quick-start-nodejs.mdx

title	Quick Start: Node.js
description	Use EdgeParse with Node.js via native NAPI-RS bindings.

Installation

npm install edgeparse

Requirements: Node.js 18+ · No additional system dependencies.

Parse a PDF

import { convert } from "edgeparse";

// Get Markdown string
const markdown = convert("document.pdf", { format: "markdown" });
console.log(markdown);

// Get structured JSON string
const json = convert("document.pdf", { format: "json" });

// Get HTML string
const html = convert("document.pdf", { format: "html" });

With Options

import { convert } from "edgeparse";

const result = convert("document.pdf", {
  format: "markdown",
  pages: "1-5",
  tableMethod: "cluster",
});

Output Formats

Format	Description
"markdown"	Clean Markdown with table support
"json"	Structured JSON with full metadata
"html"	Semantic HTML
"text"	Plain text (reading order)

Next Steps

• JSON Schema Reference
• Benchmark Results
• Try Live Demo — parse PDFs in your browser with WebAssembly
• Enterprise — self-hosted deployment, priority support by Elitizon