[poppler] Poppler Server

[Harry]

Hi Todd (and list),

  Re: linking with visual studio, one option you can consider is creating a
plain C wrapper API for the functionality you require, then you can link
poppler as a win32 dll, this simplifies linking and integration with
windows apps.

  Another alternative is to provide the functionality you require available
as a standalone executable, this makes integration very easy. I made a
program a few years ago called PandaPDF which does image rendering, content
extraction and manifest generation - it uses Poppler for most tasks, but
can render pages with multiple drivers (Splash, Cairo, Photoshop,
Ghostscript).

  https://github.com/HarryR/PandaPDF





On 20 October 2015 at 05:22, Todd Hubers <todd.hubers at alivate.com.au> wrote:

> I have been maintaining a Windows build of Poppler. I'm currently going
> through another iteration with Ilya (contractor), to provide both a 64-bit
> build and also to enable more convenient Windows app integration.
>
> Ilya determined that linking would be unlikely/unfeasible. So not wanting
> to waste time have decided to go down a Poppler Server path. Starting with
> an HTTP Server which can stay running enables a local application to
> leverage Poppler without needing files as intermediates. With nginx such a
> Poppler Server could be exposed directly to the internet as a service.
>
> I plan to make the architecture of Poppler Server decoupled from the HTTP
> Web implementation, enabling future IPC and other channels.
>
> Please message me to gain access to our shared Google Doc spec draft.
>
> You may have further insights into proper library linking with Visual
> Studio C++, and other draft plans for a similar Server that I could
> consider.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd Hubers (BBIT Hons)
> Software Engineer
>
> Contact <http://alivate.com.au/todd/> | Availability
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