Building

If you want to try out JODConverter with its Collabora Online backend:

git clone https://github.com/sbraconnier/jodconverter
cd jodconverter
sh gradlew build -x integTest distZip
cd build/distributions
unzip jodconverter-cli-*.zip
cd jodconverter-cli-*/

Running

• Example:
  bin/jodconverter-cli -c https://localhost:9980/ -f pdf README.txt
• The input format is detected automatically, -f determines the output format.
• The URL is your Collabora Online server URL, it is the https:// value from the installation guide.

Using the Collabora Online REST API directly

• In case you are not using JODConverter already, you can use the REST API directly, for example:
  curl -F “data=@test.txt” https://localhost:9980/cool/convert-to/pdf > out.pdf
  curl -F “data=@test.txt” https://localhost:9980/cool/convert-to/png > out.png
• Alternatively you can use the HTML forms to specify the format, for example:
  curl -F “data=@test.txt” -F “format=pdf” https://localhost:9980/cool/convert-to > out.pdf

Supported formats

Supported input formats:

Supported output formats for Writer/Calc/Impress:

Trusting the local Online HTTP certificate from Java

This is only needed if you have a self-signed certificate for your Online installation.

• get the certificate:
  openssl s_client -connect localhost:9980 2>&1 | sed -ne ‘/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p’
• paste it into a file named certfile.txt
• import it into the Java key store (password is changeit by default):
  keytool -importcert -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts -alias mycert -file certfile.txt

Depending on the value of $JAVA_HOME, you may need to run keytool with root/Administrator privileges.