scanservjs
scanservjs is a nodejs port of scanserv. It's a simple web-based UI for SANE which allows you to share a scanner on a network without the need for drivers or complicated installation. scanservjs does not do image conversion or manipulation (beyond the bare minimum necessary for the purposes of browser preview) or OCR.
Copyright 2016 Sam Strachan
requirements
- SANE
- ImageMagick
- nodejs
installation notes
For an easy docker-based install (assuming that SANE supports your scanner out-of-the-box on Debian):
$ docker build -t scanservjs .
$ docker run -p 8080:8080 --name scanservjs --privileged scanservjs(--privileged is required for the container to access the host's devices, to allow it to talk to the scanner)
scanservjs will now be accessible from http://your-computer's-ip-here:8080/
manual installation
- See the installation notes here
background
This is yet another scanimage-web-front-end. Why?
- I wanted a simple server which would simply scan an image with as little dependency on other software as possible. I already have Photoshop / GIMP I don't need a webapp to do that stuff
- Desire for easier and cleaner set up and configuration
- Separation of presentation and control logic with json-rpc
- I just wanted to
roadmap
- ES2016
- Setup page (auto diagnostics)
- Configuration page for debugging set up assisting new users
- Multi-language support
acknowledgements
- This project owes a lot to phpsane
- In many respects phpsane is more powerful than this. Scanservjs does not support jpeg conversion or OCR. phpSANE, however, is also more brittle and somewhat dated in its implementation.