pdftohtmljs - pdf2htmlEx shell wrapper for Node.js


pdftohtmljs 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

PDF2HTMLEX path is resolved usiing following:
* first it looks into env variable PDF2HTMLEX_BIN.
* then it fallbacks to bin option.
* then it fallbacks to system path.

Installation

via npm:

`
npm install pdftohtmljs
``

Usage


`javascript
const pdftohtml = require('pdftohtmljs')

// See presets (ipad, default)
// Feel free to create custom presets
// see https://github.com/fagbokforlaget/pdftohtmljs/blob/master/lib/presets/ipad.js
const convert = async (file, output, preset) => {
const converter = new pdftohtml(file, output)

// If you would like to tap into progress then create
// progress handler
converter.progress((ret) => {
const progress = (ret.current * 100.0) / ret.total

console.log(${progress} %)
})

try {
// convert() returns promise
await converter.convert(preset || 'ipad')
} catch (err) {
console.error(Psst! something went wrong: ${err.msg})
}

}

// call method
convert('test/pdfs/sample.pdf', 'sample.html')

`

Command line usage


`
npm install pdftohtmljs -g
`

`
pdftohtmljs sample.pdf
`
You may optionally provide your own filename and preset
`
pdftohtmljs sample.pdf sample.html ipad
`

Tests


`
$ npm test
``

NodeJS Support

This library support nodejs v8+