pdf-to-png v1.0.3

pdf-to-png

Render a PDF to a PNG, useful for generating thumbnails. Uses electron-spawn and pdf.js, so it doesn't require any image processing libraries. Supports a custom scale factor. Currently only renders the first page.

install

npm install pdf-to-png

example

Use as a command line tool

pdf-to-png -i goat.pdf -o goat.png

Or as a module

require('pdf-to-png')({
	input: 'goat.pdf',
	output: 'goat.png'
})

To run the included example clone this repo then call

npm run example

usage

pdf-to-png -i input -o output -s scale

• input: input file
• output: output file
• scale: fraction of full size

require('pdf-to-png')(opts, [cb])

• opts.input: input file
• opts.output: output file
• opts.scale: fraction of full size
• cb: optional callback to be called on completion