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+Example extracting Markdown with a placeholder for images (http source):
+
+```sh
+curl -s -X POST "http://localhost:8000/convert/markdown" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
+  "options": {
+    "include_images": false
+  },
+  "http_source": {
+    "url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.01062"
+  }
+}' > output.md
+```
+
+Example posting a file for conversion or explicit Markdown conversion:
+
+When your PDF or other file type is too large, encoding it as a base64 string
+and passing it inline to curl can lead to an “Argument list too long” error on
+some systems. To avoid this, we write the JSON request body to a file and have
+curl read from that file.
+
+```sh
+# 1. Base64-encode the file
+B64_DATA=$(base64 -w 0 /path/to/file/pdf-to-convert.pdf)
+
+# 2. Build the JSON with your options
+cat <<EOF > /tmp/request_body.json
+{
+  "options": {
+    "output_markdown": true,
+    "include_images": false
+  },
+  "file_source": {
+    "base64_string": "${B64_DATA}",
+    "filename": "pdf-to-convert.pdf"
+  }
+}
+EOF
+
+# 3. POST the request to the docling service
+curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/convert" \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -d @/tmp/request_body.json
+
+# Or explicitly convert to Markdown
+curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/convert/markdown" \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -d @/tmp/request_body.json
+```
+
 ### Cuda GPU Support
 
 For GPU support try the following: