### What problem does this PR solve?
This PR adds support for parsing PDFs through an external Docling
server, so RAGFlow can connect to remote `docling serve` deployments
instead of relying only on local in-process Docling.
It addresses the feature request in
[#13426](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/issues/13426) and aligns
with the external-server usage pattern already used by MinerU.
### Type of change
- [ ] Bug Fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [x] New Feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [x] Documentation Update
- [ ] Refactoring
- [ ] Performance Improvement
- [ ] Other (please describe):
### What is changed?
- Add external Docling server support in `DoclingParser`:
- Use `DOCLING_SERVER_URL` to enable remote parsing mode.
- Try `POST /v1/convert/source` first, and fallback to
`/v1alpha/convert/source`.
- Keep existing local Docling behavior when `DOCLING_SERVER_URL` is not
set.
- Wire Docling env settings into parser invocation paths:
- `rag/app/naive.py`
- `rag/flow/parser/parser.py`
- Add Docling env hints in constants and update docs:
- `docs/guides/dataset/select_pdf_parser.md`
- `docs/guides/agent/agent_component_reference/parser.md`
- `docs/faq.mdx`
### Why this approach?
This keeps the change focused on one issue and one capability (external
Docling connectivity), without introducing unrelated provider-model
plumbing.
### Validation
- Static checks:
- `python -m py_compile` on changed Python files
- `python -m ruff check` on changed Python files
- Functional checks:
- Remote v1 endpoint path works
- v1alpha fallback works
- Local Docling path remains available when server URL is unset
### Related links
- Feature request: [Support external Docling server (issue
#13426)](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/issues/13426)
- Compare view for this branch:
[main...feat/docling-server](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/compare/main...spider-yamet:ragflow:feat/docling-server?expand=1)
##### Fixes [#13426](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/issues/13426)
### What problem does this PR solve?
Trailing white-spaces in commit 6814ace1aa
got automatically trimmed by code editor may causes documentation
typesetting broken.
Mostly for double spaces for soft line breaks.
### Type of change
- [x] Documentation Update
### What problem does this PR solve?
Update icons for docs.
Trailing spaces are auto truncated by the editor, does not affect real
content.
### Type of change
- [x] Documentation Update
### What problem does this PR solve?
As title
### Type of change
- [x] Documentation Update
- [x] Refactoring
Signed-off-by: Jin Hai <haijin.chn@gmail.com>
### What problem does this PR solve?
Only support MinerU-API now, still need to complete frontend for
pipeline to allow the configuration of MinerU options.
### Type of change
- [x] Refactoring
