topdf

A node.js addon for Oracle's pdf export library.

Usage

var topdf = require('topdf');

// the default settings
var options = {
    
    watermark: './test/etc/test.png',
    fontdirectory: '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts',
    override: false,
    gridlines: false,
    headings: false,
    
};

// convert a single document, using custom settings
topdf.convert('./test/etc/foo.xlsx', './test/etc/foo.pdf', options, function (err, success) {
    
    if (err || !success) {
        
        console.log(err);
        
    } else {
        
        console.log(success);
        
    }
    
});

Options

1. watermark

   A path to an image file to be used as the watermark image. This defaults to not watermark image if this propery is omitted.

2. fontdirectory

   A path to a directory containing true type fonts to be used. This defaults to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts if this property is omitted. This option is required, if the default does not fit your setup.

3. override

   A boolean specifying whether or not you wish to override the settings specified in the document. This defaults to false, which means any settings stored in the document to be converted will be used. This must be true in order to use any other formatting options.

4. gridlines

   A boolean specifying whether or not to print gridlines in spreadsheet documents. This defaults to false.

5. headings

   A boolean specifying whether or not to print headings in spreadsheet documents. This defaults to false.

Runtime Prerequisites

Make sure /usr/local/lib/pdfexport is in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Also, I currently have the font directory hard-coded to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts. I plan to make this configurable, soon.

Compiling Prerequisites

Download the Oracle pdf export SDK, place the header files in /usr/local/include/pdfexport and the entire contents of the sdk's redist directory into /usr/local/lib/pdfexport. Make sure /usr/local/lib/pdfexport is in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Oracle

You can download Oracle's tools at the following URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/content-management/downloads/oit-dl-otn-097435.html