pdf-to-png

Render a PDF to a PNG, useful for generating thumbnails. Uses electron-spawn and pdf.js, so it doesn't require any image processing libraries. Supports a custom scale factor. Currently only renders the first page.


install

``
npm install pdf-to-png
`

example

Use as a command line tool

`bash
pdf-to-png -i goat.pdf -o goat.png
`

Or as a module

`javascript
require('pdf-to-png')({
input: 'goat.pdf',
output: 'goat.png'
})
`

To run the included example clone this repo then call

`
npm run example
`

usage

##### pdf-to-png -i input -o output -s scale

- input: input file
- output: output file
- scale: fraction of full size

##### require('pdf-to-png')(opts, [cb])

- opts.input: input file
- opts.output: output file
- opts.scale: fraction of full size
- cb`: optional callback to be called on completion