OFFICE-CONVERTER

use this module, you should confirm LibreOffice and Unoconv installed in your machine.

install LibreOffice

• on OS X down dmg file from link

• CentOS / RedHat

  CentOS and RedHat 7.2 自带 OpenOffice 4.3，如果想获得更好的体验，建议更换成LibreOffice，首先要卸载OpenOffice

  yum remove openoffice* libreoffice*

  从 RPM packages 安装LibreOffice

  wget http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/5.2.5/rpm/x86_64/LibreOffice_5.2.5_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
  
  tar -xvf LibreOffice_5.2.5_Linux_x86-64_rpm.tar.gz
  
  cd LibreOffice_5.2.5.x_Linux_x86-64_rpm/RPMS/
  
  yum localinstall *.rpm
  
  libreoffice5.2

install unoconv

• on OS X

  通过 Homebrew 安装

  brew install unoconv
  brew install ghostscript

• CentOS / RedHat

  从 github 下载程序包

  git clone https://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv.git
  
  # copy
  cp unoconv/unoconv /usr/bin
  # or link unoconv to /usr/bin
  ln -s unoconv/unoconv /usr/bin/unoconv

warning

unoconv start need use port 2002, so if want register unoconv as a service, should check port usage first.

Usage

var converter = require('office-convert').createConveter();
converter.generate(originFilePath, outputFileType, ouputFilePath).then(console.log).catch(console.error);

if use this module to converting documents, you can start a unoconv listener first

var converter = require('office-convert').createConveter({listener: true});

or

var converter = require('office-convert').createConveter();
converter.listen();