microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
Unsupported DOC file content type (application/msword)
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Description
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What happened?
When attempting to convert a Microsoft Word (.doc) file to Markdown, markitdown fails with an UnsupportedFormatException indicating that no converter recognized the stream’s format:
`INFO - File download completed in 0.85s. Content-Type: application/msword, Content-Length: 102912
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markitdown._exceptions.UnsupportedFormatException: Could not convert stream to Markdown. No converter attempted a conversion, suggesting that the filetype is simply not supported.
ValueError: Failed to convert file: Could not convert stream to Markdown. No converter attempted a conversion, suggesting that the filetype is simply not supported.`
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Research direction
Start by reproducing conversion of a Microsoft Word .doc stream with Content-Type application/msword, then inspect how format detection and converter selection handle the stream. Done means the reported .doc input converts to Markdown instead of raising UnsupportedFormatException.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- content, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100