From 1ec6c58b95990f9bf394a7e9bdce0537257e015b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:43:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] adding extraction script

Signed-off-by: Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>
---
 docs/examples/extraction.py | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 149 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/examples/extraction.py

diff --git a/docs/examples/extraction.py b/docs/examples/extraction.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+from typing import Optional, Sequence
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
+from docling.document_extractor import DocumentExtractor
+
+DEFAULT_SOURCE = (
+    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Swiss_QR-Bill_example.jpg"
+)
+
+
+def build_extractor() -> DocumentExtractor:
+    return DocumentExtractor(allowed_formats=[InputFormat.IMAGE, InputFormat.PDF])
+
+
+def example_with_string_template(source: str = DEFAULT_SOURCE) -> None:
+    extractor = build_extractor()
+    result = extractor.extract(
+        source=source,
+        template='{"bill_no": "string", "total": "float"}',
+    )
+    print(result.pages)
+
+
+def example_with_dict_template(source: str = DEFAULT_SOURCE) -> None:
+    extractor = build_extractor()
+    result = extractor.extract(
+        source=source,
+        template={
+            "bill_no": "string",
+            "total": "float",
+        },
+    )
+    print(result.pages)
+
+
+class Invoice(BaseModel):
+    bill_no: str = Field(examples=["A123", "5414"])  # examples only
+    total: float = Field(default=10, examples=[20])
+    tax_id: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["1234567890"])
+
+
+def example_with_pydantic_template(source: str = DEFAULT_SOURCE) -> None:
+    extractor = build_extractor()
+
+    # Using the model class directly
+    result = extractor.extract(
+        source=source,
+        template=Invoice,
+    )
+    print(result.pages)
+
+    # Using a model instance with defaults/overrides
+    result = extractor.extract(
+        source=source,
+        template=Invoice(
+            bill_no="41",
+            total=100,
+            tax_id="42",
+        ),
+    )
+    print(result.pages)
+
+
+class Contact(BaseModel):
+    name: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["Smith"])
+    address: str = Field(default="123 Main St", examples=["456 Elm St"])
+    postal_code: str = Field(default="12345", examples=["67890"])
+    city: str = Field(default="Anytown", examples=["Othertown"])
+    country: Optional[str] = Field(default=None, examples=["Canada"])
+
+
+class ExtendedInvoice(BaseModel):
+    bill_no: str = Field(examples=["A123", "5414"])  # examples only
+    total: float = Field(default=10, examples=[20])
+    garden_work_hours: int = Field(default=1, examples=[2])
+    sender: Contact = Field(default=Contact(), examples=[Contact()])
+    receiver: Contact = Field(default=Contact(), examples=[Contact()])
+
+
+def example_with_advanced_pydantic_template(source: str = DEFAULT_SOURCE) -> None:
+    extractor = build_extractor()
+    result = extractor.extract(
+        source=source,
+        template=ExtendedInvoice,
+    )
+    print(result.pages)
+
+    if result.pages:
+        invoice = ExtendedInvoice.model_validate(result.pages[0].extracted_data)
+        print(invoice)
+        print(
+            f"Invoice #{invoice.bill_no} was sent by {invoice.sender.name} "
+            f"to {invoice.receiver.name} at {invoice.sender.address}."
+        )
+
+
+def run_all_examples(source: str = DEFAULT_SOURCE) -> None:
+    print("\n-- Example: string template --")
+    example_with_string_template(source)
+
+    print("\n-- Example: dict template --")
+    example_with_dict_template(source)
+
+    print("\n-- Example: Pydantic model --")
+    example_with_pydantic_template(source)
+
+    print("\n-- Example: Advanced Pydantic model --")
+    example_with_advanced_pydantic_template(source)
+
+
+def parse_args(argv: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Docling extraction examples")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--source",
+        type=str,
+        default=DEFAULT_SOURCE,
+        help="Path or URL to the input document/image",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--example",
+        choices=["string", "dict", "pydantic", "advanced", "all"],
+        default="all",
+        help="Which example to run",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+
+def main(argv: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> None:
+    args = parse_args(argv)
+    match args.example:
+        case "string":
+            example_with_string_template(args.source)
+        case "dict":
+            example_with_dict_template(args.source)
+        case "pydantic":
+            example_with_pydantic_template(args.source)
+        case "advanced":
+            example_with_advanced_pydantic_template(args.source)
+        case _:
+            run_all_examples(args.source)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()