Command Line Interface for CloudConvert
This CLI for the CloudConvert API v2 allows easy and fast conversions of files using the terminal.
Installation
As this CLI is based on the cloudconvert-node module, node.js is required.
npm install -g cloudconvert-cli
And set your CloudConvert API v2 Key as enviroment variable:
export CLOUDCONVERT_API_KEY=your_key
Usage
To convert input.pdf to jpg:
$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg input.pdf
✔ Done!
Batch processing is supported:
$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf
$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg folder/*.*
You can set conversion specific parameters using the -p argument. For example, if you would like to get the first page of a PDF resized to the width of 250:
$ cloudconvert convert -f jpg -p.pages=1-1 -p.width=250 input.pdf
The best way to find out the possible parameters and values is using the Job Builder.
Optimize
$ cloudconvert optimize input.pdf
✔ Done!
ℹ Task `process`: File size reduced by 12%
Merge
$ cloudconvert merge file1.pdf file2.pdf
Capture Website
$ cloudconvert capture-website -f pdf https://www.google.com
Create Thumbnail
$ cloudconvert thumbnail -f png file1.pdf
All Options
$ cloudconvert --help
cloudconvert <command>
Commands:
cloudconvert convert <files..> Convert files to an output format
cloudconvert optimize <files..> Optimize and compress files
cloudconvert merge <files..> Merge files to a single PDF
cloudconvert capture-website <url> Capture a website as PDF, PNG or JPG
cloudconvert thumbnail <files..> Create thumbnails
Options:
--version Show version number [boolean]
--apikey Set the API key. You can get your API key here:
https://cloudconvert.com/dashboard/api/v2/keys
[string] [required] [default: CLOUDCONVERT_API_KEY enviroment variable]
--sandbox Use the CloudConvert Sandbox API [boolean] [default: false]
--outputdir Set the directory for storing the output files. defaults to
the working directory [string]
--parameter, -p Send custom parameters with the task payload. Use the dot
notation, for example: -p.engine=office
--help Show help [boolean]