Request
curl -X POST https://api.iterationlayer.com/document-to-markdown/v1/convert \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"file": {
"type": "url",
"name": "contract.pdf",
"url": "https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf"
}
}'Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"name": "contract.pdf",
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"markdown": "# Service Agreement\n\n**Parties:** Acme Consulting GmbH (\"Provider\") and Contoso Ltd. (\"Client\")\n\n**Effective Date:** 2026-03-01\n\n## 1. Services\n\nProvider agrees to deliver software development services as described in Schedule A attached hereto.\n\n## 2. Payment Terms\n\nClient shall pay Provider within 30 days of invoice receipt. Late payments accrue interest at 1.5% per month.\n\n## 3. Confidentiality\n\nEach party agrees to keep confidential all non-public information received from the other party.\n\n## 4. Termination\n\nEither party may terminate this agreement with 30 days written notice."
}
}Request
import { IterationLayer } from "iterationlayer";
const client = new IterationLayer({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });
const result = await client.convertToMarkdown({
file: {
type: "url",
name: "contract.pdf",
url: "https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf",
},
});Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"name": "contract.pdf",
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"markdown": "# Service Agreement\n\n**Parties:** Acme Consulting GmbH (\"Provider\") and Contoso Ltd. (\"Client\")\n\n**Effective Date:** 2026-03-01\n\n## 1. Services\n\nProvider agrees to deliver software development services as described in Schedule A attached hereto.\n\n## 2. Payment Terms\n\nClient shall pay Provider within 30 days of invoice receipt. Late payments accrue interest at 1.5% per month.\n\n## 3. Confidentiality\n\nEach party agrees to keep confidential all non-public information received from the other party.\n\n## 4. Termination\n\nEither party may terminate this agreement with 30 days written notice."
}
}Request
from iterationlayer import IterationLayer
client = IterationLayer(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")
result = client.convert_to_markdown(
file={
"type": "url",
"name": "contract.pdf",
"url": "https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf",
}
)Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"name": "contract.pdf",
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"markdown": "# Service Agreement\n\n**Parties:** Acme Consulting GmbH (\"Provider\") and Contoso Ltd. (\"Client\")\n\n**Effective Date:** 2026-03-01\n\n## 1. Services\n\nProvider agrees to deliver software development services as described in Schedule A attached hereto.\n\n## 2. Payment Terms\n\nClient shall pay Provider within 30 days of invoice receipt. Late payments accrue interest at 1.5% per month.\n\n## 3. Confidentiality\n\nEach party agrees to keep confidential all non-public information received from the other party.\n\n## 4. Termination\n\nEither party may terminate this agreement with 30 days written notice."
}
}Request
import il "github.com/iterationlayer/sdk-go"
client := il.NewClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
result, err := client.ConvertToMarkdown(il.ConvertRequest{
File: il.NewFileFromURL(
"contract.pdf",
"https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf",
),
})Response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"name": "contract.pdf",
"mime_type": "application/pdf",
"markdown": "# Service Agreement\n\n**Parties:** Acme Consulting GmbH (\"Provider\") and Contoso Ltd. (\"Client\")\n\n**Effective Date:** 2026-03-01\n\n## 1. Services\n\nProvider agrees to deliver software development services as described in Schedule A attached hereto.\n\n## 2. Payment Terms\n\nClient shall pay Provider within 30 days of invoice receipt. Late payments accrue interest at 1.5% per month.\n\n## 3. Confidentiality\n\nEach party agrees to keep confidential all non-public information received from the other party.\n\n## 4. Termination\n\nEither party may terminate this agreement with 30 days written notice."
}
}Template
{
"name": "Convert Contract to Markdown",
"nodes": [
{
"parameters": {
"content": "## Convert Contract to Markdown
Legal and compliance teams use this recipe to convert contract PDFs to structured markdown before feeding them into LLM analysis pipelines or clause extraction workflows.
**Note:** This workflow uses the Iteration Layer community node (`n8n-nodes-iterationlayer`). Install it via Settings > Community Nodes before importing. Self-hosted n8n only.",
"height": 280,
"width": 500,
"color": 2
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
200,
40
],
"id": "38e6da76-3ed5-468e-83b8-f6be1ed8a9d6",
"name": "Overview"
},
{
"parameters": {
"content": "### Step 1: Convert Document to Markdown
Resource: **Document to Markdown**
Configure the Document to Markdown parameters below, then connect your credentials.",
"height": 160,
"width": 300,
"color": 6
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
475,
100
],
"id": "d407a240-e883-4d83-b7b9-b12a1a5cfc70",
"name": "Step 1 Note"
},
{
"parameters": {},
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
250,
300
],
"id": "ce36c899-26c8-45c0-838c-194728865698",
"name": "Manual Trigger"
},
{
"parameters": {
"resource": "documentToMarkdown",
"fileInputMode": "url",
"fileName": "contract.pdf",
"fileUrl": "https://example.com/contracts/service-agreement-2026.pdf"
},
"type": "n8n-nodes-iterationlayer.iterationLayer",
"typeVersion": 1,
"position": [
500,
300
],
"id": "75deb29a-0241-4a13-b160-c0dae41bada0",
"name": "Convert Document to Markdown",
"credentials": {
"iterationLayerApi": {
"id": "1",
"name": "Iteration Layer API"
}
}
}
],
"connections": {
"Manual Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Convert Document to Markdown",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
},
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
}
}Prompt
Convert the contract at [file URL] to markdown. Use the convert_document_to_markdown tool with the file URL.