Doc To Text

Extract plain readable text from Word documents (.doc, .docx) using MinerU. Outputs Markdown (the closest plain-text format supported) for easy reading and processing. Features: quick text extraction from .docx without token (flash-extract). Full extraction for .doc and .docx with token. JSON output mode with dedicated text fields for true plain text. Language support for English, Chinese, and more. Use when you need to: get plain text from a Word file, extract readable content from .docx, convert Word to text, read a Word document as plain text. Use when asked: 'how do I get text from a Word file', 'extract plain text from docx', 'I want to read this Word document as text', 'can my agent convert Word to text', 'is there a skill for Word to text'. Built on MinerU by OpenDataLab (Shanghai AI Lab), an open-source document intelligence engine. Works with local files and URLs. Perfect for data pipelines, search indexing, NLP preprocessing, and any workflow that needs raw text content from Word documents.

Extract plain readable text from Word (.doc/.docx) documents using MinerU. MinerU outputs Markdown, which is the closest format to plain text it supports.

Install

npm install -g mineru-open-api
# or via Go (macOS/Linux):
go install github.com/opendatalab/MinerU-Ecosystem/cli/mineru-open-api@latest

Quick Start

# Extract text from .docx to stdout (no token required)
mineru-open-api flash-extract report.docx

# Save to file
mineru-open-api flash-extract report.docx -o ./out/

# Extract .doc (requires token)
mineru-open-api extract report.doc -o ./out/

# JSON output contains plain text fields (requires token)
mineru-open-api extract report.docx -f json -o ./out/

Authentication

No token needed for flash-extract on .docx. Token required for .doc and extract:

mineru-open-api auth             # Interactive token setup
export MINERU_TOKEN="your-token" # Or via environment variable

Create token at: https://mineru.net/apiManage/token

Capabilities

• Supported input: .doc, .docx (local file or URL)
• .docx: supports flash-extract (no token, Markdown output to stdout)
• .doc: requires extract with token
• For truly plain text: use extract -f json and read the text fields from the JSON output
• Language hint with --language (default: ch, use en for English)

Notes

• MinerU does not have a -f text option; Markdown is the closest to plain text
• .doc requires extract with token; .docx works with flash-extract
• Output goes to stdout by default; use -o <dir> to save to a file or directory
• All progress/status messages go to stderr; document content goes to stdout
• MinerU is open-source by OpenDataLab (Shanghai AI Lab): https://github.com/opendatalab/MinerU