A docker container environment to bundle the execution of unoconv, a command-line utility that uses LibreOffice to convert documents of various types (such as Word, OpenDocument, etc.) to PDF.

An instance of LibreOffice will be run in the background, and used by multiple requestors to perform the necessary conversions.

To build, run:

docker build --rm -t unoconv .

To start the container, run:

docker run -it -m 512m \
  --name unoservice -p 3000:3000 \
  --tmpfs /tmp unoconv

You can use your custom fonts dir for add extra fonts, run:

docker run -m 512m -i -t -d -p 3000:3000  \
  --restart=always --name unoservice \
  --tmpfs /tmp \
  -v /data/unoservice/fonts:/usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom unoconv

Now, files can be sent to the service:

curl -o mydoc.pdf -F format=pdf -F 'file=@mydoc.docx' http://localhost:3000/convert