BuildVu PHP Client

Convert PDF to HTML5 or SVG with PHP, using the BuildVu PHP Client to interact with IDRsolutions' BuildVu Microservice Example.

The BuildVu Microservice Example is an open source project that allows you to convert PDF to HTML5 or SVG by running BuildVu as an online service.

IDRsolutions offer a free trial service for running BuildVu with PHP, more infomation on this can be found here.

For tutorials on how to deploy BuildVu to an app server, visit the documentation.

Installation

composer require idrsolutions/buildvu-php-client

Usage

For additional values to add to parameters, please refer to the API.

Example Conversion Script with File Upload

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . "/PATH/TO/vendor/autoload.php";

use IDRsolutions\BuildVuPhpClient\Converter;

$endpoint = "http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/";

$conversion_results = Converter::convert(array(
    'endpoint' => $endpoint,
    'parameters' => array(
        'input' => Converter::INPUT_UPLOAD,
        'file' => __DIR__ . 'path/to/file.pdf'
    )
));

Converter::downloadOutput($conversion_results, __DIR__ . '/');

echo $conversion_results['downloadUrl'];

Example Conversion Script Passing URL to Server

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . "/PATH/TO/vendor/autoload.php";

use IDRsolutions\BuildVuPhpClient\Converter;

$endpoint = "http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/";

$conversion_results = Converter::convert(array(
    'endpoint' => $endpoint,
    'parameters' => array(
        'input' => Converter::INPUT_DOWNLOAD,
        'url' => 'http://path.to/file.pdf'
    )
));

Converter::downloadOutput($conversion_results, __DIR__ . '/');

echo $conversion_results['downloadUrl'];

Command Line

myproject/
├── composer.json
├── composer.lock
├── conversion_location
│   ├── convert.php
│   ├── input_files
│   │   └── file.pdf
│   └── output
└── vendor
    ├── autoload.php
    ├── composer
    │   └── ...
    └── idrsolutions
        └── buildvu-php-client
            └── ...

Appropriate Script Changes

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";

use IDRsolutions\BuildVuPhpClient\Converter;

$endpoint = "http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/";

$conversion_results = Converter::convert(array(
    'endpoint' => $endpoint,
    'parameters' => array(
        'input' => Converter::INPUT_UPLOAD,
        'file' => __DIR__ . 'input_files/file.pdf'
    )
));

Converter::downloadOutput($conversion_results, __DIR__ . '/output/');

echo $conversion_results['downloadUrl'];

Execute

cd conversion_location
php convert.php

Output

{
    "state": "processing"
}
{
    "state": "processed",
    "previewUrl": "http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/output/c0096728-3490-4f5f-96a8-0f20a5a1244c/file/index.html",
    "downloadUrl": "http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/output/c0096728-3490-4f5f-96a8-0f20a5a1244c/file.zip"
}
http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/output/c0096728-3490-4f5f-96a8-0f20a5a1244c/file/index.html

Hosted Script

This example uses XAMPP htdocs.

htdocs
├── buildvu
│   ├── composer.json
│   ├── composer.lock
│   ├── convert.php
│   └── vendor
│       ├── autoload.php
│       ├── composer
│       │   ├── ...
│       └── idrsolutions
│           └── buildvu-php-client
│               └── ...
└── conversion
    ├── input_files
    │   └── file.pdf
    └── output

Appropriate Script Changes

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php";

use IDRsolutions\BuildVuPhpClient\Converter;

$endpoint = "http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/";

try {
    $conversion_results = Converter::convert(array(
        'endpoint' => $endpoint,
        'parameters' => array(
            'input' => Converter::INPUT_UPLOAD,
            'file' => __DIR__ . '/../conversion/input_files/file.pdf'
        )
    ));
    
    Converter::downloadOutput($conversion_results, __DIR__ . '/../conversion/output');
    
    echo $conversion_results['downloadUrl'];
    
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
    echo $e->getTrace();
    exit(1);
}

Execution

In this case, the Apache server is deployed at localhost:80. To execute the script, visit:

localhost:80/buildvu/convert.php

Output

The webpage will display the link to the preview:

http://localhost:8080/buildvu-microservice/output/c0096728-3490-4f5f-96a8-0f20a5a1244c/file/index.html

The downloaded zip will be available in htdocs/conversion/output.

Who do I talk to?

Found a bug, or have a suggestion / improvement? Let us know through the Issues page.

Got questions? You can contact us here.

Copyright 2018 IDRsolutions

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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