From 57ccae421b19d384787a5ff4f23c4c2a98f433e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abdeladim-s <sadiki.abdeladim@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:33:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(CLI): use save function from DocumentConverterResult

---
 src/markitdown/__main__.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/markitdown/__main__.py b/src/markitdown/__main__.py
index b6cf963..7f662e4 100644
--- a/src/markitdown/__main__.py
+++ b/src/markitdown/__main__.py
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ def main():
         "--output",
         help="Output file name. If not provided, output is written to stdout.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-e",
+        "--encoding",
+        help="Encoding of the output file. Defaults to utf-8.",
+        default="utf-8",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.filename is None:
@@ -72,8 +78,7 @@ def main():
 def _handle_output(args, result: DocumentConverterResult):
     """Handle output to stdout or file"""
     if args.output:
-        with open(args.output, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(result.text_content)
+        result.save(args.output, encoding=args.encoding)
     else:
         print(result.text_content)