Our /document/convert Robot

Convert documents into different formats

🤖/document/convert converts documents into different formats.

Note: This Robot can convert files to PDF, but cannot convert PDFs to different formats. If you want to convert PDFs to say, JPEG or TIFF, use 🤖/image/resize. If you want to turn them into text files or recognize (OCR) them to make them searchable, reach out, as we have a new Robot in the works for this.

Sometimes, a certain file type might not support what you are trying to accomplish. Perhaps your company is trying to automate document formatting, but it only works with docx, so all your docs need to be converted. Or maybe your stored jpg files are taking up too much space and you want a lighter format. Whatever the case, we have you covered.

Using this Robot, you can bypass the issues that certain file types may bring, by converting your file into the most suitable format. This also works in conjunction with our other Robots, allowing for even greater versatility when using our services.

Warning: A general rule of this Robot is that converting files into an alien format category will result in an error. For example, SRT files can be converted into the VTT format, but not to an image.

The following file formats can be converted from:

  • ai
  • csv
  • doc
  • docx
  • eps
  • gif
  • html
  • jpg
  • latex
  • md
  • oda
  • odd
  • odt
  • ott
  • png
  • pot
  • pps
  • ppt
  • pptx
  • ppz
  • ps
  • rtf
  • rtx
  • svg
  • text
  • txt
  • xhtml
  • xla
  • xls
  • xlsx
  • xml

Usage example

Convert uploaded files to PDF documents:

{
  "steps": {
    "converted": {
      "robot": "/document/convert",
      "use": ":original",
      "format": "pdf"
    }
  }
}

Parameters

  • use

    String / Array of Strings / Object required

    Specifies which Step(s) to use as input.

    • You can pick any names for Steps except ":original" (reserved for user uploads handled by Transloadit)

    • You can provide several Steps as input with arrays:

      "use": [
  ":original",
  "encoded",
  "resized"
]

    💡 That’s likely all you need to know about use, but you can view Advanced use cases.

  • format

    Stringrequired

    The desired format for document conversion. We support the following values: doc, docx, html, xhtml, xml, pdf, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, svg, ai, eps, ps, txt, text, csv, xls, xlsx, xla, oda, odt, odd, ott, ppt, pptx, ppz, pps, pot, rtf, rtx, latex, vtt and srt.

  • markdown_format

    String ⋅ default: "gfm"

    Markdown can be represented in several variants, so when using this Robot to transform Markdown into HTML please specify which revision is being used.

    Currently this parameter can only take in the gfm and commonmark variants of Markdown.

  • markdown_theme

    String ⋅ default: "github"

    This parameter overhauls your Markdown files styling based on several canned presets. Valid values include github and bare.

  • pdf_margin

    String ⋅ default: "6.25mm,6.25mm,14.11mm,6.25mm"

    PDF Paper margins, separated by , and with units.

    We support the following unit values: px, in, cm, mm.

    Currently this parameter is only supported when converting from html.

  • pdf_print_background

    Boolean ⋅ default: true

    Print PDF background graphics.

    Currently this parameter is only supported when converting from html.

  • pdf_format

    String ⋅ default: "Letter"

    PDF paper format.

    We support the following values: Letter, Legal, Tabloid, Ledger, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6.

    Currently this parameter is only supported when converting from html.

  • pdf_display_header_footer

    Boolean ⋅ default: false

    Display PDF header and footer.

    Currently this parameter is only supported when converting from html.

  • pdf_header_template

    String

    HTML template for the PDF print header.

    Should be valid HTML markup with following classes used to inject printing values into them:

    • date formatted print date
    • title document title
    • url document location
    • pageNumber current page number
    • totalPages total pages in the document

    Currently this parameter is only supported when converting from html, and requires pdf_display_header_footer to be enabled.

    To change the formatting of the HTML element, the font-size must be specified in a wrapper. For example, to center the page number at the top of a page you'd use the following HTML for the header template:

    <div style="font-size: 15px; width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span class="pageNumber"></span></div>

  • pdf_footer_template

    String

    HTML template for the PDF print footer.

    Should use the same format as the pdf_header_template.

    Currently this parameter is only supported when converting from html, and requires pdf_display_header_footer to be enabled.

    To change the formatting of the HTML element, the font-size must be specified in a wrapper. For example, to center the page number in the footer you'd use the following HTML for the footer template:

    <div style="font-size: 15px; width: 100%; text-align: center;"><span class="pageNumber"></span></div>

Demos

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