How to convert any Document Format into PDF in Node.JS

Here’s a quick tutorial for setting up automatic document format detection and then using that to convert any common document or image file into a PDF.

If we use this command for npm install, we will have our API client ready to go in no time.

npm install cloudmersive-convert-api-client --save

Next call convertDocumentAutodetectToPdf, which already has the functionality we need built right in.

var CloudmersiveConvertApiClient = require('cloudmersive-convert-api-client');
var defaultClient = CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.ApiClient.instance;
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
var Apikey = defaultClient.authentications['Apikey'];
Apikey.apiKey = 'YOUR API KEY';
// Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. "Token" (defaults to null)
//Apikey.apiKeyPrefix = 'Token';
var apiInstance = new CloudmersiveConvertApiClient.ConvertDocumentApi();
var inputFile = "/path/to/file"; // File | Input file to perform the operation on.
var callback = function(error, data, response) {
if (error) {
console.error(error);
} else {
console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
}
};
apiInstance.convertDocumentAutodetectToPdf(inputFile, callback);

And with that, our work is complete. For any input file, the API will automatically determine its format, then proceed to convert it into a PDF and return it to you. Easy as pie.