As you might have observed, when a file is uploaded to Google Drive, it is shown in the form of a thumbnail. So in this project we will at first create the thumbnail for any uploaded pdf and then convert that node server to a NPM package.
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Clone the repo and run the node server, replacing the file source in the app.js file.
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Currently the project containes code which extract the first page of the pdf into an array buffer.
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You can either continue to work on the same code or you can suggest a totally different approach to achieve the same.
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Work on building a node server. Converting it into a package is not so complex.
System requirements:
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Make sure node version 12 or higher is installed on your system.
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Make sure yarn version 1.19.1 or higher is installed on your system.
Note 1: If you've never made a pull request before, or participated in an open-source project, we recommend taking a look at this wonderful video tutorial. And if you want a more complete tutorial on using github, creating branches etc. , here's a detailed video series.Once you've got your feet wet, you're ready to come back and dive into Hacktoberfest fun!
Note 2: Super Important Only the pull requests created between October 1st, 2020 and October 31st, 2020 will be counted!
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Star this repository. 😛
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And then you have to fork (make a copy) of this repo to your Github account.
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Clone (download) your fork to your computer.
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Set your streams so you can sync your clone with the original repo (get the latest updates)
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git remote add upstream https://github.com/NITJSR-OSS/PDF-Thumbnail-Creator.git -
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The above 2 commands will synchronize your forked version of the project with the actual repository.
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Create a branch with your name (for e.g: if your name is John Wick, create a branch named
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Make the changes in your branch.
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Commit and push the code to YOUR fork.
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Create a pull request to have the changes merged into the origin.