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"title" : "How do I Convert a Microsoft Word Doc to a HTML File and fire a webhook on conversion? "
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HTML File
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How do I Convert a Microsoft Word Doc to a HTML File (HTML) and fire a webhook on conversion?
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It is very simple to convert a Word Document to a HTML file on the command line using [Docto](https://github.com/tobya/docto). You can also do this easily in Microsoft Word, but sometimes it helps to be able to do it from the command line. And its really simple to fire a webhook that you can recieve at any website. Just use the `-W` parameter.
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The command line below shows how you can convert a Microsoft Word Document to a HTML File file - HTML and fire a webhook.
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Command Line
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````
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docto -WD -f 'c:\path\Document.doc' -o 'c:\path\Document.HTML' -t wdFormatHTML -W 'https://example.com/mywebhook.php'
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````
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or easier to read
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````
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docto -WD -f 'c:\path\Document.doc'
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-o 'c:\path\Document.HTML'
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-t wdFormatHTML
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-W 'https://example.com/mywebhook.php'
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````
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Command Line Explained
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- `-WD` - This is a conversion using Microsoft Word.
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- `-f` - The File or directory to be converted
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- `-o` - The Output File or Directory where you would like the converted file to be written to.
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- `-T` - The file format type that is being converted to
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- `-W` - Fire a webhook to the provided URL. See Below for more details
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Web Hook Help
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The Webhook URL will be called on the following events with the following parameters
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- File Conversion
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- action=convert
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- type=wdFormatType (or int if no matching format type)
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- ouputfilename=File being written to.
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- inputfilename=File being converted.
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- Error
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- action=error
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- type=wdFormatType (or int if no matching format type)
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- ouputfilename=File being written to.
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- inputfilename=File being converted.
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- error=Error Message
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Return value is ignored, no errors are logged. This is a fire and forget Webhook.
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The URL will look like this
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https://example.com/webhooks/docto/webhook_test.php?action=convert&type=wdFormatPDF&outputfilename=D:%5CDevelopment%5CGitHub%5CDocTo%5Ctest%5CGeneratedFiles%5Cpie3.pdf&inputfilename=D:%5CDevelopment%5CGitHub%5CDocTo%5Ctest%5CInputfiles%5Cpie3.doc
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Some other interesting commands
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You might find some of the following commands also interesting.
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