REST API and file server for converting webpages to PDFs or images, for consumption in Resonite.

This must be hosted on a machine exposed on the internet so other Resonite users can access the file server.

This documentation is written for Linux, but Windows should work as well.

1. cd to the root of this repo
2. Create a venv: python3 -m venv venv
3. Activate venv: source venv/bin/activate
4. Install requirements: pip3 install -r requirements.txt
5. Make a copy of 'config_sample.ini' and rename it to 'config.ini'
6. Modify config.ini to your liking
7. Modify main.py Options section to your liking
8. Run: python3 main.py

Sample configuration:

HOST = "0.0.0.0"
PORT = 2099
DOMAIN = None

Request: GET http://10.0.0.106:2099/convert?url=http://bing.com

Response: http://10.0.0.106:2099/pdfs/aHR0cDovL2JpbmcuY29t.pdf

1. Open resonite_webpage_to_pdf.service in a text editor and modify these fields as needed:
   • ExecStart
   • WorkingDirectory
   • User
2. Copy resonite_webpage_to_pdf.service to /etc/systemd/system/ with command: sudo cp resonite_webpage_to_pdf.service /etc/systemd/system/
3. Run sudo systemctl daemon-reload to reload the service files
4. Run sudo systemctl start resonite_webpage_to_pdf to start the service
5. (Optional) Run sudo systemctl enable resonite_webpage_to_pdf to enable the service on boot

To disable the service on boot: sudo systemctl disable resonite_webpage_to_pdf

To stop the service: sudo systemctl stop resonite_webpage_to_pdf

To check the status of the service: sudo systemctl status resonite_webpage_to_pdf

To delete the service: sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/resonite_webpage_to_pdf.service sudo systemctl daemon-reload

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