Imagine you could convert all kind of things to all kind of different things, e.g. taking a screenshot of a dom element or converting another website to a screenshot. Forks & comments much appreciated! #nobackend #dreamcode

convert_dreamcode.js

// convert a dom element to a PDF and download it
convert( $('.invoice') ).to( 'invoice.pdf' ).download()

// alternatively
download( convert( $('.invoice') ).to( 'invoice.pdf' ) )

// convert another website to a png and show it on the page
convert( 'http://exam.pl/page' ).toImage().then( $('.screenshots').append )

// attach a file to an email
sendEmail({
  subject: "Hello, World!",
  text: "This mail has been sent from the frontend",
  to: "joe@exam.pl",
  attachments: [ 
    convert( 'http://exam.pl/page' ).to("screenshot.png")
  ]
})

I would suggest https://www.filepicker.com for file format conversions and anything to do with pictures and files. All the above functional abstractions are covered using REST API