This section provides steps for converting content with CCS.
Step 1: Upload Your Source Document
- Upload the source document that you want to convert.
- This can be a document of any format supported by the PCC RESTful Web Services.
- In response to this request you will receive a file ID that is used to reference the source document in later requests.
Example:
POST http://192.168.0.1:18681/PCCIS/V1/WorkFile?FileExtension=doc
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
[binary data]
200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg",
}
Step 2: Start the Content Conversion Process
- Using the file ID you obtained for the source document in Step 1, you can now start the process to convert the document. This is accomplished by sending a POST request which will start a process that runs asynchronously on the PCC server to produce the converted document(s).
- Specify in the POST request the output format you wish to convert the source document to. This format may be SVG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or PDF.
- For raster output formats (JPEG, TIFF, PNG), you may optionally specify a
maxWidthand/or amaxHeight. If either of these attributes is present then the output document will be scaled to fit them as closely as possible while maintaining its original aspect ratio. At least one ofmaxWidthandmaxHeightmust be specified if the source document is in a vector format. - If output format is PDF or TIFF, you may specify whether to convert each page of the source document to a separate output file or to convert all pages to a single document. This attribute is optional with the default value set to convert all pages to a single document.
Example:
POST http://192.168.0.1:18681/v2/contentConverters
Content-Type: application/json
{
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "pdf",
"pdfOptions": {
"forceOneFilePerPage": true
}
}
}
}
200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"processId": "bQpcuixhvGmNqn5ElskO6Q",
"expirationDateTime": "2014-12-03T18:30:49.460Z",
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg",
"pages": ""
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "pdf",
"pdfOptions": {
"forceOneFilePerPage": true
}
}
},
"state": "processing",
"percentComplete": 0
}
Step 3: Check Status of the ContentConverter Resource
- The process to generate a converted document(s) runs asynchronously on the PCC server. The POST request you sent in Step 2 will return immediately and before the output is ready. This means you will need to check the status of the process by sending a GET request to the resource you just created.
- In response to this request, JSON will be returned that includes a
stateproperty. When this property is “complete”, the JSON response will also include anoutputproperty which means you can proceed to the next step. - See the Content Converter API for more details of this request.
Example:
GET http://192.168.0.1:18681/v2/contentConverters/bQpcuixhvGmNqn5ElskO6Q
200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"processId": " bQpcuixhvGmNqn5ElskO6Q ",
"expirationDateTime": "2014-12-03T18:30:49.460Z",
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg",
"pages": ""
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "pdf",
"pdfOptions": {
"forceOneFilePerPage": true
}
}
},
"state": "complete",
"percentComplete": 100,
"output": {
"results": [
{
"fileId": "ek5Zb123oYHSUEVx1bUrVQ",
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg",
"pages": "1"
}
]
},
{
"fileId": "KOrSwaqsguevJ97BdmUbXi",
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg",
"pages": "2"
}
]
},
{
"fileId": "o349chskqw93kwaqsgfevJ",
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg",
"pages": "3"
}
]
}
]
}
}
Step 4: Download the Converted Document(s)
- Once the content conversion process completes successfully, the new, converted document(s) are available for download.
- A work file ID is made available for each successfully converted document in the
outputproperty from the JSON response retrieved in Step 3. - See the Work File API for more details about downloading work files.
Example:
GET http://192.168.0.1:18681/PCCIS/V1/WorkFile/ek5Zb123oYHSUEVx1bUrVQ 200 OK Content-Type: application/pdf [binary data]
Conversion Input Examples
Below are example JSON strings that can be used as input in Step 2 above to create various ContentCoverter processes.
Multipage Word Document to Multipage PDF
This example will convert all pages of a Word document to a single PDF document:
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "pdf",
"pdfOptions": {
"forceOneFilePerPage": false
}
}
}
Single-page Word Document to Scaled PNG
This will convert a single page Word Document to a PNG image, scaled to 800 pixels width. Height will adjust automatically to maintain aspect ratio:
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "png",
"pngOptions": {
"maxWidth": "800px"
}
}
}
Multipage Word Document to Multiple PNG Images
This will convert a multipage Word Document to multiple, single page PNG images. As PNG is not a multipage format, each page of the Word Document will be converted to a separate PNG:
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "png"
}
}
JPEG to PNG
This example will convert a JPEG image to a PNG image, scaled to fit within 800 pixels width and 600 pixels height. The output PNG will be as large as it can be while maintaining aspect ratio and remaining within these bounds:
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "5qTYa3gzN9gYUb5SzqUhqg"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "png",
"pngOptions": {
"maxWidth": "800px",
"maxHeight": "600px"
}
}
}
Specific Pages of Two Multipage Documents to Multipage TIFF
This example will merge first page of a Word document with the second and third pages of a PDF document and convert them to a single TIFF document:
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "drxx_2sNVu9VIZTS4VH2Dg",
"pages": "1"
},
{
"fileId": "qkMQmjk6CxSzt5UEY-UdFQ",
"pages": "2-3"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "tiff"
}
}
All Pages of Three Multipage Documents to Multipage PDF
This example will merge together all pages of the first PDF document with all pages of the second Word document and all pages of the third TIFF document and convert them to a single PDF document.
"input": {
"sources": [
{
"fileId": "TP4TX_SxCNF86suTfHHFSw"
},
{
"fileId": "oJo8CWXAgFJ0dns8UF_AzQ"
},
{
"fileId": "EYsfBhL0JbYgNk80sbnxEg"
}
],
"dest": {
"format": "pdf"
}
}