diff --git a/scrapegraphai/utils/convert_to_md.py b/scrapegraphai/utils/convert_to_md.py
index bd7c994c..c6bf0bb5 100644
--- a/scrapegraphai/utils/convert_to_md.py
+++ b/scrapegraphai/utils/convert_to_md.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
convert_to_md module
"""
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
-
import html2text
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ def convert_to_md(html: str, url: str = None) -> str:
h.body_width = 0
if url is not None:
- parsed_url = urlparse(url)
- domain = f"{parsed_url.scheme}://{parsed_url.netloc}"
- h.baseurl = domain
+ h.baseurl = url
return h.handle(html)
diff --git a/tests/utils/convert_to_md_test.py b/tests/utils/convert_to_md_test.py
index d2b64b48..1c02550f 100644
--- a/tests/utils/convert_to_md_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/convert_to_md_test.py
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ def test_html_with_links_and_images():
assert convert_to_md(html) is not None
+def test_relative_links_use_document_url_as_base():
+ html = 'Guide
'
+
+ markdown = convert_to_md(html, "https://example.com/docs/index.html")
+
+ assert "[Guide](https://example.com/docs/guide.html)" in markdown
+ assert "" in markdown
+
+
def test_html_with_tables():
html = """