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Upload PDF files to MindsDB
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You can upload PDF files of any size to MindsDB that runs locally via
Docker
or
pip
.
Note that MindsDB supports only searchable PDFs, as opposed to scanned PDFs. These are stored in the form of a table inside MindsDB.
Upload files
Follow the steps below to upload a file:
Click on the
Add
dropdown and choose
Upload file
.
Upload a file and provide a name used to access it within MindsDB.
Query files
Here is how to query data within MindsDB.
Query for the content of the file uploaded under the name
my_file
.
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SELECT
*
FROM
files
.
my_file
;
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