Command Line Interface for CloudConvert

This CLI for the CloudConvert API v2 allows easy and fast conversions of files using the terminal.

Installation

As this CLI is based on the cloudconvert-node module, node.js is required.

npm install -g cloudconvert-cli

And set your CloudConvert API v2 Key as enviroment variable:

export CLOUDCONVERT_API_KEY=your_key

Usage

To convert input.pdf to jpg:

$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg input.pdf
✔ Done!

Batch processing is supported:

$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf

$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg folder/*.*

You can set conversion specific parameters using the -p argument. For example, if you would like to get the first page of a PDF resized to the width of 250:

$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg -p.pages=1-1 -p.width=250 input.pdf

The best way to find out the possible parameters and values is using the Job Builder.

Optimize

$ cloudconvert optimize input.pdf
✔ Done!
ℹ Task `process`: File size reduced by 12%

Merge

$ cloudconvert merge file1.pdf file2.pdf

Capture Website

$ cloudconvert capture-website -f pdf https://www.google.com

Create Thumbnail

$ cloudconvert thumbnail -f png file1.pdf 

All Options

$ cloudconvert --help

cloudconvert <command>

Commands:
  cloudconvert convert <files..>      Convert files to an output format
  cloudconvert optimize <files..>     Optimize and compress files
  cloudconvert merge <files..>        Merge files to a single PDF
  cloudconvert capture-website <url>  Capture a website as PDF, PNG or JPG
  cloudconvert thumbnail <files..>    Create thumbnails

Options:
  --version        Show version number                                 [boolean]
  --apikey         Set the API key. You can get your API key here:
                   https://cloudconvert.com/dashboard/api/v2/keys
         [string] [required] [default: CLOUDCONVERT_API_KEY enviroment variable]
  --sandbox        Use the CloudConvert Sandbox API   [boolean] [default: false]
  --outputdir      Set the directory for storing the output files. defaults to
                   the working directory                                [string]
  --parameter, -p  Send custom parameters with the task payload. Use the dot
                   notation, for example: -p.engine=office
  --help           Show help                                           [boolean]

Resources

• API Documentation
• CloudConvert Blog