pdftohtmljs - pdf2htmlEx shell wrapper for Node.js

pdftohtmljs provides access to pdf2htmlEX via shell in node.js programs. Current version uses ShellJS for platform independent execution of shell commands.

Installation

via npm:

npm install pdftohtmljs

Usage

var pdftohtml = require('pdftohtmljs');
var converter = new pdftohtml('test/pdfs/sample.pdf', "sample.html");

// See presets (ipad, default)
// Feel free to create custom presets
// see https://github.com/fagbokforlaget/pdftohtmljs/blob/master/lib/presets/ipad.js
// convert() returns promise
converter.convert('ipad').then(function() {
  console.log("Success");
}).catch(function(err) {
  console.error("Conversion error: " + err);
});

// If you would like to tap into progress then create
// progress handler
converter.progress(function(ret) {
  console.log ((ret.current*100.0)/ret.total + " %");
});

Command line usage

npm install pdftohtmljs -g

pdftohtmljs sample.pdf

You may optionally provide your own filename and preset

pdftohtmljs sample.pdf sample.html ipad

Tests

$ npm test

Coverage (Make sure you have installed jscoverage (it's easy sudo aptitude install jscoverage or brew jscoverage)

$ npm test-cov