A fully promise-based Node.js library which can work with PDFs, based on Ghostscript and qpdf.
All PDF files that are handled by this library in the form of Buffer
objects, i.e. to a user of this library, it looks like everything works only in memory. In the background though, file system access (via tempy) is needed.
Additionally, this library requires the gs
command (Ghostscript) as well as qpdf
to be available.
npm install ghostscript-node
const gs = require("ghostscript-node");
(async () => {
const pdf1 = /* load first PDF as Buffer, e.g. from database */;
const pdf2 = /* load second PDF as Buffer, e.g. from database */;
// get Buffer object with bytes of combined PDF
const combinedPDF = await gs.combinePDFs([pdf1, pdf2]);
// get number of pages of pdf1
const numPagesPDF1 = await gs.countPDFPages(pdf1);
// get Buffer object with bytes of specified set of pages
// page numbers begin with 1, last page is included
const partOfPDF1 = await gs.extractPDFPages(pdf1, 3, 5);
// rotate all pages of pdf1 by 90 degrees clockwise
const rotatedPDF = await gs.rotatePDF(pdf1, "90");
// returns an array of buffers containing PNG images of the desired pages
const renderedPages = await gs.renderPDFPagesToPNG(pdf1);
// checks if pdf1 is a valid PDF file
const isPDF1Valid = await gs.isValidPDF(pdf1);
})();