@accusoft/document-processing-helper

document-processing-helper (BETA)

Simple node.js helper for document processing, powered by PrizmDoc Server. You can use this helper with either PrizmDoc Cloud or your own self-hosted PrizmDoc Server.

If you don't have your own PrizmDoc Server instance, the easiest way to get started is with PrizmDoc Cloud. Sign up for a free trial account to get an API key at https://cloud.accusoft.com/.

Requires node 8 or higher.

Installation

npm install @accusoft/document-processing-helper

Example Usage

Converting a JPEG to PDF

const Helper = require('@accusoft/document-processing-helper');

async function main() {
  const documentProcessingHelper = new Helper({
    prizmDocServerBaseUrl: 'https://api.accusoft.com',
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  });

  // Initialize a conversion
  const output = await documentProcessingHelper.convert({
      input: 'input.jpeg',
      outputFormat: 'pdf'
    });

  // Download the output and save the file
    await output[0].saveToFile('output.pdf');
}

main();

Converting a multipage PDF to PNG files (one PNG per page)

const Helper = require('@accusoft/document-processing-helper');

async function main() {
  const documentProcessingHelper = new Helper({
    prizmDocServerBaseUrl: 'https://api.accusoft.com',
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  });

  // Initialize a conversion
  const output = await documentProcessingHelper.convert({
      input: 'input.pdf',
      outputFormat: 'png'
    });

  // Save each ouput PNG file
  for (let i = 0; i < output.length; i++) {
    await output[i].saveToFile('page-' + i + '.png');
  }
}

main();

API Reference

Class: Helper

Constructor

• argumentsObject (object)
  • prizmDocServerBaseUrl (string) Required. Location of your PrizmDoc Server.
  • apiKey (string) Required for PrizmDoc Cloud. Your PrizmDoc Cloud API key.

convert(argumentsObject)

Converts a document from one file type to another.

• argumentsObject (object)

  • input (string, buffer, stream) Required. File path, buffer, or stream of the input file to convert
  • outputFormat (string) Required. Output format. Must be one of the following values:
    • "pdf"
    • "docx" - Input must be a PDF.
    • "tiff"
    • "jpeg" - Produces multiple output files, one per page.
    • "png" - Produces multiple output files, one per page.

• Returns: Output[] - Array of Output instances.

Class: Output

saveToFile(filepath)

Saves the result of a conversion to a file.

• filepath (string) Required. Path, including filename, where the output should be saved.