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Datalab supports the following file types for document conversion:

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PDF

ExtensionMIME Type
.pdfapplication/pdf

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Spreadsheets

ExtensionMIME Type
.xlsapplication/vnd.ms-excel
.xlsxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
.xlsmapplication/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
.xltxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template
.csvtext/csv
.odsapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

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Word Documents

ExtensionMIME Type
.docapplication/msword
.docxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
.odtapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

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Presentations

ExtensionMIME Type
.pptapplication/vnd.ms-powerpoint
.pptxapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
.odpapplication/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation

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HTML

ExtensionMIME Type
.htmltext/html

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Ebooks

ExtensionMIME Type
.epubapplication/epub+zip

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Images

ExtensionMIME Type
.pngimage/png
.jpgimage/jpeg
.jpegimage/jpeg
.webpimage/webp
.gifimage/gif
.tiffimage/tiff

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Detecting MIME Types

To automatically detect a file’s MIME type in Python: 
import filetype

mime = filetype.guess("document.pdf")
if mime:
    print(mime.mime)  # application/pdf
Install with pip install filetype.

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Size Limits

See API Limits for file size and page limits.

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