$convert - convert field

Converts the content of a field into an attachment with a specific format with the help of an external service provider ConvertAPI. It currently converts plain text, markdown, excel files to PDF.

Installation

In order to use this customization, it must be installed in the server as:

cob-cli customize convert

WARNING

• Requires IntegrationM restart
• After the installation it is required that you add your API Token to the file common/config/ConvertToConfig.groovy

Usage

$convert(<sourceField>).<format>

WARNING

The source field must be one of:

• $text
• $markdown
• $file.

The list of supported format files are:

• XLSX
• XLS
• PPTX
• PPT
• ODT
• DOCX
• DOC
• RTF
• PUB
• CSV
• NUMBERS
• KEY
• PAGES
• PNG
• JPG

WARNING

Please note that the conversion will only occur upon saving.

Examples

Convert an XLSX file to PDF

$file $convert(Report File).pdf