A node wrapper for the DocTo tool to convert Word and Excel tools using the installed Microsoft Word and Excel programs.
npm install node-doctoThis package's development is sponsored by Task Force IT-Consulting GmbH.
This library is a wrapper around the DocTo-Tool.
From DocTo's README:
>Simple utility for converting a Microsoft Word Document '.doc' and Microsoft Excel '.xls' files to any other supported format such as .txt .csv .rtf .pdf.
The main motivation was to convert .doc(x) files to PDF. While there are many tools out there that can do this, they often break the layout or design of the document, because they're using a different PDF renderer than Microsoft Word. DocTo uses the installed Microsoft Word and its PDF-renderer to create its output. As such, they end up looking exactly as you expect them to.
There are two obvious drawbacks.
1. You must have Microsoft Word/Excel installed on the system
1. Due to point 1, this tool isn't cross-platform
Example:
``js
const { wordToPdf } = require('node-docto');
wordToPdf('./input.docx', './output.pdf', {deleteOriginal: true})
.then(stdout => console.log(stdout));
`
`
wordToPdf(source, output[, options])
parameters:
source: path to source .doc or .docx file
output: path and filename of the output .pdf file
options: object with options
returns:
Promise:
reject: ({err, stderr})
resolve: (stdout)
`
`
wordToText(source, output[, options])
parameters:
source: path to source .doc or .docx file
output: path and filename of the output .pdf file
options: object with options
returns:
Promise:
reject: ({err, stderr})
resolve: (stdout)
`
`
xlsToCsv(source, output[, options])
parameters:
source: path to source .doc or .docx file
output: path and filename of the output .pdf file
options: object with options
returns:
Promise:
reject: ({err, stderr})
resolve: (stdout)
`
The options object:
``js
const options = {
// converts a certain file type in a directory and its subdirectory
// not yet implemented
recursive: false,
// deletes original file
deleteOriginal: false,
}
}