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

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request