Proselytism

Document converter, text and image extractor using OpenOffice headless server (JOD or PYOD converter), pdf_tools and net_pbm

Handled formats for document conversion : odt, doc, rtf, sxw, docx, txt, html, htm, wps, pdf

This gem has been originally written as a RoR 3.2 engine running on Ruby 1.8.7.

It is framework agnostic and has been tested on Ubuntu and MacOSX.

Install the required external librairies :

# aptitude install netpbm
# aptitude install xpdf
# aptitude install libreoffice

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'proselytism'

Note : for ruby 1.9 use the branch 1.9

gem 'proselytism', :git => "git://github.com/itkin/proselytism.git", :branch => "1.9"

And then execute:

$ bundle

##Configuration

• With a YAML config file:

rails g proselytism:config

As a Rails engine, Proselytism automatically load /config/proselytism.yml (if the file exists) and set its config params depending on the current rails env.

• With an initializer (optional for Rails App) :

You can override the configuration file params by adding a custom initializer to /config/initializers . By default Proselytism will log in a separate log file, if you want to use the rails logger

#/config/initializers/proselytism.rb
Proselytism.config do |config|
  config.logger = Rails.logger
end

To generate a full config initializer:

rails g proselytism:initializer

Proselytism.convert source_file_path, :to => :pdf do |converted_file_path|

end
Proselytism.extract_text source_file_path do |extracted_text|

end
Proselytism.extract_images source_file_path do |image_files_paths|

end

Proselytism creates its converted files in temporary folders.

• If you pass a block to the method above the folders are automatically deleted after the block is yield, so use or copy the file content within the block
• If you don't pass a block, the mentioned folder and its content remains permanently, so don't forget to safely remove it yourself

pdf_file_path = Proselytism.convert source_file_path, :to => :pdf
#my code
FileUtils.remove_entry_secure File.dirname(pdf_file_path)

Add your own converter by extending Proselytism::Converters::Base

• Your converter will be automatically selected and used related to the params given to the :from and :to methods
• Add a perform method which
  • calls the execute method with your custom command
  • returns the converted file(s) path(s)

Proselytism::Converters::Base takes care of

• raising error (if the command execution fail)
• logging the command output

class MyConverter < Proselytism::Converters::Base
  class Error < parent::Base::Error; end
  
  form :ext1, :ext2
  to :ext3, :ext4

  def perform(origin, options={})
    destination = destination_file_path(origin, options)
    command = "mycommand #{origin} #{destination} 2>&1"
    execute command
    destination
  end
end

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