Parse: An API to Convert Files to Markdown
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-14
Parse launched a file parsing API designed to convert various inputs into **clean, token-optimized Markdown**. ### Supported Formats - PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint - Images, HTML, CSV, source code, etc. ### Key Features - Convert files with a single API call - Built-in OCR to handle scanned documents and images - Preserves links, document structure, and reading order wherever possible The author's main selling point is: **stop writing disposable parsers**, and just "Send bytes. Get Markdown."
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