chore: bump version from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0

Minor bump for the new per-page markdown extraction API exposed through
the Python and Node bindings.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ scripts/
 # Test output
 test_output/
 
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.pytest_cache/
+

docs/python.md

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ text = pdf_inspector.extract_text("document.pdf")
 items = pdf_inspector.extract_text_with_positions("document.pdf")
 for item in items[:5]:
     print(f"'{item.text}' at ({item.x:.0f}, {item.y:.0f}) size={item.font_size}")
+
+# Per-page markdown (one Markdown string per page, plus layout metadata)
+result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown("document.pdf")
+for page in result.pages:
+    print(f"Page {page.page}: {len(page.markdown)} chars, needs_ocr={page.needs_ocr}")
+
+# Restrict to specific 0-indexed pages (preserves caller order)
+result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown("document.pdf", pages=[0, 2])
 ```
 
 ## API reference
@@ -60,6 +68,8 @@ for item in items[:5]:
 | `extract_text_with_positions_bytes(data, pages=None)` | Text with positions from bytes |
 | `extract_text_in_regions(path, page_regions)` | Extract text in bounding-box regions |
 | `extract_text_in_regions_bytes(data, page_regions)` | Region extraction from bytes |
+| `extract_pages_markdown(path, pages=None)` | Per-page Markdown + layout metadata (all pages by default) |
+| `extract_pages_markdown_bytes(data, pages=None)` | Per-page Markdown from bytes |
 
 ## Types
 
@@ -72,3 +82,7 @@ for item in items[:5]:
 **`RegionText` fields:** `text`, `needs_ocr`
 
 **`PageRegionTexts` fields:** `page` (0-indexed), `regions` (list of RegionText)
+
+**`PageMarkdown` fields:** `page` (0-indexed), `markdown`, `needs_ocr`
+
+**`PagesExtractionResult` fields:** `pages` (list of PageMarkdown), `pages_with_tables` (1-indexed), `pages_with_columns` (1-indexed), `pages_needing_ocr` (1-indexed), `is_complex`

docs/rust-api.md

@@ -79,6 +79,27 @@ let bytes = std::fs::read("document.pdf")?;
 let result = process_pdf_mem(&bytes)?;
 ```
 
+Extract per-page Markdown (one string per page, plus document-wide layout
+metadata):
+
+```rust
+use pdf_inspector::extract_pages_markdown;
+
+// Pass `None` for every page in document order, or a slice of 0-indexed
+// pages to restrict the output (caller-supplied order is preserved).
+let result = extract_pages_markdown("document.pdf", None)?;
+
+for page in &result.pages {
+    if page.needs_ocr {
+        // Route this page to OCR
+    } else {
+        println!("Page {}: {}", page.page, page.markdown);
+    }
+}
+
+println!("Complex layout? {}", result.is_complex);
+```
+
 ## Processing modes
 
 | Mode | What it does | Returns |
@@ -102,6 +123,8 @@ let result = process_pdf_mem(&bytes)?;
 | `to_markdown(text, options)` | Convert plain text to Markdown |
 | `to_markdown_from_items(items, options)` | Markdown from pre-extracted `TextItem`s |
 | `to_markdown_from_items_with_rects(items, options, rects)` | Markdown with rectangle-based table detection |
+| `extract_pages_markdown(path, pages)` | Per-page Markdown + layout metadata (file) |
+| `extract_pages_markdown_mem(bytes, pages)` | Per-page Markdown from bytes |
 
 Low-level detection functions are also available via the `detector` module (`detect_pdf_type`, `detect_pdf_type_with_config`, etc.) for callers who need `PdfTypeResult` instead of `PdfProcessResult`.
 
@@ -119,4 +142,6 @@ Low-level detection functions are also available via the `detector` module (`det
 | `LayoutComplexity` | Layout analysis: is_complex, pages_with_tables, pages_with_columns |
 | `TextItem` | Text with position, font info, and page number |
 | `MarkdownOptions` | Configuration for Markdown formatting (page numbers, etc.) |
+| `PageMarkdown` | Per-page result: page (0-indexed), markdown, needs_ocr |
+| `PagesExtractionResult` | Per-page output + 1-indexed pages_with_tables / pages_with_columns / pages_needing_ocr, is_complex |
 | `PdfError` | `Io`, `Parse`, `Encrypted`, `InvalidStructure`, `NotAPdf` |

napi/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@firecrawl/pdf-inspector",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "Fast PDF classification and text extraction. Detect text-based vs scanned PDFs, extract text by region with quality checks. Native Rust performance via napi-rs.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",

napi/src/lib.rs

@@ -343,21 +343,26 @@ pub struct PagesExtractionResult {
     pub is_complex: bool,
 }
 
-/// Extract formatted markdown for specific pages of a PDF, with layout
-/// classification metadata.
+/// Extract formatted markdown for pages of a PDF, with layout classification
+/// metadata.
 ///
 /// Returns per-page markdown and classification data (tables, columns,
 /// OCR needs) from a single parse. Font statistics are computed from the
 /// full document so header detection is consistent across pages.
+///
+/// Omit `pages` (or pass `undefined`) to return every page in document
+/// order. Pass an array of 0-indexed page numbers to restrict output to
+/// those pages, in caller-supplied order.
 #[napi]
 pub fn extract_pages_markdown(
     buffer: Buffer,
-    pages: Vec<u32>,
+    pages: Option<Vec<u32>>,
 ) -> Result<PagesExtractionResult> {
     let bytes: Vec<u8> = buffer.to_vec();
     catch_panic("extract_pages_markdown", move || {
-        let result = pdf_inspector::extract_pages_markdown_mem(&bytes, &pages)
-            .map_err(|e| to_napi_err(e, "extract_pages_markdown"))?;
+        let result =
+            pdf_inspector::extract_pages_markdown_mem(&bytes, pages.as_deref())
+                .map_err(|e| to_napi_err(e, "extract_pages_markdown"))?;
         Ok(PagesExtractionResult {
             pages: result
                 .pages

napi/test.mjs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   extractText,
   extractTextWithPositions,
   extractTextInRegions,
+  extractPagesMarkdown,
 } from './index.js';
 
 const fixture = readFileSync('../tests/fixtures/thermo-freon12.pdf');
@@ -89,6 +90,28 @@ assert.equal(typeof regionResults[0].regions[0].text, 'string');
 assert.equal(typeof regionResults[0].regions[0].needsOcr, 'boolean');
 console.log('  extractTextInRegions: OK');
 
+// --- extractPagesMarkdown ---
+console.log('Testing extractPagesMarkdown...');
+
+// omit pages → every page in document order
+const allPages = extractPagesMarkdown(fixture);
+assert.equal(allPages.pages.length, 3);
+assert.deepEqual(allPages.pages.map(p => p.page), [0, 1, 2]);
+assert.ok(typeof allPages.pages[0].markdown === 'string');
+assert.equal(typeof allPages.pages[0].needsOcr, 'boolean');
+assert.ok(Array.isArray(allPages.pagesWithTables));
+assert.ok(Array.isArray(allPages.pagesWithColumns));
+assert.ok(Array.isArray(allPages.pagesNeedingOcr));
+assert.equal(typeof allPages.isComplex, 'boolean');
+console.log('  extractPagesMarkdown (no pages arg): OK');
+
+// selected pages preserve caller order
+const picked = extractPagesMarkdown(fixture, [2, 0]);
+assert.equal(picked.pages.length, 2);
+assert.equal(picked.pages[0].page, 2);
+assert.equal(picked.pages[1].page, 0);
+console.log('  extractPagesMarkdown with pages: OK');
+
 // --- Error handling ---
 console.log('Testing error handling...');
 assert.throws(() => processPdf(Buffer.from('not a pdf')), /process_pdf/);

pdf_inspector.pyi

@@ -52,6 +52,28 @@ class PageRegionTexts:
     """0-indexed page number."""
     regions: list[RegionText]
 
+class PageMarkdown:
+    """Per-page markdown extraction result."""
+    page: int
+    """0-indexed page number."""
+    markdown: str
+    """Formatted markdown for this page (empty string when needs_ocr is True)."""
+    needs_ocr: bool
+    """True when text on this page is unreliable and OCR should be used instead."""
+
+class PagesExtractionResult:
+    """Per-page markdown output with document-wide layout classification."""
+    pages: list[PageMarkdown]
+    """Per-page markdown results, in the order requested."""
+    pages_with_tables: list[int]
+    """1-indexed pages where tables were detected."""
+    pages_with_columns: list[int]
+    """1-indexed pages where multi-column layout was detected."""
+    pages_needing_ocr: list[int]
+    """1-indexed pages that need OCR."""
+    is_complex: bool
+    """True if any page has tables or multi-column layout."""
+
 def process_pdf(path: str, pages: Optional[list[int]] = None) -> PdfResult:
     """Process a PDF: detect type, extract text, convert to Markdown."""
     ...
@@ -115,3 +137,31 @@ def extract_text_in_regions_bytes(
         page_regions: List of (page_0indexed, [[x1, y1, x2, y2], ...]) tuples.
     """
     ...
+
+def extract_pages_markdown(
+    path: str,
+    pages: Optional[list[int]] = None,
+) -> PagesExtractionResult:
+    """Extract formatted markdown for pages of a PDF, with layout classification.
+
+    Args:
+        path: Path to the PDF file.
+        pages: Optional list of 0-indexed pages. When ``None`` (default), every
+            page is returned in document order. Otherwise, output matches the
+            caller-supplied order.
+
+    Returns:
+        PagesExtractionResult with per-page markdown and document-wide layout
+        classification (tables, columns, OCR needs).
+    """
+    ...
+
+def extract_pages_markdown_bytes(
+    data: bytes,
+    pages: Optional[list[int]] = None,
+) -> PagesExtractionResult:
+    """Extract formatted markdown for pages of a PDF from bytes.
+
+    See :func:`extract_pages_markdown` for details.
+    """
+    ...

src/lib.rs

@@ -336,13 +336,17 @@ pub struct PagesExtractionResult {
     pub is_complex: bool,
 }
 
-/// Extract formatted markdown for specific pages of a PDF, with layout
+/// Extract formatted markdown for pages of a PDF, with layout
 /// classification metadata.
 ///
 /// Unlike [`process_pdf_mem`] which returns one concatenated markdown string,
 /// this returns per-page markdown so callers can mix direct extraction
 /// (for simple text pages) with GPU OCR (for complex/scanned pages).
 ///
+/// When `pages` is `None`, every page (0-indexed, in document order) is
+/// returned. When `Some(&[...])`, only the listed 0-indexed pages are
+/// returned, in the caller's order.
+///
 /// Font statistics are computed from the full document so header
 /// detection thresholds are consistent regardless of which pages are
 /// requested. Per-page `needs_ocr` is set when the page has GID-encoded
@@ -352,7 +356,7 @@ pub struct PagesExtractionResult {
 /// at near-zero cost since the items/rects/lines are already in memory.
 pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
     buffer: &[u8],
-    pages: &[u32],
+    pages: Option<&[u32]>,
 ) -> Result<PagesExtractionResult, PdfError> {
     validate_pdf_bytes(buffer)?;
     let (doc, page_count) = load_document_from_mem(buffer)?;
@@ -368,10 +372,20 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
     // Compute font stats from full document (cross-page consistency).
     let font_stats = markdown::analysis::calculate_font_stats_from_items(&all_items);
 
-    let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(pages.len());
+    // When caller doesn't specify pages, return every page in document order.
+    let all_pages: Vec<u32>;
+    let pages_slice: &[u32] = match pages {
+        Some(p) => p,
+        None => {
+            all_pages = (0..page_count).collect();
+            &all_pages
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(pages_slice.len());
     let mut pages_needing_ocr = Vec::new();
 
-    for &page_0idx in pages {
+    for &page_0idx in pages_slice {
         // Out-of-range pages → empty + needs_ocr
         if page_0idx >= page_count {
             pages_needing_ocr.push(page_0idx + 1);
@@ -444,6 +458,20 @@ pub fn extract_pages_markdown_mem(
     })
 }
 
+/// Path-based wrapper for [`extract_pages_markdown_mem`].
+///
+/// Reads the PDF from disk and extracts per-page markdown. Pass `None` for
+/// `pages` to return every page in document order, or `Some(&[...])` to
+/// restrict to specific 0-indexed pages (in caller-supplied order).
+pub fn extract_pages_markdown<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    path: P,
+    pages: Option<&[u32]>,
+) -> Result<PagesExtractionResult, PdfError> {
+    validate_pdf_file(&path)?;
+    let buffer = std::fs::read(path.as_ref())?;
+    extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buffer, pages)
+}
+
 // =========================================================================
 // Region-based text extraction (for hybrid OCR pipelines)
 // =========================================================================
@@ -1782,19 +1810,26 @@ fn compute_layout_complexity(
                 markdown::filter_lines_to_band(lines, page, x_lo, x_hi)
             };
 
+            // TOC pages route through the table detector but render as flat
+            // lists. They aren't tables in any user-facing sense, so don't
+            // count them toward LayoutComplexity (would also trip the
+            // table-page guard in column detection below).
+            let has_data_table =
+                |tables: &[tables::Table]| tables.iter().any(|t| t.kind == tables::TableKind::Data);
+
             let (rect_tables, _) = tables::detect_tables_from_rects(&band_items, &band_rects, page);
-            if !rect_tables.is_empty() {
+            if has_data_table(&rect_tables) {
                 found_table = true;
                 break;
             }
             let line_tables = tables::detect_tables_from_lines(&band_items, &band_lines, page);
-            if !line_tables.is_empty() {
+            if has_data_table(&line_tables) {
                 found_table = true;
                 break;
             }
             // Heuristic fallback for borderless tables
             let heuristic_tables = tables::detect_tables(&band_items, base_size, false);
-            if !heuristic_tables.is_empty() {
+            if has_data_table(&heuristic_tables) {
                 found_table = true;
                 break;
             }

src/python.rs

@@ -146,6 +146,67 @@ impl PyPageRegionTexts {
 // Text item wrapper
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/// Per-page markdown extraction result.
+#[pyclass(name = "PageMarkdown")]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct PyPageMarkdown {
+    /// 0-indexed page number.
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub page: u32,
+    /// Formatted markdown for this page.
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub markdown: String,
+    /// True when text on this page is unreliable (GID-encoded fonts,
+    /// encoding issues, garbage text, or empty extraction).
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub needs_ocr: bool,
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl PyPageMarkdown {
+    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "PageMarkdown(page={}, markdown='{}', needs_ocr={})",
+            self.page,
+            self.markdown.chars().take(40).collect::<String>(),
+            self.needs_ocr
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+/// Combined per-page markdown extraction and layout classification result.
+#[pyclass(name = "PagesExtractionResult")]
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct PyPagesExtractionResult {
+    /// Per-page markdown results, in the order requested.
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub pages: Vec<PyPageMarkdown>,
+    /// 1-indexed pages where tables were detected.
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub pages_with_tables: Vec<u32>,
+    /// 1-indexed pages where multi-column layout was detected.
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub pages_with_columns: Vec<u32>,
+    /// 1-indexed pages that need OCR (scanned/image-based or unreliable text).
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub pages_needing_ocr: Vec<u32>,
+    /// True if any page has tables or columns.
+    #[pyo3(get)]
+    pub is_complex: bool,
+}
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl PyPagesExtractionResult {
+    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+        format!(
+            "PagesExtractionResult(pages={}, pages_with_tables={:?}, is_complex={})",
+            self.pages.len(),
+            self.pages_with_tables,
+            self.is_complex
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 /// A positioned text item extracted from a PDF.
 #[pyclass(name = "TextItem")]
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -280,6 +341,24 @@ fn parse_page_regions(
         .collect()
 }
 
+fn to_py_pages_result(r: crate::PagesExtractionResult) -> PyPagesExtractionResult {
+    PyPagesExtractionResult {
+        pages: r
+            .pages
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|p| PyPageMarkdown {
+                page: p.page,
+                markdown: p.markdown,
+                needs_ocr: p.needs_ocr,
+            })
+            .collect(),
+        pages_with_tables: r.pages_with_tables,
+        pages_with_columns: r.pages_with_columns,
+        pages_needing_ocr: r.pages_needing_ocr,
+        is_complex: r.is_complex,
+    }
+}
+
 fn convert_region_results(results: Vec<crate::PageRegionResult>) -> Vec<PyPageRegionTexts> {
     results
         .into_iter()
@@ -442,6 +521,44 @@ fn extract_text_in_regions_bytes(
     Ok(convert_region_results(results))
 }
 
+/// Extract formatted markdown for pages of a PDF file, with layout
+/// classification metadata.
+///
+/// Returns per-page markdown and classification data (tables, columns,
+/// OCR needs) from a single parse. Font statistics are computed from the
+/// full document so header detection is consistent across pages.
+///
+/// Args:
+///     path: Path to the PDF file.
+///     pages: Optional list of 0-indexed pages. When None (default), every
+///         page is returned in document order. When provided, output
+///         matches the caller-supplied order.
+///
+/// Returns:
+///     PagesExtractionResult with per-page markdown and classification data.
+#[pyfunction]
+#[pyo3(signature = (path, pages=None))]
+fn extract_pages_markdown(
+    path: &str,
+    pages: Option<Vec<u32>>,
+) -> PyResult<PyPagesExtractionResult> {
+    let result = crate::extract_pages_markdown(path, pages.as_deref()).map_err(to_py_err)?;
+    Ok(to_py_pages_result(result))
+}
+
+/// Extract formatted markdown for pages of a PDF from bytes.
+///
+/// See [`extract_pages_markdown`] for details.
+#[pyfunction]
+#[pyo3(signature = (data, pages=None))]
+fn extract_pages_markdown_bytes(
+    data: &[u8],
+    pages: Option<Vec<u32>>,
+) -> PyResult<PyPagesExtractionResult> {
+    let result = crate::extract_pages_markdown_mem(data, pages.as_deref()).map_err(to_py_err)?;
+    Ok(to_py_pages_result(result))
+}
+
 /// Python module definition.
 #[pymodule]
 fn pdf_inspector(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
@@ -450,6 +567,8 @@ fn pdf_inspector(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_class::<PyTextItem>()?;
     m.add_class::<PyRegionText>()?;
     m.add_class::<PyPageRegionTexts>()?;
+    m.add_class::<PyPageMarkdown>()?;
+    m.add_class::<PyPagesExtractionResult>()?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(process_pdf, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(process_pdf_bytes, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(detect_pdf, m)?)?;
@@ -462,5 +581,7 @@ fn pdf_inspector(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(extract_text_with_positions_bytes, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(extract_text_in_regions, m)?)?;
     m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(extract_text_in_regions_bytes, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(extract_pages_markdown, m)?)?;
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(extract_pages_markdown_bytes, m)?)?;
     Ok(())
 }

src/tables/detect_heuristic.rs

@@ -581,8 +581,14 @@ fn detect_table_in_region(items: &[(usize, &TextItem)], mode: TableDetectionMode
     // Validation 1: some rows should have content in first column.
     // Use a lower threshold (25%) for tables with wrapped cells where
     // continuation lines leave the first column empty.
+    // Skip when cells form a narrow TOC pattern: hierarchical entries indented
+    // across multiple X levels leave the leftmost column sparse (only top-level
+    // chapters land there) but the structure is still a valid TOC. Narrow only
+    // (<=5 cols) — wide multi-column TOCs (e.g. 2-up indices) would render
+    // poorly through format_toc_as_list, which assumes one entry per row.
     let rows_with_first_col = cells.iter().filter(|row| !row[0].is_empty()).count();
-    if rows_with_first_col < rows.len() / 4 {
+    let is_narrow_toc = columns.len() <= 5 && is_table_of_contents(&cells);
+    if rows_with_first_col < rows.len() / 4 && !is_narrow_toc {
         log::debug!(
             "  validation 1 fail: {}/{} rows have first col",
             rows_with_first_col,
@@ -653,8 +659,12 @@ fn detect_table_in_region(items: &[(usize, &TextItem)], mode: TableDetectionMode
         return None;
     }
 
-    // Validation 8: Reject paragraph-like content falsely detected as tables
-    if is_paragraph_content(&cells) {
+    // Validation 8: Reject paragraph-like content falsely detected as tables.
+    // TOC pages with deep indentation (top-level chapters in col 0, subsections
+    // in cols 1-3, page numbers in last col) leave most cells empty and trip
+    // the paragraph heuristic; TOC shape is a safer signal here. Narrow only
+    // — see narrow-TOC rationale at validation 1.
+    if is_paragraph_content(&cells) && !is_narrow_toc {
         log::debug!("  validation 9 fail: paragraph content");
         return None;
     }
@@ -677,12 +687,7 @@ fn detect_table_in_region(items: &[(usize, &TextItem)], mode: TableDetectionMode
         item_indices.len()
     );
 
-    Some(Table {
-        columns,
-        rows,
-        cells,
-        item_indices,
-    })
+    Some(Table::new(columns, rows, cells, item_indices))
 }
 
 /// Check if this looks like a key-value pair layout rather than a table
@@ -906,7 +911,7 @@ fn looks_like_number(s: &str) -> bool {
 /// Check if this looks like a Table of Contents (either style).
 ///
 /// Used by format.rs to render TOCs as flat lists instead of markdown tables.
-pub(super) fn is_table_of_contents(cells: &[Vec<String>]) -> bool {
+pub fn is_table_of_contents(cells: &[Vec<String>]) -> bool {
     is_dot_leader_toc(cells) || is_tabular_toc(cells)
 }
 
@@ -1601,6 +1606,62 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn is_table_of_contents_accepts_hierarchical_indented_toc() {
+        // Mythos system card pages 4-5: top-level chapters indent at col 0,
+        // subsections at cols 1-2, leaving col 0 mostly empty (only ~10% of
+        // rows). Validation 1 was rejecting these even though the structure
+        // is unambiguously a TOC.
+        let cells = vec![
+            vec!["Abstract".to_string(), String::new(), "3".to_string()],
+            vec![
+                "1 Introduction".to_string(),
+                String::new(),
+                "10".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![
+                String::new(),
+                "1.1 Model training".to_string(),
+                "11".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![
+                String::new(),
+                "1.1.1 Training data".to_string(),
+                "11".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![
+                String::new(),
+                "1.1.2 Crowd workers".to_string(),
+                "12".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![
+                String::new(),
+                "1.2 Release decision".to_string(),
+                "13".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![
+                "2 RSP evaluations".to_string(),
+                String::new(),
+                "16".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![
+                String::new(),
+                "2.1 RSP risk assessment".to_string(),
+                "16".to_string(),
+            ],
+            vec![String::new(), "2.1.1 Context".to_string(), "16".to_string()],
+            vec![
+                String::new(),
+                "2.2 CB evaluations".to_string(),
+                "20".to_string(),
+            ],
+        ];
+        assert!(
+            is_table_of_contents(&cells),
+            "hierarchical TOC with sparse col 0 should still be detected"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn is_table_of_contents_rejects_dotless_toc() {
         // Tabular TOC without leader dots: first column starts with dotted

src/tables/detect_lines.rs

@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ pub fn detect_tables_from_lines(items: &[TextItem], lines: &[PdfLine], page: u32
         page, num_rows, num_cols, item_indices.len(), page_item_count, non_empty_rows, cols_with_content
     );
 
-    vec![Table {
-        columns: col_edges,
-        rows: row_edges_desc[..num_rows].to_vec(),
+    vec![Table::new(
+        col_edges,
+        row_edges_desc[..num_rows].to_vec(),
         cells,
         item_indices,
-    }]
+    )]
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

src/tables/detect_rects.rs

@@ -1037,12 +1037,7 @@ fn try_build_grid(
         (columns, cells)
     };
 
-    GridResult::Ok(Table {
-        columns,
-        rows,
-        cells,
-        item_indices,
-    })
+    GridResult::Ok(Table::new(columns, rows, cells, item_indices))
 }
 
 /// Deduplicate nearby edge values within a tolerance, returning sorted unique edges.
@@ -1442,12 +1437,7 @@ fn detect_row_stripe_table(
         content_ratio * 100.0
     );
 
-    Some(Table {
-        columns: column_centers,
-        rows: row_centers,
-        cells,
-        item_indices,
-    })
+    Some(Table::new(column_centers, row_centers, cells, item_indices))
 }
 
 /// Detect a table from cell-background rects that failed grid detection.
@@ -1691,12 +1681,7 @@ fn detect_row_stripe_table_from_cell_rects(
         non_empty_cells as f32 / total_cells * 100.0
     );
 
-    Some(Table {
-        columns: column_centers,
-        rows: row_centers,
-        cells,
-        item_indices,
-    })
+    Some(Table::new(column_centers, row_centers, cells, item_indices))
 }
 
 /// Detect a table by merging all cluster rects into one group.
@@ -1875,12 +1860,7 @@ fn detect_merged_cluster_table(
         content_ratio * 100.0
     );
 
-    Some(Table {
-        columns: column_centers,
-        rows: row_centers,
-        cells,
-        item_indices,
-    })
+    Some(Table::new(column_centers, row_centers, cells, item_indices))
 }
 
 /// Cluster text item X positions into column centers with a given minimum threshold.

src/tables/detect_struct.rs

@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ pub fn detect_tables_from_struct_tree(
         all_item_indices.sort_unstable();
         all_item_indices.dedup();
 
-        tables.push(Table {
-            columns: col_positions,
-            rows: row_positions,
+        tables.push(Table::new(
+            col_positions,
+            row_positions,
             cells,
-            item_indices: all_item_indices,
-        });
+            all_item_indices,
+        ));
     }
 
     tables

src/tables/format.rs

@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
 //! Table-to-markdown formatting and cell cleanup.
 
-use super::detect_heuristic::is_table_of_contents;
-use super::Table;
+use super::{Table, TableKind};
 
 pub fn table_to_markdown(table: &Table) -> String {
     if table.cells.is_empty() || table.cells[0].is_empty() {
         return String::new();
     }
 
-    // Detect TOC on the raw cells: clean_table_cells merges rows in ways
-    // that can make genuine data tables superficially resemble a TOC
-    // (short numeric cells, few columns) — but the raw detection here
-    // preserves the original multi-column structure and only matches the
-    // true TOC pattern.
-    //
-    // Tables of contents render poorly as markdown tables — emit a flat
-    // per-row text list instead so the page numbers stay aligned with
-    // their section titles rather than drifting to a separate column.
-    // Format from raw cells: continuation-row merging collapses separate
-    // TOC entries (e.g. "6.2 Contamination" + "6.2.1 SWE-bench") into a
-    // single line because sub-entries leave column 0 empty.
-    if is_table_of_contents(&table.cells) {
+    // TOCs render poorly as markdown tables — emit a flat per-row text list
+    // instead so the page numbers stay aligned with their section titles
+    // rather than drifting to a separate column. Format from raw cells
+    // because continuation-row merging in clean_table_cells collapses
+    // separate TOC entries (e.g. "6.2 Contamination" + "6.2.1 SWE-bench")
+    // into one line where sub-entries leave column 0 empty.
+    if table.kind == TableKind::Toc {
         return format_toc_as_list(&table.cells, &[]);
     }
 
@@ -470,6 +463,7 @@ mod tests {
                 vec!["Bob".into(), "25".into()],
             ],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);
         assert!(md.contains("|Name|"));
@@ -485,6 +479,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![500.0],
             cells: vec![vec!["Only".into(), "Row".into()]],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);
         assert!(md.contains("|Only|"));
@@ -498,6 +493,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![],
             cells: vec![],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
         assert_eq!(table_to_markdown(&table), "");
     }
@@ -513,6 +509,7 @@ mod tests {
                 vec!["(1)".into(), "Footnote text".into()],
             ],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);
         assert!(md.contains("(1) Footnote text"));
@@ -528,6 +525,7 @@ mod tests {
                 vec!["太郎".into(), "25".into()],
             ],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);
         assert!(md.contains("名前"));
@@ -541,6 +539,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![500.0],
             cells: vec![vec![]],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
         assert_eq!(table_to_markdown(&table), "");
     }
@@ -550,10 +549,10 @@ mod tests {
         // A TOC-shaped table with section numbers in col 0 and page numbers
         // in the last column should render as a flat list, not a markdown
         // table, so the page numbers stay on the same line as their titles.
-        let table = Table {
-            columns: vec![50.0, 80.0, 300.0],
-            rows: vec![500.0; 5],
-            cells: vec![
+        let table = Table::new(
+            vec![50.0, 80.0, 300.0],
+            vec![500.0; 5],
+            vec![
                 vec![
                     "4.3".into(),
                     "Case studies and targeted evaluations".into(),
@@ -572,8 +571,9 @@ mod tests {
                 vec!["4.4".into(), "Capability evaluations".into(), "101".into()],
                 vec!["4.5".into(), "White-box analyses".into(), "113".into()],
             ],
-            item_indices: vec![],
-        };
+            vec![],
+        );
+        assert_eq!(table.kind, TableKind::Toc);
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);
         assert!(
             !md.contains("|---|"),

src/tables/grid.rs

@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ pub(crate) fn recover_header_row(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::tables::TableKind;
     use crate::types::ItemType;
 
     fn make_item(text: &str, x: f32, y: f32, font_size: f32) -> TextItem {
@@ -756,6 +757,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![500.0, 480.0],
             cells: vec![vec!["A".into(), "B".into()], vec!["C".into(), "D".into()]],
             item_indices: vec![2, 3],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         recover_header_row(&mut table, &all_items, 9.0);
@@ -774,6 +776,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![500.0],
             cells: vec![vec!["A".into(), "B".into()]],
             item_indices: vec![0, 1],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         let rows_before = table.rows.len();
@@ -794,6 +797,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![500.0, 480.0],
             cells: vec![vec!["A".into(), "B".into()], vec!["C".into(), "D".into()]],
             item_indices: vec![2, 3],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         let rows_before = table.rows.len();
@@ -814,6 +818,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![500.0],
             cells: vec![vec!["A".into(), "B".into()]],
             item_indices: vec![1, 2],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         let rows_before = table.rows.len();
@@ -829,6 +834,7 @@ mod tests {
             rows: vec![],
             cells: vec![],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         recover_header_row(&mut table, &all_items, 9.0);

src/tables/mod.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ mod format;
 mod grid;
 
 pub use detect_heuristic::detect_tables;
+pub(crate) use detect_heuristic::is_table_of_contents;
 pub use detect_lines::detect_tables_from_lines;
 pub(crate) use detect_rects::cluster_rects;
 pub use detect_rects::{detect_tables_from_rects, RectHintRegion};
@@ -166,12 +167,12 @@ pub(crate) fn try_build_rect_guided_table(
     used_indices.sort_unstable();
     used_indices.dedup();
 
-    Some(Table {
-        columns: col_boundaries,
-        rows: row_boundaries,
+    Some(Table::new(
+        col_boundaries,
+        row_boundaries,
         cells,
-        item_indices: used_indices,
-    })
+        used_indices,
+    ))
 }
 
 /// Split a TextItem whose text contains multiple whitespace-separated tokens
@@ -541,12 +542,22 @@ pub(crate) fn try_build_table_from_columns(items: &[TextItem], page: u32) -> Opt
         multi_col_rows
     );
 
-    Some(Table {
-        columns: col_xs,
-        rows: row_ys,
-        cells,
-        item_indices,
-    })
+    Some(Table::new(col_xs, row_ys, cells, item_indices))
+}
+
+/// What kind of structure a detected `Table` represents. Classification is
+/// computed once at construction so consumers don't have to re-analyze the
+/// cells (and stay consistent across detection backends).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub enum TableKind {
+    /// A real data table — renders as markdown table syntax.
+    #[default]
+    Data,
+    /// A table of contents — renders as a flat list with tab-aligned page
+    /// numbers via `format_toc_as_list`. Detected through the table pipeline
+    /// because TOCs share row/column structure with tables, but they are not
+    /// data tables and shouldn't appear in `pages_with_tables` etc.
+    Toc,
 }
 
 /// A detected table.
@@ -560,6 +571,31 @@ pub struct Table {
     pub cells: Vec<Vec<String>>,
     /// Items that belong to this table
     pub item_indices: Vec<usize>,
+    /// Data table vs TOC. Set by `Table::new` from `cells`.
+    pub kind: TableKind,
+}
+
+impl Table {
+    /// Build a table and classify it (data vs TOC) from its cells.
+    pub fn new(
+        columns: Vec<f32>,
+        rows: Vec<f32>,
+        cells: Vec<Vec<String>>,
+        item_indices: Vec<usize>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let kind = if is_table_of_contents(&cells) {
+            TableKind::Toc
+        } else {
+            TableKind::Data
+        };
+        Self {
+            columns,
+            rows,
+            cells,
+            item_indices,
+            kind,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -642,6 +678,7 @@ mod tests {
                 vec!["Cell 1".into(), "Cell 2".into()],
             ],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);
@@ -1002,6 +1039,7 @@ mod tests {
                 vec!["3".into(), "5/2".into(), "Item C".into(), "300".into()],
             ],
             item_indices: vec![],
+            kind: TableKind::Data,
         };
 
         let md = table_to_markdown(&table);

tests/integration_tests.rs

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ use pdf_inspector::detector::{DetectionConfig, ScanStrategy};
 use pdf_inspector::extractor::group_into_lines;
 use pdf_inspector::types::TextLine;
 use pdf_inspector::{
-    detect_pdf_type, extract_pages_markdown_mem, extract_tables_in_regions_mem, extract_text,
-    extract_text_in_regions_mem, extract_text_with_positions, process_pdf_mem,
-    process_pdf_with_options, to_markdown, MarkdownOptions, PdfError, PdfOptions, PdfType,
-    TextItem,
+    detect_pdf_type, extract_pages_markdown, extract_pages_markdown_mem,
+    extract_tables_in_regions_mem, extract_text, extract_text_in_regions_mem,
+    extract_text_with_positions, process_pdf_mem, process_pdf_with_options, to_markdown,
+    MarkdownOptions, PdfError, PdfOptions, PdfType, TextItem,
 };
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ fn test_bits_pilani_page8_table_detection() {
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_basic() {
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[0, 1]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[0, 1])).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(result.pages.len(), 2);
     assert_eq!(result.pages[0].page, 0);
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_basic() {
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_page_ordering() {
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
     // Request pages in non-sequential order
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[1, 0]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[1, 0])).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(result.pages.len(), 2);
     // Results should match input order, not document order
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_page_ordering() {
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_out_of_range() {
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[9999]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[9999])).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(result.pages.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(result.pages[0].page, 9999);
@@ -1518,14 +1518,14 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_out_of_range() {
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_empty_pages_list() {
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[])).unwrap();
     assert!(result.pages.is_empty());
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_single_page() {
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[0]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[0])).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(result.pages.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(result.pages[0].page, 0);
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_single_page() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_invalid_buffer() {
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(b"not a pdf", &[0]);
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(b"not a pdf", Some(&[0]));
     assert!(result.is_err());
 }
 
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_invalid_buffer() {
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_gid_pages_need_ocr() {
     // shinagawa_identity_h.pdf has GID-encoded fonts
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/shinagawa_identity_h.pdf").unwrap();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[0]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[0])).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(result.pages.len(), 1);
     assert!(result.pages[0].needs_ocr);
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_classification_with_tables() {
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
     let page_count = process_pdf_mem(&buf).unwrap().page_count;
     let page_indices: Vec<u32> = (0..page_count).collect();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &page_indices).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&page_indices)).unwrap();
 
     assert!(
         !result.pages_with_tables.is_empty(),
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_classification_with_tables() {
 fn test_extract_pages_markdown_simple_pdf_no_complexity() {
     // bare_name_struct.pdf is a simple document with a heading and code block
     let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/bare_name_struct.pdf").unwrap();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &[0]).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[0])).unwrap();
 
     assert!(result.pages_with_tables.is_empty());
     assert!(result.pages_with_columns.is_empty());
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_classification_matches_process_pdf() {
     let full = process_pdf_mem(&buf).unwrap();
     let page_count = full.page_count;
     let page_indices: Vec<u32> = (0..page_count).collect();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &page_indices).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&page_indices)).unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(
         result.pages_with_tables, full.layout.pages_with_tables,
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_consistency_with_process_pdf() {
     // Get per-page output for all pages
     let page_count = full.page_count;
     let page_indices: Vec<u32> = (0..page_count).collect();
-    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, &page_indices).unwrap();
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&page_indices)).unwrap();
 
     // Concatenated per-page markdown should contain substantial overlap with
     // the full output (exact match not expected due to header/footer stripping
@@ -1630,3 +1630,41 @@ fn test_extract_pages_markdown_consistency_with_process_pdf() {
         full_md.len()
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_extract_pages_markdown_none_returns_all_pages() {
+    let buf = std::fs::read("tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf").unwrap();
+    let page_count = process_pdf_mem(&buf).unwrap().page_count;
+
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, None).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(result.pages.len() as u32, page_count);
+    for (i, page) in result.pages.iter().enumerate() {
+        assert_eq!(page.page, i as u32, "pages should be in document order");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_extract_pages_markdown_path_api() {
+    let path = "tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf";
+    let buf = std::fs::read(path).unwrap();
+
+    let via_path = extract_pages_markdown(path, Some(&[0])).unwrap();
+    let via_mem = extract_pages_markdown_mem(&buf, Some(&[0])).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(via_path.pages.len(), via_mem.pages.len());
+    assert_eq!(via_path.pages[0].markdown, via_mem.pages[0].markdown);
+    assert_eq!(via_path.pages[0].needs_ocr, via_mem.pages[0].needs_ocr);
+    assert_eq!(via_path.is_complex, via_mem.is_complex);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_extract_pages_markdown_path_none_returns_all_pages() {
+    let path = "tests/fixtures/nexo-price-en.pdf";
+    let page_count = process_pdf_mem(&std::fs::read(path).unwrap())
+        .unwrap()
+        .page_count;
+
+    let result = extract_pages_markdown(path, None).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result.pages.len() as u32, page_count);
+}

tests/test_python.py

@@ -270,6 +270,78 @@ class TestExtractTextInRegions:
             )
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# extract_pages_markdown / extract_pages_markdown_bytes
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class TestExtractPagesMarkdown:
+    def test_default_returns_all_pages(self):
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown(
+            fixture_path("thermo-freon12.pdf")
+        )
+        assert len(result.pages) == 3
+        assert [p.page for p in result.pages] == [0, 1, 2]
+        assert all(isinstance(p.markdown, str) for p in result.pages)
+
+    def test_bytes_default_returns_all_pages(self):
+        data = fixture_bytes("thermo-freon12.pdf")
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown_bytes(data)
+        assert len(result.pages) == 3
+
+    def test_selected_pages_preserve_order(self):
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown(
+            fixture_path("thermo-freon12.pdf"), pages=[2, 0]
+        )
+        assert [p.page for p in result.pages] == [2, 0]
+
+    def test_bytes_selected_pages_preserve_order(self):
+        data = fixture_bytes("thermo-freon12.pdf")
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown_bytes(data, pages=[1])
+        assert len(result.pages) == 1
+        assert result.pages[0].page == 1
+
+    def test_page_fields(self):
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown(
+            fixture_path("thermo-freon12.pdf"), pages=[0]
+        )
+        page = result.pages[0]
+        assert isinstance(page.page, int)
+        assert isinstance(page.markdown, str)
+        assert isinstance(page.needs_ocr, bool)
+        assert not page.needs_ocr  # text-based fixture
+        assert len(page.markdown) > 0
+
+    def test_result_fields(self):
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown(
+            fixture_path("thermo-freon12.pdf")
+        )
+        assert isinstance(result.pages, list)
+        assert isinstance(result.pages_with_tables, list)
+        assert isinstance(result.pages_with_columns, list)
+        assert isinstance(result.pages_needing_ocr, list)
+        assert isinstance(result.is_complex, bool)
+
+    def test_out_of_range_page_marks_needs_ocr(self):
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown(
+            fixture_path("thermo-freon12.pdf"), pages=[9999]
+        )
+        assert len(result.pages) == 1
+        assert result.pages[0].needs_ocr
+        assert result.pages[0].markdown == ""
+
+    def test_repr(self):
+        result = pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown(
+            fixture_path("thermo-freon12.pdf"), pages=[0]
+        )
+        assert "PagesExtractionResult" in repr(result)
+        assert "PageMarkdown" in repr(result.pages[0])
+
+    def test_not_a_pdf(self):
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            pdf_inspector.extract_pages_markdown_bytes(b"not a pdf")
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Error handling
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------