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## MarkItDownToolkit

```python
class MarkItDownToolkit(BaseToolkit):
```

A class representing a toolkit for MarkItDown.

.. deprecated::
MarkItDownToolkit is deprecated. Use FileToolkit instead, which now
includes the same functionality through its read_file method that
supports both single files and multiple files.

Example migration:
# Old way
from camel.toolkits import MarkItDownToolkit
toolkit = MarkItDownToolkit()
content = toolkit.read_files(['file1.pdf', 'file2.docx'])

# New way
from camel.toolkits import FileToolkit
toolkit = FileToolkit()
content = toolkit.read_file(['file1.pdf', 'file2.docx'])

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### __init__

```python
def __init__(self, timeout: Optional[float] = None):
```

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### read_files

```python
def read_files(self, file_paths: List[str]):
```

Scrapes content from a list of files and converts it to Markdown.

This function takes a list of local file paths, attempts to convert
each file into Markdown format, and returns the converted content.
The conversion is performed in parallel for efficiency.

Supported file formats include:
- PDF (.pdf)
- Microsoft Office: Word (.doc, .docx), Excel (.xls, .xlsx),
PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)
- EPUB (.epub)
- HTML (.html, .htm)
- Images (.jpg, .jpeg, .png) for OCR
- Audio (.mp3, .wav) for transcription
- Text-based formats (.csv, .json, .xml, .txt)
- ZIP archives (.zip)

**Parameters:**

- **file_paths** (List[str]): A list of local file paths to be converted.

**Returns:**

  Dict[str, str]: A dictionary where keys are the input file paths
and values are the corresponding content in Markdown format.
If conversion of a file fails, the value will contain an
error message.

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### get_tools

```python
def get_tools(self):
```

**Returns:**

  List[FunctionTool]: A list of FunctionTool objects
representing the functions in the toolkit.
