)

The cool part? It's all stored in a single file! Each entry is encoded with a timestamp, making it easy to track when data was last modified.

Now, I'll be honest - it's not perfect. The delete operation doesn't actually remove data from the file (it just removes the key from memory). And updating a value? It just appends a new entry to the end of the file. So yeah, file size management is definitely something I need to work on!

But man, did I learn a ton building this:

File I/O in Go is pretty sweet. Those os and io packages are powerful!

Encoding and decoding binary data was a fun challenge.

I got to play around with error handling in Go - still getting used to that if err != nil dance!

Designing a simple API made me think hard about usability.

I've got to say, Go's simplicity made this project a blast. Sure, it's not production-ready, but it's been an awesome learning experience.

So, what do you think? Any Go veterans want to tear apart my code? 😅 Or maybe you've built something similar? I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!

Happy coding, everyone!

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Use python to build markdown Converter

Golang build a file DB