yfedoseev/pdf_oxide v0.2.5

v0.2.5 | Image Embedding & Export

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v0.2.5 Release

This release adds flexible image handling with embedding and export capabilities for HTML and Markdown conversion.

🖼️ Image Handling Features

• Image Embedding - Embed images as base64 in output (default)
  • HTML: <img src="data:image/png;base64,...>">
  • Markdown: ![alt](data:image/png;base64,...) (works in Obsidian, Typora, VS Code, Jupyter)
  • Portable - no external file dependencies
• Image File Export - Save images as separate files
  • Set embed_images=false + image_output_dir to export
  • Relative path references in generated HTML/Markdown
  • Useful for large documents or web publishing
• Image Conversion
  • PdfImage::to_base64_data_uri() - Convert to data URI
  • PdfImage::to_png_bytes() - In-memory PNG encoding

🔧 Configuration

• New embed_images option in ConversionOptions
  • Control embedding behavior per conversion
• Python bindings: new embed_images parameter
  • to_html(), to_markdown(), *_all methods updated

✅ Verification

• Image embedding tested with various formats (PNG, JPEG)
• File export tested on large documents
• Path handling verified across platforms
• Data URI generation validated

📥 Installation

Rust (crates.io)

cargo add pdf_oxide

Python (PyPI)

pip install pdf_oxide

Release Date: January 9, 2026
Branch: main
Tag: v0.2.5