Show HN: Simple PDF to PNG Server

Post by slowenough » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 7:25 PM UTC

slowenough wrote: post #2

Actually it just uses ImageMagick and soffice under the hood, so it can do way more than PDF. I've tested it with DOC, DOCX, XLS, and they all seem to work. Edit: in case anyone wants an example, here's the conversion of tesla-model-s.pdf[0]: https://secureview.cloudbrowser.xyz/uploads/filekat9.v05lnle... [0]: https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/tesla-model-s.pdf

Post by yegle » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 8:23 PM UTC

slowenough wrote: post #16

michaelmior wrote: post #13

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Note that HN (and probably many others) won't correctly autolink URLs with a period at the end. It's also somewhat confusing. You may want to consider removing it.

Oh! Sorry. Let me change that http://tiny.cc/p2github edit: I like the dot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Post by lixtra » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 10:08 PM UTC

marcus_holmes wrote: post #26

slowenough wrote: post #2

Actually it just uses ImageMagick and soffice under the hood, so it can do way more than PDF. I've tested it with DOC, DOCX, XLS, and they all seem to work. Edit: in case anyone wants an example, here's the conversion of tesla-model-s.pdf[0]: https://secureview.cloudbrowser.xyz/uploads/filekat9.v05lnle... [0]: https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/tesla-model-s.pdf

what's your experience running soffice server-side? I might have to do this soon, and I'm dreading it.

Post by andrewstuart » Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 10:36 PM UTC

Post by johnsonjo » Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 7:19 AM UTC

kodablah wrote: post #46

slowenough wrote: post #8

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Just a digital ocean droplet running FreeBSD, then PM2 running Node.JS and ImageMagick built with multicore support.

One wonders if you can WASM-ify ImageMagick and the use a JS FileReader and a canvas or other PNG output approach to do this all client side. Hrmm, I might tackle this myself if I get the time...