@thedeephakani/libreoffice-convert/index.js

A simple and fast node.js module for converting office documents to different formats

'use strict';

const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
const url = require('url');
const async = require('async');
const tmp = require('tmp');
const { execFile } = require('child_process');

const convertWithOptions = (document, format, filter, isRunWithSudo, options, callback) => {
    const tmpOptions = (options || {}).tmpOptions || {};
    const asyncOptions = (options || {}).asyncOptions || {};
    const tempDir = tmp.dirSync({prefix: 'libreofficeConvert_', unsafeCleanup: true, ...tmpOptions});
    const installDir = tmp.dirSync({prefix: 'soffice', unsafeCleanup: true, ...tmpOptions});
    return async.auto({
        soffice: (callback) => {
            let paths = (options || {}).sofficeBinaryPaths || [];
            switch (process.platform) {
                case 'darwin': paths = [...paths, '/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice'];
                    break;
                case 'linux': paths = [...paths, '/usr/bin/libreoffice', '/usr/bin/soffice', '/snap/bin/libreoffice'];
                    break;
                case 'win32': paths = [
                    ...paths,
                    path.join(process.env['PROGRAMFILES(X86)'], 'LIBREO~1/program/soffice.exe'),
                    path.join(process.env['PROGRAMFILES(X86)'], 'LibreOffice/program/soffice.exe'),
                    path.join(process.env.PROGRAMFILES, 'LibreOffice/program/soffice.exe'),
                ];
                    break;
                default:
                    return callback(new Error(`Operating system not yet supported: ${process.platform}`));
            }

            return async.filter(
                paths,
                (filePath, callback) => fs.access(filePath, err => callback(null, !err)),
                (err, res) => {
                    if (res.length === 0) {
                        return callback(new Error('Could not find soffice binary'));
                    }

                    return callback(null, res[0]);
                }
            );
        },
        saveSource: callback => fs.writeFile(path.join(tempDir.name, 'source'), document, callback),
        convert: ['soffice', 'saveSource', (results, callback) => {
            let command = ''
            let cmd = results.soffice;
            if(isRunWithSudo){
            	command += results.soffice+' ';
            	cmd = 'sudo';
            }
            command += `-env:UserInstallation=${url.pathToFileURL(installDir.name)} --headless --convert-to ${format}`;
            if (filter !== undefined) {
                command += `:"${filter}"`;
            }
            command += ` --outdir ${tempDir.name} ${path.join(tempDir.name, 'source')}`;
            const args = command.split(' ');
            return execFile(cmd, args, callback);
        }],
        loadDestination: ['convert', (results, callback) =>
            async.retry({
                times: asyncOptions.times || 3,
                interval: asyncOptions.interval || 200
            }, (callback) => fs.readFile(path.join(tempDir.name, `source.${format.split(":")[0]}`), callback), callback)
        ]
    }, (err, res) => {
        tempDir.removeCallback();
        installDir.removeCallback();

        if (err) {
            return callback(err);
        }

        return callback(null, res.loadDestination);
    });
};

const convert = (document, format, filter,isRunWithSudo, callback) => {
    return convertWithOptions(document, format, filter, isRunWithSudo, {}, callback)
};

module.exports = {
    convert,
    convertWithOptions
};