Alternative converter

Author: jonas-jasas

examples/alternative_converter.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require 'convert_api'
+require 'tmpdir'
+
+ConvertApi.configure do |config|
+  config.api_secret = ENV['CONVERT_API_SECRET'] # your api secret
+end
+
+# Example of saving Word docx to PDF using OpenOffice converter
+# https://www.convertapi.com/doc-to-pdf/openofficetopdf
+
+# Use upload IO wrapper to upload file only once to the API
+upload_io = ConvertApi::UploadIO.new(File.open('files/test.docx'))
+
+saved_files = ConvertApi
+  .convert('pdf', File: upload_io, converter: 'openofficetopdf')
+  .save_files(Dir.tmpdir)
+
+puts "The PDF saved to: #{saved_files}"

lib/convert_api/task.rb

@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ def run
 
       from_format = @from_format || detect_format(params)
       read_timeout = @conversion_timeout + config.conversion_timeout_delta
+      converter = params[:converter] ? "/converter/#{params[:converter]}" : ''
 
       response = ConvertApi.client.post(
-        "convert/#{from_format}/to/#{@to_format}",
+        "convert/#{from_format}/to/#{@to_format}#{converter}",
         params,
         read_timeout: read_timeout
       )