PDF Compression and Conversion Service

This service provides a REST API for compressing PDF files and optionally converting them to DOCX format using Ghostscript and pdf2docx.

Features

• Compress PDF files using Ghostscript.
• Merge multiple PDF files and compress them.
• Convert compressed PDF files to DOCX format.
• Upload processed files to Google Cloud Storage.
• Generate signed URLs for downloading processed files.

Endpoints

Health Check

• GET /health
  • Returns a JSON object indicating the health status of the service.

PDF Compression

• POST /compressPdf
  • Compresses PDF files and optionally converts them to DOCX format.
  • Request Body:

    {
      "template": "<template_name>",
      "pdfFilePaths": ["<path_to_pdf1>", "<path_to_pdf2>"],
      "reportName": "<report_name>",
      "isDocx": true/false,
      "numPages": 0
    }

  • Response:

    {
      "url": "<signed_url>"
    }

Requirements

To run this service, you will need to install the following dependencies:

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Flask
• Ghostscript (AGPL-licensed)
• pdf2docx 0.5.8
• PyPDF2
• Google Cloud SDK (for Google Cloud Storage integration)

Install dependencies using the following command:

pip install -r requirements.txt