Librepdf
This software changes a document into PDF by Libreoffice assistance under JRuby.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'librepdf'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install librepdf
Set before use
Start libreoffice as a service without GUI.
$ /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/soffice.bin \
--accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1;urp;" \
--headless \
--invisible \
--nodefault \
--nofirststartwizard \
--nolockcheck \
--nologo \
--norestore \
&
When multiinstance, required change user profile location.
$ /opt/libreoffice3.5/program/soffice.bin \
--accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100,tcpNoDelay=1;urp;" \
--headless \
--invisible \
--nodefault \
--nofirststartwizard \
--nolockcheck \
--nologo \
--norestore \
-env:UserInstallation=file:///home/foo/.libreoffice/3 \
&
Usage
Simple example
require 'librepdf'
con = Librepdf::Connection.new 'host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 8100
doc = con.load 'file:///foo/bar/baz.doc'
doc.convert_pdf 'file:///foo/bar/baz.pdf'
doc.close
con.close
Safety usage
require 'librepdf'
Librepdf::Connection.new('host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 8100) { |con|
con.load('file:///foo/bar/baz.doc') { |doc|
doc.convert_pdf 'file:///foo/bar/baz.pdf'
}
}
Password file
require 'librepdf'
Librepdf::Connection.new('host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 8100) { |con|
con.load('file:///foo/bar/baz.doc', 'Password' => '@SecretP@ssW0rd') { |doc|
doc.convert_pdf 'file:///foo/bar/baz.pdf'
}
}
Pickup page
require 'librepdf'
Librepdf::Connection.new('host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 8100) { |con|
con.load('file:///foo/bar/baz.doc') { |doc|
doc.convert_pdf 'file:///foo/bar/baz1.pdf', 'FilterData' => { 'PageRange' => '1-1' }
doc.convert_pdf 'file:///foo/bar/baz2.pdf', 'FilterData' => { 'PageRange' => '2-2' }
doc.convert_pdf 'file:///foo/bar/baz3.pdf', 'FilterData' => { 'PageRange' => '3-3' }
}
}
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Added some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request