make pdfs

index.js

@@ -2,26 +2,32 @@ const express = require('express');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const app = express();
 const templates = require('./templates');
+const renderer = require('./renderer');
 
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
-app.post('/generate/:template', (req, res) => {
+app.post('/generate/pdf/:template', (req, res) => {
 
     const templateName = req.params.template;
     const options = req.body;
 
-    templates.get(templateName, options, (err, template) => {
+    templates.get(templateName, options, (err, texDocument) => {
         if (err) {
             console.error('Error:', err.code, 'for', req.url);
-            res.sendStatus(500).end('Something went wrong, call Thomas');
+            res.sendStatus(500).end('Something went wrong while generating Tex source');
             return;
         }
 
-        let result = template;
+        renderer(texDocument, (err, pdf) => {
-
+            if (err) {
-        res.send(result);
+                console.error('Error:', err.code, 'for', req.url);
-        res.end();
+                res.sendStatus(500).end('Something went wrong while baking the PDF');
-
+                return;
+            }
+            res.set('Content-Type', 'application/pdf');
+            res.send(pdf);
+            res.end();
+        });
     });
 });
 

renderer.js

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+function copyToTemp(texDocument, callback) {
+    fs.mkdtemp('/tmp/pdfer-', (err, tmpPath) => {
+        if (err) {
+            callback(err);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const docPath = path.join(tmpPath, 'doc.tex');
+        fs.writeFile(docPath, texDocument, (err) => {
+            if (err) {
+                callback(err);
+            }
+            callback(null, docPath);
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+function generateDoc(docPath, callback) {
+    const pdflatex = spawn('pdflatex', [docPath, '-halt-on-error'], {cwd: path.dirname(docPath)});
+    pdflatex.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+        console.error('onData', data);
+    });
+
+    pdflatex.on('close', (code) => {
+        if (code > 0) {
+            callback(`pdflatex returned with code ${code}`);
+            return;
+        }
+        console.log('PDF generated');
+        const pdfFilePath = docPath.replace('.tex', '.pdf');
+        fs.readFile(pdfFilePath, (err, data) => {
+            if (err) {
+                callback(err);
+                return;
+            }
+            callback(null, data);
+        });
+    });
+}
+
+module.exports = (texDocument, callback) => {
+    copyToTemp(texDocument, (err, docPath) => {
+        generateDoc(docPath, callback);
+    });
+};

templates.js

@@ -1,30 +1,13 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-function replaceOption(string, key, value) {
-    const re = new RegExp(`\\$\{${key}\}`, 'g');
-    return string.replace(re, value);
-}
-
-function cleanUnsetVars(string) {
-    const re = new RegExp('\\$\{[a-zA-Z-_]+\}', 'g');
-    return string.replace(re, '');
-}
-
 module.exports.get = (templateName, options, callback) => {
-    const filename = path.join(__dirname, 'templates', templateName + '.template');
+    const modulePath = path.join(__dirname, 'templates', templateName);
+    let template;
 
-    fs.readFile(filename, 'utf-8', (err, template) => {
+    try {
-        if (err) {
+        template = require(modulePath);
-            callback(err);
+        callback(null, template(options));
-            return;
+    } catch (e) {
-        }
+        callback(`${templateName} not found!`);
-        const replaced = Object.keys(options).reduce((memo, key) => {
+    }
-            return replaceOption(memo, key, options[key]);
-        }, template);
-
-        const result = cleanUnsetVars(replaced);
-
-        callback(null, result);
-    });
 };

templates/brief.js

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+function convertLineBreaks(string){
+    return string.replace('\n', '////');
+};
+
+module.exports = (options) => {
+
+    var {
+            template = 'brief-fam',
+            subject = 'Betreff',
+            yourRef = '',
+            yourRefName = 'Ihr Zeichen',
+            yourMail = '',
+            myRef = '',
+            customer = '',
+            invoice = '',
+            date = '\\today',
+            signature = '',
+            specialMail = '',
+            address = 'Max Mustermann\\\\Musterstrasse\\\\12345 Musterstadt',
+            opening = 'Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren',
+            body = 'Inhalt des Briefes',
+            closing = 'Mit freundlichen Grüßen',
+            ps = '',
+            enclosing = '',
+        } = options;
+
+    return `% brief document
+\\documentclass{scrlttr2}
+\\LoadLetterOption{${template}}
+
+\\setkomavar{subject}{${subject}}
+
+\\setkomavar{yourref}[${yourRefName}]{${yourRef}}
+\\setkomavar{yourmail}{${yourMail}}
+\\setkomavar{myref}{${myRef}}
+\\setkomavar{customer}{${customer}}
+\\setkomavar{invoice}{${invoice}}
+
+\\setkomavar{date}{${date}}
+
+\\setkomavar{signature}{${signature}}
+
+\\setkomavar{specialmail}{${specialMail}}
+
+\\begin{document}
+\\begin{letter}{${convertLineBreaks(address)}}
+
+    \\opening{${opening}}
+
+    ${convertLineBreaks(body)}
+
+    \\closing{${closing}}
+
+    \\ps{${ps}}
+
+    \\encl{${enclosing}}
+
+\\end{letter}
+\\end{document}`;
+};

templates/brief.template

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-\documentclass{scrlttr2}
-\LoadLetterOption{${LETTER_OPTION}}
-
-\setkomavar{subject}{${SUBJECT}}
-
-\setkomavar{yourref}{${YOURREF}}
-\setkomavar{yourmail}{${YOURMAIL}}
-\setkomavar{myref}{${MYREF}}
-\setkomavar{customer}{${CUSTOMER}}
-\setkomavar{invoice}{${INVOICE}}
-% \setkomavar{yourref}[alternative name]{value}
-
-% custom date
-%\setkomavar{date}{}
-
-%\setkomavar{signature}{\electronicsignature}
-
-\setkomavar{specialmail}{${SPECIALMAIL}}
-
-\begin{document}
-\begin{letter}{${ADDRESS}}
-
-    \opening{${OPENING}}
-
-    ${BODY}
-
-    \closing{${CLOSING}}
-
-    \ps{${PS}}
-
-    \encl{${ENCL}}
-
-\end{letter}
-\end{document}
-