global parser

makes external integration with e.g.  easy

src/markitdown/__main__.py

@@ -7,37 +7,37 @@
 from .__about__ import __version__
 from ._markitdown import MarkItDown, DocumentConverterResult
 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    description="Convert various file formats to markdown.",
+    prog="markitdown",
+    formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    epilog=dedent(
+        """\
+        examples:
+          markitdown example.pdf
+          markitdown -o example.md example.pdf
+          cat example.pdf | markitdown > example.md"""
+    ),
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-v",
+    "--version",
+    action="version",
+    version=f"%(prog)s {__version__}",
+    help="show the version number and exit",
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "filename", nargs="?", help="if unspecified, defaults to stdin"
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-o",
+    "--output",
+    dest="filename",
+    help="if unspecified, defaults to stdout",
+)
 
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="Convert various file formats to markdown.",
-        prog="markitdown",
-        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
-        epilog=dedent(
-            """\
-            examples:
-              markitdown example.pdf
-              markitdown -o example.md example.pdf
-              cat example.pdf | markitdown > example.md"""
-        ),
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-v",
-        "--version",
-        action="version",
-        version=f"%(prog)s {__version__}",
-        help="show the version number and exit",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "filename", nargs="?", help="if unspecified, defaults to stdin"
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-o",
-        "--output",
-        dest="filename",
-        help="if unspecified, defaults to stdout",
-    )
 
+def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
     markitdown = MarkItDown()