convert_url renamed to convert_uri, and now handles data and file URIs

packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_markitdown.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import codecs
 
 from ._stream_info import StreamInfo
+from ._uri_utils import parse_data_uri, file_uri_to_path
 
 from .converters import (
     PlainTextConverter,
@@ -242,9 +243,10 @@ def convert(
         # Local path or url
         if isinstance(source, str):
             if (
-                source.startswith("http://")
-                or source.startswith("https://")
-                or source.startswith("file://")
+                source.startswith("http:")
+                or source.startswith("https:")
+                or source.startswith("file:")
+                or source.startswith("data:")
             ):
                 # Rename the url argument to mock_url
                 # (Deprecated -- use stream_info)
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ def convert(
                     _kwargs["mock_url"] = _kwargs["url"]
                     del _kwargs["url"]
 
-                return self.convert_url(source, stream_info=stream_info, **_kwargs)
+                return self.convert_uri(source, stream_info=stream_info, **_kwargs)
             else:
                 return self.convert_local(source, stream_info=stream_info, **kwargs)
         # Path object
@@ -363,23 +365,81 @@ def convert_url(
         url: str,
         *,
         stream_info: Optional[StreamInfo] = None,
-        file_extension: Optional[str] = None,  # Deprecated -- use stream_info
-        mock_url: Optional[
-            str
-        ] = None,  # Mock the request as if it came from a different URL
+        file_extension: Optional[str] = None,
+        mock_url: Optional[str] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
-    ) -> DocumentConverterResult:  # TODO: fix kwargs type
-        # Send a HTTP request to the URL
-        response = self._requests_session.get(url, stream=True)
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        return self.convert_response(
-            response,
+    ) -> DocumentConverterResult:
+        """Alias for convert_uri()"""
+        # convert_url will likely be deprecated in the future in favor of convert_uri
+        return self.convert_uri(
+            url,
             stream_info=stream_info,
             file_extension=file_extension,
-            url=mock_url,
+            mock_url=mock_url,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
+    def convert_uri(
+        self,
+        uri: str,
+        *,
+        stream_info: Optional[StreamInfo] = None,
+        file_extension: Optional[str] = None,  # Deprecated -- use stream_info
+        mock_url: Optional[
+            str
+        ] = None,  # Mock the request as if it came from a different URL
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> DocumentConverterResult:
+        uri = uri.strip()
+
+        # File URIs
+        if uri.startswith("file:"):
+            netloc, path = file_uri_to_path(uri)
+            if netloc and netloc != "localhost":
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Unsupported file URI: {uri}. Netloc must be empty or localhost."
+                )
+            return self.convert_local(
+                path,
+                stream_info=stream_info,
+                file_extension=file_extension,
+                url=mock_url,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+        # Data URIs
+        elif uri.startswith("data:"):
+            mimetype, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(uri)
+
+            base_guess = StreamInfo(
+                mimetype=mimetype,
+                charset=attributes.get("charset"),
+            )
+            if stream_info is not None:
+                base_guess = base_guess.copy_and_update(stream_info)
+
+            return self.convert_stream(
+                io.BytesIO(data),
+                stream_info=base_guess,
+                file_extension=file_extension,
+                url=mock_url,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+        # HTTP/HTTPS URIs
+        elif uri.startswith("http:") or uri.startswith("https:"):
+            response = self._requests_session.get(uri, stream=True)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return self.convert_response(
+                response,
+                stream_info=stream_info,
+                file_extension=file_extension,
+                url=mock_url,
+                **kwargs,
+            )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Unsupported URI scheme: {uri.split(':')[0]}. Supported schemes are: file:, data:, http:, https:"
+            )
+
     def convert_response(
         self,
         response: requests.Response,

packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_uri_utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import base64
+import os
+from typing import Tuple, Dict
+from urllib.request import url2pathname
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, unquote_to_bytes
+
+
+def file_uri_to_path(file_uri: str) -> Tuple[str | None, str]:
+    """Convert a file URI to a local file path"""
+    parsed = urlparse(file_uri)
+    if parsed.scheme != "file":
+        raise ValueError(f"Not a file URL: {file_uri}")
+
+    netloc = parsed.netloc if parsed.netloc else None
+    path = os.path.abspath(url2pathname(parsed.path))
+    return netloc, path
+
+
+def parse_data_uri(uri: str) -> Tuple[str | None, Dict[str, str], bytes]:
+    if not uri.startswith("data:"):
+        raise ValueError("Not a data URI")
+
+    header, _, data = uri.partition(",")
+    if not _:
+        raise ValueError("Malformed data URI, missing ',' separator")
+
+    meta = header[5:]  # Strip 'data:'
+    parts = meta.split(";")
+
+    is_base64 = False
+    # Ends with base64?
+    if parts[-1] == "base64":
+        parts.pop()
+        is_base64 = True
+
+    mime_type = None  # Normally this would default to text/plain but we won't assume
+    if len(parts) and len(parts[0]) > 0:
+        # First part is the mime type
+        mime_type = parts.pop(0)
+
+    attributes: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    for part in parts:
+        # Handle key=value pairs in the middle
+        if "=" in part:
+            key, value = part.split("=", 1)
+            attributes[key] = value
+        elif len(part) > 0:
+            attributes[part] = ""
+
+    content = base64.b64decode(data) if is_base64 else unquote_to_bytes(data)
+
+    return mime_type, attributes, content

packages/markitdown/tests/test_module_misc.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import openai
 import pytest
 
+from markitdown._uri_utils import parse_data_uri, file_uri_to_path
+
 from markitdown import (
     MarkItDown,
     UnsupportedFormatException,
@@ -176,6 +178,79 @@ def test_stream_info_operations() -> None:
     assert updated_stream_info.url == "url.1"
 
 
+def test_data_uris() -> None:
+    # Test basic parsing of data URIs
+    data_uri = "data:text/plain;base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ=="
+    mime_type, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(data_uri)
+    assert mime_type == "text/plain"
+    assert len(attributes) == 0
+    assert data == b"Hello, World!"
+
+    data_uri = "data:base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ=="
+    mime_type, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(data_uri)
+    assert mime_type is None
+    assert len(attributes) == 0
+    assert data == b"Hello, World!"
+
+    data_uri = "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ=="
+    mime_type, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(data_uri)
+    assert mime_type == "text/plain"
+    assert len(attributes) == 1
+    assert attributes["charset"] == "utf-8"
+    assert data == b"Hello, World!"
+
+    data_uri = "data:,Hello%2C%20World%21"
+    mime_type, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(data_uri)
+    assert mime_type is None
+    assert len(attributes) == 0
+    assert data == b"Hello, World!"
+
+    data_uri = "data:text/plain,Hello%2C%20World%21"
+    mime_type, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(data_uri)
+    assert mime_type == "text/plain"
+    assert len(attributes) == 0
+    assert data == b"Hello, World!"
+
+    data_uri = "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,Hello%2C%20World%21"
+    mime_type, attributes, data = parse_data_uri(data_uri)
+    assert mime_type == "text/plain"
+    assert len(attributes) == 1
+    assert attributes["charset"] == "utf-8"
+    assert data == b"Hello, World!"
+
+
+def test_file_uris() -> None:
+    # Test file URI with an empty host
+    file_uri = "file:///path/to/file.txt"
+    netloc, path = file_uri_to_path(file_uri)
+    assert netloc is None
+    assert path == "/path/to/file.txt"
+
+    # Test file URI with no host
+    file_uri = "file:/path/to/file.txt"
+    netloc, path = file_uri_to_path(file_uri)
+    assert netloc is None
+    assert path == "/path/to/file.txt"
+
+    # Test file URI with localhost
+    file_uri = "file://localhost/path/to/file.txt"
+    netloc, path = file_uri_to_path(file_uri)
+    assert netloc == "localhost"
+    assert path == "/path/to/file.txt"
+
+    # Test file URI with query parameters
+    file_uri = "file:///path/to/file.txt?param=value"
+    netloc, path = file_uri_to_path(file_uri)
+    assert netloc is None
+    assert path == "/path/to/file.txt"
+
+    # Test file URI with fragment
+    file_uri = "file:///path/to/file.txt#fragment"
+    netloc, path = file_uri_to_path(file_uri)
+    assert netloc is None
+    assert path == "/path/to/file.txt"
+
+
 def test_docx_comments() -> None:
     markitdown = MarkItDown()
 
@@ -314,6 +389,8 @@ def test_markitdown_llm() -> None:
     """Runs this file's tests from the command line."""
     for test in [
         test_stream_info_operations,
+        test_data_uris,
+        test_file_uris,
         test_docx_comments,
         test_input_as_strings,
         test_markitdown_remote,

packages/markitdown/tests/test_module_vectors.py

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 import time
 import pytest
 import codecs
+import base64
 
+from pathlib import Path
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from _test_vectors import GENERAL_TEST_VECTORS, DATA_URI_TEST_VECTORS
@@ -108,8 +110,8 @@ def test_convert_stream_without_hints(test_vector):
     reason="do not run tests that query external urls",
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_vector", GENERAL_TEST_VECTORS)
-def test_convert_url(test_vector):
-    """Test the conversion of a stream with no stream info."""
+def test_convert_http_uri(test_vector):
+    """Test the conversion of an HTTP:// or HTTPS:// URI."""
     markitdown = MarkItDown()
 
     time.sleep(1)  # Ensure we don't hit rate limits
@@ -124,8 +126,44 @@ def test_convert_url(test_vector):
         assert string not in result.markdown
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_vector", GENERAL_TEST_VECTORS)
+def test_convert_file_uri(test_vector):
+    """Test the conversion of a file:// URI."""
+    markitdown = MarkItDown()
+
+    result = markitdown.convert(
+        Path(os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, test_vector.filename)).as_uri(),
+        url=test_vector.url,
+    )
+    for string in test_vector.must_include:
+        assert string in result.markdown
+    for string in test_vector.must_not_include:
+        assert string not in result.markdown
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("test_vector", GENERAL_TEST_VECTORS)
+def test_convert_data_uri(test_vector):
+    """Test the conversion of a data URI."""
+    markitdown = MarkItDown()
+
+    data = ""
+    with open(os.path.join(TEST_FILES_DIR, test_vector.filename), "rb") as stream:
+        data = base64.b64encode(stream.read()).decode("utf-8")
+    mimetype = test_vector.mimetype
+    data_uri = f"data:{mimetype};base64,{data}"
+
+    result = markitdown.convert(
+        data_uri,
+        url=test_vector.url,
+    )
+    for string in test_vector.must_include:
+        assert string in result.markdown
+    for string in test_vector.must_not_include:
+        assert string not in result.markdown
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_vector", DATA_URI_TEST_VECTORS)
-def test_convert_with_data_uris(test_vector):
+def test_convert_keep_data_uris(test_vector):
     """Test API functionality when keep_data_uris is enabled"""
     markitdown = MarkItDown()
 
@@ -143,7 +181,7 @@ def test_convert_with_data_uris(test_vector):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_vector", DATA_URI_TEST_VECTORS)
-def test_convert_stream_with_data_uris(test_vector):
+def test_convert_stream_keep_data_uris(test_vector):
     """Test the conversion of a stream with no stream info."""
     markitdown = MarkItDown()
 
@@ -175,7 +213,9 @@ def test_convert_stream_with_data_uris(test_vector):
         test_convert_local,
         test_convert_stream_with_hints,
         test_convert_stream_without_hints,
-        test_convert_url,
+        test_convert_http_uri,
+        test_convert_file_uri,
+        test_convert_data_uri,
     ]:
         for test_vector in GENERAL_TEST_VECTORS:
             print(
@@ -186,8 +226,8 @@ def test_convert_stream_with_data_uris(test_vector):
 
     # Data URI tests
     for test_function in [
-        test_convert_with_data_uris,
-        test_convert_stream_with_data_uris,
+        test_convert_keep_data_uris,
+        test_convert_stream_keep_data_uris,
     ]:
         for test_vector in DATA_URI_TEST_VECTORS:
             print(