unrtf

Converts RTF documents to HTML. It features two engines that performs a bit differently, so you might try both on your RTF data.

Install

By default the only prerequisite is to install Python. Then install this module:

npm install unrtf

Example

var unrtf = require('unrtf');

unrtf(
  '{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\cocoartf1265\\cocoasubrtf210\n{\\fonttbl\\f0\\fswiss\\fcharset0 Helvetica;}\n{\\colortbl;\\red255\\green255\\blue255;}\n\\paperw11900\\paperh16840\\margl1440\\margr1440\\vieww10800\\viewh8400\\viewkind0\n\\pard\\tx566\\tx1133\\tx1700\\tx2267\\tx2834\\tx3401\\tx3968\\tx4535\\tx5102\\tx5669\\tx6236\\tx6803\\pardirnatural\n\n\\f0\\fs24 \\cf0 Hello, World!\\\n\\\nThis is RTF. :-)}',
  function(error, result) {
    console.log(result.html);
  }
);

API

unrtf(doc, [options], callback)

doc

Type: string (required)

The input RTF document you want to convert.

options

Type: object (optional)

Three options are supported:

engine, choose the RTF converter engine, either "pyth" (default) or "unrtf"
unclean, if set to true it will not try to clean up the resulting HTML code, only applies to unrtf engine (default false)
timeout, set the timeout of calling the unrtf command in milliseconds (default 2000)

callback

Type: function (required)

Invoked with the result or error, if any.

Engines

You can choose between two engines:

"pyth" (default), depends on Python being installed on your system
"unrtf", depends on a command line utility

If you want to use the unrtf engine, you need to first install the utility:

Mac: brew install unrtf
Ubuntu: aptitude install unrtf
Windows: find the Windows installer here

You can set the default engine:

var unrtf = require('unrtf');

unrtf.defaultEngine = 'unrtf';

License

The code for node-unrtf is licensed under the MIT license. See license.txt file for more info.

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