JsonConverter for Converting JSON Files into Structured Markdown Files

Converts Jsons to Markdown. The output preserves the structure of the JSON file as closely as possible, while using Markdown syntax for readability.

src/markitdown/_markitdown.py

@@ -1204,6 +1204,42 @@ def convert(
                 text_content=f"[ERROR] Failed to process zip file {local_path}: {str(e)}",
             )
 
+class JsonConverter(DocumentConverter):
+    """
+    Converts Jsons to Markdown. The output preserves the structure of the JSON file as closely as possible, while using Markdown syntax for readability.
+    """
+
+    def convert(self, local_path, **kwargs) -> Union[None, DocumentConverterResult]:
+        # Bail if not a Json
+        extension = kwargs.get("file_extension", "")
+        if extension.lower() != ".json":
+            return None
+
+        list_heading = kwargs.get("list_heading", "Elem")
+        with open(local_path, "r") as f:
+            json_data = json.load(f)
+
+        md_content = ""
+
+        if isinstance(json_data, dict):
+            md_content += json.dumps(json_data, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n"
+        elif isinstance(json_data, list):
+            for idx, item in enumerate(json_data, start=1):
+                md_content += f"# {list_heading} {idx}\n"
+                if isinstance(item, (dict, list)):
+                    md_content += json.dumps(item, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n\n"
+                else:
+                    md_content += f"{item}\n\n"
+        else:
+            md_content += f"{json_data}\n"
+
+        # removing tailing \n
+        md_content = md_content.strip()
+
+        return DocumentConverterResult(
+            title=None,
+            text_content=md_content,
+        )
 
 class FileConversionException(BaseException):
     pass
@@ -1276,6 +1312,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.register_page_converter(WikipediaConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(YouTubeConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(BingSerpConverter())
+        self.register_page_converter(JsonConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(DocxConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(XlsxConverter())
         self.register_page_converter(PptxConverter())