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.TH "pandoc-server" "1" "August 15, 2022" "pandoc-server 2.19" ""
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[V]pandoc-server\f[R] [\f[I]options\f[R]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[V]pandoc-server\f[R] is a web server that can perform pandoc
conversions.
It can be used either as a running server or as a CGI program.
To use \f[V]pandoc-server\f[R] as a CGI program, rename it as
\f[V]pandoc-server.cgi\f[R].
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[V]--port NUM\f[R]
HTTP port on which to run the server.
Default: 3030.
.TP
\f[V]--timeout SECONDS\f[R]
Timeout in seconds, after which a conversion is killed.
Default: 2.
.TP
\f[V]--help\f[R]
Help
.SH API
.SS Root endpoint
.PP
The root (\f[V]/\f[R]) endpoint accepts only POST requests.
It returns a converted document in one of the following formats,
depending on Accept headers:
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\f[V]text/plain\f[R]
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\f[V]application/json\f[R]
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\f[V]application/octet-stream\f[R]
.PP
If the result is a binary format (e.g., \f[V]epub\f[R] or
\f[V]docx\f[R]) and the content is returned as plain text or JSON, the
binary will be base64 encoded.
.PP
The body of the POST request should be a JSON object, with the following
fields.
Only the \f[V]text\f[R] field is required; all of the others can be
omitted for default values.
.TP
\f[V]text\f[R] (string)
the document to be converted.
Note: if the \f[V]from\f[R] format is binary (e.g., \f[V]epub\f[R] or
\f[V]docx\f[R]), then \f[V]text\f[R] should be a base64 encoding of the
document.
.TP
\f[V]from\f[R] (string, default \f[V]\[dq]markdown\[dq]\f[R])
the input format, possibly with extensions, just as it is specified on
the pandoc command line.
.TP
\f[V]to\f[R] (string, default \f[V]\[dq]html\[dq]\f[R])
the output format, possibly with extensions, just as it is specified on
the pandoc command line.
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.nf
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wrapText :: Maybe WrapOption
columns :: Maybe Int
standalone :: Maybe Bool
template :: Maybe Text
tabStop :: Maybe Int
indentedCodeClasses :: Maybe [Text]
abbreviations :: Maybe (Set Text)
defaultImageExtension :: Maybe Text
trackChanges :: Maybe TrackChanges
stripComments :: Maybe Bool
citeproc :: Maybe Bool
variables :: Maybe (DocTemplates.Context Text)
tableOfContents :: Maybe Bool
incremental :: Maybe Bool
htmlMathMethod :: Maybe HTMLMathMethod
numberSections :: Maybe Bool
numberOffset :: Maybe [Int]
sectionDivs :: Maybe Bool
referenceLinks :: Maybe Bool
dpi :: Maybe Int
emailObfuscation :: Maybe ObfuscationMethod
identifierPrefix :: Maybe Text
citeMethod :: Maybe CiteMethod
htmlQTags :: Maybe Bool
slideLevel :: Maybe Int
topLevelDivision :: Maybe TopLevelDivision
listings :: Maybe Bool
highlightStyle :: Maybe Text
setextHeaders :: Maybe Bool
epubSubdirectory :: Maybe Text
epubFonts :: Maybe [FilePath]
epubMetadata :: Maybe Text
epubChapterLevel :: Maybe Int
tocDepth :: Maybe Int
referenceDoc :: Maybe FilePath
referenceLocation :: Maybe ReferenceLocation
preferAscii :: Maybe Bool
files :: Maybe [(FilePath, Blob)]
\f[R]
.fi
.SS \f[V]/batch\f[R] endpoint
.PP
The \f[V]/batch\f[R] endpoint behaves like the root endpoint, except for
these two points:
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It accepts a JSON array, each element of which is a JSON object like the
one expected by the root endpoint.
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It returns a JSON array of results.
(It will not return plain text or octet-stream, like the root endpoint.)
.PP
This endpoint can be used to convert a sequence of small snippets in one
request.
.SS \f[V]/version\f[R] endpoint
.PP
The \f[V]/version\f[R] endpoint accepts a GET request and returns the
pandoc version as a plain or JSON-encoded string, depending on Accept
headers.
.SS \f[V]/babelmark\f[R] endpoint
.PP
The \f[V]/babelmark\f[R] endpoint accepts a GET request with the
following query parameters:
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\f[V]text\f[R] (required string)
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\f[V]from\f[R] (optional string, default is
\f[V]\[dq]markdown\[dq]\f[R])
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\f[V]to\f[R] (optional string, default is \f[V]\[dq]html\[dq]\f[R])
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\f[V]standalone\f[R] (optional boolean, default is \f[V]false\f[R])
.PP
It returns a JSON object with fields \f[V]html\f[R] and
\f[V]version\f[R].
This endpoint is designed to support the
Babelmarkhttps://babelmark.github.io website.
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Copyright 2022 John MacFarlane (jgm\[at]berkeley.edu).
Released under the GPL, version 2 or greater.
This software carries no warranty of any kind.
(See COPYRIGHT for full copyright and warranty notices.)