Convert Word to PDF in Azure App Service on Linux

29 Nov 202413 minutes to read

Syncfusion® DocIO is a .NET Core Word library used to create, read, edit and convert Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can convert a Word document to PDF in Azure App service on Linux.

Steps to convert Word document to PDF in Azure App Service on Linux

Step 1: Create a new ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller).

Step 2: Create a project name and select the location.

Step 3: Click Create button.

Step 4: Install the following Nuget packages in your application from Nuget.org.

• Syncfusion.DocIORenderer.Net.Core
• SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux v2.88.8
• HarfBuzzSharp.NativeAssets.Linux v7.3.0.2

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion® assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion® license key in your application to use our components.

Step 5: Add a new button in the Index.cshtml as shown below.

C#

@{Html.BeginForm("WordToPDF", "Home", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" });
 
{
    <div class="Common">
        <div class="tablediv">
            <div class="rowdiv">
                This sample illustrates how to convert Word document to PDF using .NET Word library (DocIO) and .NET PDF library (PDF).
            </div>
            &nbsp;
            <div class="rowdiv" style="border-width: 0.5px;border-style:solid; border-color: lightgray; padding: 1px 5px 7px 5px">
            Click the button to view the resultant PDF document being converted from Word document using DocIO. Please note that PDF viewer is required to view the resultant PDF.
                    <div class="rowdiv" style="margin-top: 10px">
                        <div class="celldiv">
                            Select Document :
                            @Html.TextBox("file", "", new { type = "file", accept = ".docx" }) <br />
                        </div>
                    <div class="rowdiv" style="margin-top: 8px">
                            <input class="buttonStyle" type="submit" value="Convert to PDF" name="button" style="width:150px;height:27px" />
                            <br />
                            <div class="text-danger">
                                @ViewBag.Message
                            </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <br />
        </div>
    </div>
    Html.EndForm();
    }
}

Step 6: Include the following namespaces in HomeController.cs.

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIORenderer;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;

Step 7: Include the below code snippet in HomeController.cs for convert the Word document to Pdf.

C#

private Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment _env;
public HomeController(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment env)
{
    _env = env;
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert Word document to PDF
/// </summary>
/// <param name="button"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public IActionResult WordToPDF(string button)
{
    if (button == null)
        return View("Index");

    if (Request.Form.Files != null)
    {
        if (Request.Form.Files.Count == 0)
        {
            ViewBag.Message = string.Format("Browse a Word document and then click the button to convert as a PDF document");
            return View("Index");
        }
        // Gets the extension from file.
        string extension = Path.GetExtension(Request.Form.Files[0].FileName).ToLower();
        // Compares extension with supported extensions.
        if (extension == ".docx")
        {
            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
            Request.Form.Files[0].CopyTo(stream);
            try
            {
                //Open using Syncfusion
                using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(stream, FormatType.Docx))
                {
                    stream.Dispose();                         
                    // Creates a new instance of DocIORenderer class.
                    using (DocIORenderer render = new DocIORenderer())
                    {
                        // Converts Word document into PDF document
                        using (PdfDocument pdf = render.ConvertToPDF(document))
                        {                                                                     
                            MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
                            // Save the PDF document
                            pdf.Save(memoryStream);
                            memoryStream.Position = 0;                       
                            return File(memoryStream, "application/pdf", "WordToPDF.pdf");
                        }                                                           
                    } 
                }                                                
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ViewBag.Message = ex.ToString();
            }
        }
        else
        {
            ViewBag.Message = string.Format("Please choose Word format document to convert to PDF");
        }
    }
    else
    {
        ViewBag.Message = string.Format("Browse a Word document and then click the button to convert as a PDF document");
    }
    return View("Index");
}

Steps to publish as Azure App Service on Linux

Step 1: Right-click the project and select Publish option.

Step 2: Click the Add a Publish Profile button.

Step 3: Select the publish target as Azure.

Step 4: Select the Specific target as Azure App Service (Linux).

Step 5: To create a new app service, click Create new option.

Step 6: Click the Create button to proceed with App Service creation.

Step 7: Click the Finish button to finalize the App Service creation.

Step 8: Click Close button.

Step 9: Click the Publish button.

Step 10: Now, Publish has been succeeded.

Step 11: Now, the published webpage will open in the browser.

Step 12: Select the Word document and Click Convert to PDF to convert the given Word document to a PDF.You will get the output PDF document as follows.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

Click here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion® Word library (DocIO) features.

An online sample link to convert Word document to PDF in ASP.NET Core.