pdfjs2png - Simple CLI tool convert PDF file into png images with pdf.js and node-canvas

Install

If you want to use pdfjs2png as command, install with -g option.

npm i -g pdfjs2png

Or if you want to use pdfjs2png as npm package in your Node.js project, just install.

npm i pdfjs2png

Basic Usage as command

You can use pdfjs2png command if you have install with -g option.

The following command:

pdfjs2png test/helloworld.pdf

will output tmp file path of converted images to stdout:

/tmp/helloworld_pdf_page_1.png

Advanced usage

pdfjs2png command supports multiple CLI arguments and stdin.

Try below commands:

echo test/helloworld.pdf test/20211026_news_gov_cloud_01.pdf | xargs pdfjs2png
cat test/helloworld.pdf | pdfjs2png -i

Basic Usage as package

import path from "path";
import { promises as fs } from "fs";
import { pdfjs2png } from "pdfjs2png";

const fileName = path.basename(filepath);
const fileBuffer = await fs.readFile(filepath);
const results = await pdfjs2png(fileBuffer, fileName);
// results is an array of string of tmp file path of PDF pages.
console.log(results);

Development

npm ci
npm run build
npm link
NODE_ENV=development pdfjs2png test/helloworld.pdf