pdftohtml - pdf2htmlEx shell wrapper for Node.js

pdftohtml provides access to pdf2htmlEX via shell in node.js programs.

Requirements

- pdf2htmlEX

If you've docker env setup, just install it via docker

``
alias pdf2htmlEX="docker run -ti --rm -v ~/pdf:/pdf iapain/pdf2htmlex pdf2htmlEX"
`

~/pdf on host computer will be used as volume

Installation

via yarn:

`
yarn add pdftohtml
`

Usage

`javascript
var pdftohtml = require("pdftohtml");
var converter = new pdftohtml("test/pdfs/sample.pdf", "sample.html");

// See presets (ipad, default)
// Feel free to create custom presets
// see https://github.com/alanhk89/pdftohtml/blob/master/lib/presets/ipad.js
// convert() returns promise
converter
.convert("ipad")
.then(function() {
console.log("Success");
})
.catch(function(err) {
console.error("Conversion error: " + err);
});

// If you would like to disable printing of the converted html output,
// just call converter.disablePrinting()
converter
.convert()
.then(function() {
converter.disablePrinting();
console.log("Success");
})
.catch(function(err) {
console.error("Conversion error: " + err);
});

// If you would like to tap into progress then create
// progress handler
converter.progress(function(ret) {
console.log((ret.current * 100.0) / ret.total + " %");
});
`

Command line usage

`
yarn global add pdftohtml
`

`
pdftohtml sample.pdf
`

You may optionally provide your own filename and preset

`
pdftohtml sample.pdf sample.html ipad
`

Tests

`
$ yarn test
``

NodeJS Support

This library support nodejs v6+. Anything below v6 may still work but not tested.