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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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Next Steps

Quickstart

Get started converting documents in minutes.

Document Conversion

Detailed guide to converting documents to Markdown, HTML, or JSON.

API Limits

Understand file size limits, page limits, and rate limiting.

File Upload

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