Converts Word to PDF using https://documentalchemy.com/

docx2pdf

#!/bin/bash
# docx2pdf <WORD-DOC> [<PDF-FILE>]
# Uses <https://documentalchemy.com/> to convert an MS Word document to PDF.

# SET YOUR DOCUMENT ALCHEMY API KEY HERE (OR PASS AS AN ENV VAR).
# SIGN UP AT <https://documentalchemy.com/> TO GET YOUR FREE API KEY.
DA_API_KEY=${DA_API_KEY:-"EDs2UQEprGn9aD4vg6HCPhFvgQFDahQgRzzIfocJ"}

# PRINT USAGE MESSAGE
show_help() {
  echo ""
  echo "Use: docx2pdf <WORD-DOC> [<PDF-FILE>]"
  echo ""
  echo "Set DA_API_KEY to your DocumentAlchemy API key value."
  echo "(Currently \"$DA_API_KEY\".)"
  echo ""
  echo "For example:"
  echo "  docx2pdf myDocument.docx myDocument.pdf"
  echo "or"
  echo "  DA_API_KEY=myApiKey docx2pdf myDocument.docx myDocument.pdf"
  echo ""
}

# SANITY CHECK FOR COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS AND --help.
if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]; then
  show_help
  exit 1;
elif [[ $1 =~ ^--?(h(elp)?)|\?$ ]]; then
  show_help
  exit 0;
fi

# PARSE COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
SOURCE_FILE=$1
DEST_FILE=${2:-$SOURCE_FILE.pdf}

# EXECUTE REQUEST
if [ -s "$SOURCE_FILE" ]; then
  curl -X POST --form "document=@$SOURCE_FILE" -H "Authorization: da.key=$DA_API_KEY" https://documentalchemy.com/api/v1/document/-/rendition/pdf -o "$DEST_FILE"
else
  echo "File \"$SOURCE_FILE\" not found."
  exit 2
fi