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September 18, 2012 17:37
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trivial/simple nodejs document viewer, uses unoconv to convert docs and allows to preview pdf, docx and all libre office supported extentions right from the browser
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| var http = require('http'), | |
| fs = require('fs'), | |
| path = require('path'), | |
| exec = require('child_process').exec; | |
| function pipeDoc(inputPath, finalType, stream) { | |
| var finalPath = path.dirname(inputPath) | |
| + "/" + path.basename(inputPath).split('.')[0] + ".html"; | |
| var convCommand = 'unoconv -f ' + finalType + " " + inputPath; | |
| exec(convCommand,function(err, stdout, stderr) { | |
| process.stdout.write(stdout); | |
| fs.createReadStream(finalPath).pipe(stream); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| http.createServer(function(rq, rs) { | |
| rs.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'}); | |
| var rqPath = rq.url; | |
| if (path.extname(rqPath).length > 1) { | |
| pipeDoc(rq.url, "html", rs); | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| rs.end( | |
| "<html><body><h1>Use the url http://localhost:8080/path_to_document to view in browser</h1></body></html>" | |
| ); | |
| } | |
| }).listen(8080); |
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