Customer began managing electronic papers. As a result, they need various programs for this. One of the goals was to have the documents include an electronic signature. They have to convert the document from doc or xls to pdf in order to display the signature in the right way. Additionally, PDF provides the assurance that the original material has not been modified. However, information security prevented the consumer from using third-party services.
docx_to_pdf [-h] [-p [PROCESSES]] [-ct [CONVTYPE]] [-k] [-o [OUTPUT-FOLDER]] infiles [infiles ...]
- -p [PROCESSES], --processes [PROCESSES]: The number of processes to run in parallel for conversion. Defaults to the number of cores on the system.
- -ct [CONVTYPE], --convtype [CONVTYPE]: The conversion method used, currently only unoserver. Defaults to "unoserver".
- -k, --kill: Kill the convert server after conversion.
- -o [OUTPUT-FOLDER], --output-folder [OUTPUT-FOLDER]: Directory where to store the converted documents.
- infiles: List of files to convert, which must end in .xls or .docx. .xls conversion works only with msoffice conversion method.
start_server
- Starts the flask server.
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| converting .doc files | ✅ |
| converting .xls files | ❌ |
| sending multiple files | ✅ |
| converting with different languages texts | ✅ |
| converting of files with different encodings | ✅ |
| returning status codes | ✅ |
- Install the requirements
apt-get install libreoffice python3 python3-venv python3-pip -y
- Optionally, install all the fonts that will be used in conversions.
- If you want to run the converter as CLI tool, just use it using docx_to_pdf script, it will create the virtual environment and install all python requirements on the first start.
- Optionally, if you want to run the converter as a server, just run start_server and wait until it loads.
- Additionally, you can run the server as a docker converter, see the next section for details.
rm -rf venv/
docker build -t external_doc_pdf_converter .
docker run -d -p <desired_port>:5000 external_doc_pdf_converter
Requires LibreOffice and python3 (with pip) installed. To install dependencies:
apt-get install libreoffice python3 python3-venv python3-pip -y
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