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ragflow/deepdoc/parser/docling_parser.py
NeedmeFordev 387b0b27c4 feat(parser): support external Docling server via DOCLING_SERVER_URL (#13527)
### 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)
2026-03-12 17:09:03 +08:00

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from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import re
import base64
import os
from dataclasses import dataclass
from enum import Enum
from io import BytesIO
from os import PathLike
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, Optional
import pdfplumber
import requests
from PIL import Image
try:
from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter
except Exception:
DocumentConverter = None
try:
from deepdoc.parser.pdf_parser import RAGFlowPdfParser
except Exception:
class RAGFlowPdfParser:
pass
class DoclingContentType(str, Enum):
IMAGE = "image"
TABLE = "table"
TEXT = "text"
EQUATION = "equation"
@dataclass
class _BBox:
page_no: int
x0: float
y0: float
x1: float
y1: float
def _extract_bbox_from_prov(item, prov_attr: str = "prov") -> Optional[_BBox]:
prov = getattr(item, prov_attr, None)
if not prov:
return None
prov_item = prov[0] if isinstance(prov, list) else prov
pn = getattr(prov_item, "page_no", None)
bb = getattr(prov_item, "bbox", None)
if pn is None or bb is None:
return None
coords = [getattr(bb, attr) for attr in ("l", "t", "r", "b")]
if None in coords:
return None
return _BBox(page_no=int(pn), x0=coords[0], y0=coords[1], x1=coords[2], y1=coords[3])
class DoclingParser(RAGFlowPdfParser):
def __init__(self, docling_server_url: str = "", request_timeout: int = 600):
self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
self.page_images: list[Image.Image] = []
self.page_from = 0
self.page_to = 10_000
self.outlines = []
self.docling_server_url = (docling_server_url or "").rstrip("/")
self.request_timeout = request_timeout
def _effective_server_url(self, docling_server_url: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
return (docling_server_url or self.docling_server_url or "").rstrip("/") or (
os.environ.get("DOCLING_SERVER_URL", "").rstrip("/")
)
@staticmethod
def _is_http_endpoint_valid(url: str, timeout: int = 5) -> bool:
try:
response = requests.head(url, timeout=timeout, allow_redirects=True)
return response.status_code in [200, 301, 302, 307, 308]
except Exception:
try:
response = requests.get(url, timeout=timeout, allow_redirects=True)
return response.status_code in [200, 301, 302, 307, 308]
except Exception:
return False
def check_installation(self, docling_server_url: Optional[str] = None) -> bool:
server_url = self._effective_server_url(docling_server_url)
if server_url:
for path in ("/openapi.json", "/docs", "/v1/convert/source"):
if self._is_http_endpoint_valid(f"{server_url}{path}", timeout=5):
return True
self.logger.warning(f"[Docling] external server not reachable: {server_url}")
return False
if DocumentConverter is None:
self.logger.warning("[Docling] 'docling' is not importable, please: pip install docling")
return False
try:
_ = DocumentConverter()
return True
except Exception as e:
self.logger.error(f"[Docling] init DocumentConverter failed: {e}")
return False
def __images__(self, fnm, zoomin: int = 1, page_from=0, page_to=600, callback=None):
self.page_from = page_from
self.page_to = page_to
bytes_io = None
try:
if not isinstance(fnm, (str, PathLike)):
bytes_io = BytesIO(fnm)
opener = pdfplumber.open(fnm) if isinstance(fnm, (str, PathLike)) else pdfplumber.open(bytes_io)
with opener as pdf:
pages = pdf.pages[page_from:page_to]
self.page_images = [p.to_image(resolution=72 * zoomin, antialias=True).original for p in pages]
except Exception as e:
self.page_images = []
self.logger.exception(e)
finally:
if bytes_io:
bytes_io.close()
def _make_line_tag(self,bbox: _BBox) -> str:
if bbox is None:
return ""
x0,x1, top, bott = bbox.x0, bbox.x1, bbox.y0, bbox.y1
if hasattr(self, "page_images") and self.page_images and len(self.page_images) >= bbox.page_no:
_, page_height = self.page_images[bbox.page_no-1].size
top, bott = page_height-top ,page_height-bott
return "@@{}\t{:.1f}\t{:.1f}\t{:.1f}\t{:.1f}##".format(
bbox.page_no, x0,x1, top, bott
)
@staticmethod
def extract_positions(txt: str) -> list[tuple[list[int], float, float, float, float]]:
poss = []
for tag in re.findall(r"@@[0-9-]+\t[0-9.\t]+##", txt):
pn, left, right, top, bottom = tag.strip("#").strip("@").split("\t")
left, right, top, bottom = float(left), float(right), float(top), float(bottom)
poss.append(([int(p) - 1 for p in pn.split("-")], left, right, top, bottom))
return poss
def crop(self, text: str, ZM: int = 1, need_position: bool = False):
imgs = []
poss = self.extract_positions(text)
if not poss:
return (None, None) if need_position else None
GAP = 6
pos = poss[0]
poss.insert(0, ([pos[0][0]], pos[1], pos[2], max(0, pos[3] - 120), max(pos[3] - GAP, 0)))
pos = poss[-1]
poss.append(([pos[0][-1]], pos[1], pos[2], min(self.page_images[pos[0][-1]].size[1], pos[4] + GAP), min(self.page_images[pos[0][-1]].size[1], pos[4] + 120)))
positions = []
for ii, (pns, left, right, top, bottom) in enumerate(poss):
if bottom <= top:
bottom = top + 4
img0 = self.page_images[pns[0]]
x0, y0, x1, y1 = int(left), int(top), int(right), int(min(bottom, img0.size[1]))
crop0 = img0.crop((x0, y0, x1, y1))
imgs.append(crop0)
if 0 < ii < len(poss)-1:
positions.append((pns[0] + self.page_from, x0, x1, y0, y1))
remain_bottom = bottom - img0.size[1]
for pn in pns[1:]:
if remain_bottom <= 0:
break
page = self.page_images[pn]
x0, y0, x1, y1 = int(left), 0, int(right), int(min(remain_bottom, page.size[1]))
cimgp = page.crop((x0, y0, x1, y1))
imgs.append(cimgp)
if 0 < ii < len(poss) - 1:
positions.append((pn + self.page_from, x0, x1, y0, y1))
remain_bottom -= page.size[1]
if not imgs:
return (None, None) if need_position else None
height = sum(i.size[1] + GAP for i in imgs)
width = max(i.size[0] for i in imgs)
pic = Image.new("RGB", (width, int(height)), (245, 245, 245))
h = 0
for ii, img in enumerate(imgs):
if ii == 0 or ii + 1 == len(imgs):
img = img.convert("RGBA")
overlay = Image.new("RGBA", img.size, (0, 0, 0, 0))
overlay.putalpha(128)
img = Image.alpha_composite(img, overlay).convert("RGB")
pic.paste(img, (0, int(h)))
h += img.size[1] + GAP
return (pic, positions) if need_position else pic
def _iter_doc_items(self, doc) -> Iterable[tuple[str, Any, Optional[_BBox]]]:
for t in getattr(doc, "texts", []):
parent = getattr(t, "parent", "")
ref = getattr(parent, "cref", "")
label = getattr(t, "label", "")
if (label in ("section_header", "text") and ref in ("#/body",)) or label in ("list_item",):
text = getattr(t, "text", "") or ""
bbox = _extract_bbox_from_prov(t)
yield (DoclingContentType.TEXT.value, text, bbox)
for item in getattr(doc, "texts", []):
if getattr(item, "label", "") in ("FORMULA",):
text = getattr(item, "text", "") or ""
bbox = _extract_bbox_from_prov(item)
yield (DoclingContentType.EQUATION.value, text, bbox)
def _transfer_to_sections(self, doc, parse_method: str) -> list[tuple[str, ...]]:
sections: list[tuple[str, ...]] = []
for typ, payload, bbox in self._iter_doc_items(doc):
if typ == DoclingContentType.TEXT.value:
section = payload.strip()
if not section:
continue
elif typ == DoclingContentType.EQUATION.value:
section = payload.strip()
else:
continue
tag = self._make_line_tag(bbox) if isinstance(bbox,_BBox) else ""
if parse_method == "manual":
sections.append((section, typ, tag))
elif parse_method == "paper":
sections.append((section + tag, typ))
else:
sections.append((section, tag))
return sections
def cropout_docling_table(self, page_no: int, bbox: tuple[float, float, float, float], zoomin: int = 1):
if not getattr(self, "page_images", None):
return None, ""
idx = (page_no - 1) - getattr(self, "page_from", 0)
if idx < 0 or idx >= len(self.page_images):
return None, ""
page_img = self.page_images[idx]
W, H = page_img.size
left, top, right, bott = bbox
x0 = float(left)
y0 = float(H-top)
x1 = float(right)
y1 = float(H-bott)
x0, y0 = max(0.0, min(x0, W - 1)), max(0.0, min(y0, H - 1))
x1, y1 = max(x0 + 1.0, min(x1, W)), max(y0 + 1.0, min(y1, H))
try:
crop = page_img.crop((int(x0), int(y0), int(x1), int(y1))).convert("RGB")
except Exception:
return None, ""
pos = (page_no-1 if page_no>0 else 0, x0, x1, y0, y1)
return crop, [pos]
def _transfer_to_tables(self, doc):
tables = []
for tab in getattr(doc, "tables", []):
img = None
positions = ""
bbox = _extract_bbox_from_prov(tab)
if bbox:
img, positions = self.cropout_docling_table(bbox.page_no, (bbox.x0, bbox.y0, bbox.x1, bbox.y1))
html = ""
try:
html = tab.export_to_html(doc=doc)
except Exception:
pass
tables.append(((img, html), positions if positions else ""))
for pic in getattr(doc, "pictures", []):
img = None
positions = ""
bbox = _extract_bbox_from_prov(pic)
if bbox:
img, positions = self.cropout_docling_table(bbox.page_no, (bbox.x0, bbox.y0, bbox.x1, bbox.y1))
captions = ""
try:
captions = pic.caption_text(doc=doc)
except Exception:
pass
tables.append(((img, [captions]), positions if positions else ""))
return tables
@staticmethod
def _sections_from_remote_text(text: str, parse_method: str) -> list[tuple[str, ...]]:
txt = (text or "").strip()
if not txt:
return []
if parse_method == "manual":
return [(txt, DoclingContentType.TEXT.value, "")]
if parse_method == "paper":
return [(txt, DoclingContentType.TEXT.value)]
return [(txt, "")]
@staticmethod
def _extract_remote_document_entries(payload: Any) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
if not isinstance(payload, dict):
return []
if isinstance(payload.get("document"), dict):
return [payload["document"]]
if isinstance(payload.get("documents"), list):
return [d for d in payload["documents"] if isinstance(d, dict)]
if isinstance(payload.get("results"), list):
docs = []
for it in payload["results"]:
if isinstance(it, dict):
if isinstance(it.get("document"), dict):
docs.append(it["document"])
elif isinstance(it.get("result"), dict):
docs.append(it["result"])
else:
docs.append(it)
return docs
return []
def _parse_pdf_remote(
self,
filepath: str | PathLike[str],
binary: BytesIO | bytes | None = None,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None,
*,
parse_method: str = "raw",
docling_server_url: Optional[str] = None,
request_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
):
server_url = self._effective_server_url(docling_server_url)
if not server_url:
raise RuntimeError("[Docling] DOCLING_SERVER_URL is not configured.")
timeout = request_timeout or self.request_timeout
if binary is not None:
if isinstance(binary, (bytes, bytearray)):
pdf_bytes = bytes(binary)
else:
pdf_bytes = bytes(binary.getbuffer())
else:
src_path = Path(filepath)
if not src_path.exists():
raise FileNotFoundError(f"PDF not found: {src_path}")
with open(src_path, "rb") as f:
pdf_bytes = f.read()
if callback:
callback(0.2, f"[Docling] Requesting external server: {server_url}")
filename = Path(filepath).name or "input.pdf"
b64 = base64.b64encode(pdf_bytes).decode("ascii")
v1_payload = {
"options": {
"from_formats": ["pdf"],
"to_formats": ["json", "md", "text"],
},
"sources": [
{
"kind": "file",
"filename": filename,
"base64_string": b64,
}
],
}
v1alpha_payload = {
"options": {
"from_formats": ["pdf"],
"to_formats": ["json", "md", "text"],
},
"file_sources": [
{
"filename": filename,
"base64_string": b64,
}
],
}
errors = []
response_json = None
for endpoint, payload in (
("/v1/convert/source", v1_payload),
("/v1alpha/convert/source", v1alpha_payload),
):
try:
resp = requests.post(
f"{server_url}{endpoint}",
json=payload,
timeout=timeout,
)
if resp.status_code < 300:
response_json = resp.json()
break
errors.append(f"{endpoint}: HTTP {resp.status_code} {resp.text[:300]}")
except Exception as exc:
errors.append(f"{endpoint}: {exc}")
if response_json is None:
raise RuntimeError("[Docling] remote convert failed: " + " | ".join(errors))
docs = self._extract_remote_document_entries(response_json)
if not docs:
raise RuntimeError("[Docling] remote response does not contain parsed documents.")
sections: list[tuple[str, ...]] = []
tables = []
for doc in docs:
md = doc.get("md_content")
txt = doc.get("text_content")
if isinstance(md, str) and md.strip():
sections.extend(self._sections_from_remote_text(md, parse_method=parse_method))
elif isinstance(txt, str) and txt.strip():
sections.extend(self._sections_from_remote_text(txt, parse_method=parse_method))
json_content = doc.get("json_content")
if isinstance(json_content, dict):
md_fallback = json_content.get("md_content")
if isinstance(md_fallback, str) and md_fallback.strip() and not sections:
sections.extend(self._sections_from_remote_text(md_fallback, parse_method=parse_method))
if callback:
callback(0.95, f"[Docling] Remote sections: {len(sections)}")
return sections, tables
def parse_pdf(
self,
filepath: str | PathLike[str],
binary: BytesIO | bytes | None = None,
callback: Optional[Callable] = None,
*,
output_dir: Optional[str] = None,
lang: Optional[str] = None,
method: str = "auto",
delete_output: bool = True,
parse_method: str = "raw",
docling_server_url: Optional[str] = None,
request_timeout: Optional[int] = None,
):
if not self.check_installation(docling_server_url=docling_server_url):
raise RuntimeError("Docling not available, please install `docling`")
server_url = self._effective_server_url(docling_server_url)
if server_url:
return self._parse_pdf_remote(
filepath=filepath,
binary=binary,
callback=callback,
parse_method=parse_method,
docling_server_url=server_url,
request_timeout=request_timeout,
)
if binary is not None:
tmpdir = Path(output_dir) if output_dir else Path.cwd() / ".docling_tmp"
tmpdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
name = Path(filepath).name or "input.pdf"
tmp_pdf = tmpdir / name
with open(tmp_pdf, "wb") as f:
if isinstance(binary, (bytes, bytearray)):
f.write(binary)
else:
f.write(binary.getbuffer())
src_path = tmp_pdf
else:
src_path = Path(filepath)
if not src_path.exists():
raise FileNotFoundError(f"PDF not found: {src_path}")
if callback:
callback(0.1, f"[Docling] Converting: {src_path}")
try:
self.__images__(str(src_path), zoomin=1)
except Exception as e:
self.logger.warning(f"[Docling] render pages failed: {e}")
conv = DocumentConverter()
conv_res = conv.convert(str(src_path))
doc = conv_res.document
if callback:
callback(0.7, f"[Docling] Parsed doc: {getattr(doc, 'num_pages', 'n/a')} pages")
sections = self._transfer_to_sections(doc, parse_method=parse_method)
tables = self._transfer_to_tables(doc)
if callback:
callback(0.95, f"[Docling] Sections: {len(sections)}, Tables: {len(tables)}")
if binary is not None and delete_output:
try:
Path(src_path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
except Exception:
pass
if callback:
callback(1.0, "[Docling] Done.")
return sections, tables
if __name__ == "__main__":
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
parser = DoclingParser()
print("Docling available:", parser.check_installation())
sections, tables = parser.parse_pdf(filepath="test_docling/toc.pdf", binary=None)
print(len(sections), len(tables))