PDF-Merge-Service

If you want to create duplex scans but your scanner does not support duplex scanning, then the "PDF Merge Service" is just right for you. It monitors an input directory, and as soon as two PDFs are present, they will be merged. PDF 1 - Page 1, PDF 2 - Page 1, PDF 1 - Page 2, PDF 2 - Page 2, and so on. The service can be easily operated via Docker. In addition to the merge function, the PDFs will be prefixed with the creation date (2024_11_05_ORIGINALNAME.pdf). Individual PDFs can also be dated and moved to the output directory; simply place the files in the "input_single" directory.

Build

podman build -t pdf-merge-service .

docker build -t pdf-merge-service .

Run

docker run -v /path/to/input:/app/input -v /path/to/output:/app/output -d pdf-merge-service

Example

podman run -v C:/PDF/input:/app/input -v C:/PDF/output:/app/output -v C:/PDF/input_single:/app/input_single -d pdf-merge-service

Docker-Compose example

version: '3.8'

services:
  pdf_merge_service:
    image: pdf-merge-service
    container_name: pdf-merge-service
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - /path/to/pdf-merge-service/input:/app/input
      - /path/to/pdf-merge-service/input_single:/app/input_single
      - /path/to/pdf-merge-service/output:/app/output