Doc To Text

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 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