PDF to PNG Script for Quickdrop App

pdf2png.sh

# PDF to PNG shell script for Quickdrop app
# https://quickdrop.antran.app/

# pdfburst shell script
# chmod 0755 pdfburst

#!/usr/bin/swift
import Foundation
import PDFKit

func splitPDF(inputPath: String) {
    let docURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: inputPath)
    guard let pdfDocument = PDFDocument(url: docURL) else {
        print("Error: Unable to open PDF at \(inputPath)")
        return
    }
    guard pdfDocument.pageCount > 1 else {
        print(inputPath)
        return
    }

    let baseFileName = docURL.deletingPathExtension()
    for i in 0..<pdfDocument.pageCount {
        guard let page = pdfDocument.page(at: i) else { continue }
        let newDocument = PDFDocument()
        newDocument.insert(page, at: 0)
        let outputPath = baseFileName.path(percentEncoded: false) + "_page_\(i+1).pdf"
        newDocument.write(to: URL(fileURLWithPath: outputPath))
        print(outputPath)
    }
}

if CommandLine.arguments.count < 2 {
    print("Usage: \(CommandLine.arguments.first!) <inputPDF>")
    exit(1)
}

let inputPath = CommandLine.arguments[1]

splitPDF(inputPath: inputPath)


# PDF to PNG Shell Script
/usr/local/bin/pdfburst "{{inputFilePath}}" | awk '{print "/usr/bin/sips -s format png \"" $NF "\" -z 2112 1632 --out \"" $0 ".png\"; rm -f \"" $NF "\""}' | bash

1. Create a shell script called pdfburst (this splits a PDF into intermediate pages)
2. Place in /usr/local/bin/ and chmod 0755
3. Add the custom script to the Quickdrop app

Note: Assumes 8.5"x11" pages

This is awesome @kidGodzilla. It's even more awesome that it is written in Swift 🥳