Dedoc is an open-source library/service that extracts texts, tables, attached files and document structure (e.g., titles, list items, etc.) from files of various formats.
Dedoc supports DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, EML, HTML, PDF, images and more. Full list of supported formats can be found here.

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Installation and Setup

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Dedoc library

You can install Dedoc using pip. In this case, you will need to install dependencies, please go here to get more information. 
pip install dedoc

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Dedoc API

If you are going to use Dedoc API, you don’t need to install dedoc library. In this case, you should run the Dedoc service, e.g. Docker container (please see the documentation for more details): 
docker pull dedocproject/dedoc
docker run -p 1231:1231

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Document Loader

  • For handling files of any formats (supported by Dedoc), you can use DedocFileLoader: 
    from langchain_community.document_loaders import DedocFileLoader
  • For handling PDF files (with or without a textual layer), you can use DedocPDFLoader: 
    from langchain_community.document_loaders import DedocPDFLoader
  • For handling files of any formats without library installation, you can use Dedoc API with DedocAPIFileLoader: 
    from langchain_community.document_loaders import DedocAPIFileLoader
Please see a usage example for more details.