The vivliostyle-cli from geekwolverine

Supercharge your command-line publication workflow.

Install

npm install -g @vivliostyle/cli

Use

Usage: vivliostyle [options] [command]

Options:
  -v, --version   output the version number
  -h, --help      display help for command

Commands:
  init            create vivliostyle config
  build           build and create PDF file
  preview         launch preview server
  help [command]  display help for command

`init`

create vivliostyle config file.

vivliostyle init

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CLI Options

Options:
  --title <title>            title
  --author <author>          author
  -l, --language <language>  language
  -s, --size  <size>         paper size
  -T, --theme <theme>        theme
  -h, --help                 display help for command

`build`

build and create PDF file.

Put vivliostyle.config.js in the root directory, then:

vivliostyle build

CLI options

Options:
  -c, --config <config_file>       path to vivliostyle.config.js [vivliostyle.config.js]
  -o, --output <path>              specify output file name or directory [<title>.pdf]
                                   This option can be specified multiple, then each -o options
                                   can be supplied one -f option.
                                   ex: -o output1 -f webpub -o output2.pdf -f pdf
  -f, --format <format>            specify output format corresponding output target
                                   If an extension is specified on -o option, this field will be
                                   inferenced automatically.
  -s, --size <size>                output pdf size [Letter]
                                   preset: A5, A4, A3, B5, B4, JIS-B5, JIS-B4, letter, legal,
                                   ledger
                                   custom(comma separated): 182mm,257mm or 8.5in,11in
  -m, --crop-marks                 print crop marks
  --bleed <bleed>                  extent of the bleed area for printing with crop marks [3mm]
  --crop-offset <offset>           distance between the edge of the trim size and the edge of
                                   the media size. [auto (13mm + bleed)]
  --css <CSS>                      custom style CSS code. (ex: ":root {--my-color: lime;}")
  --style <stylesheet>             additional stylesheet URL or path
  --user-style <user_stylesheet>   user stylesheet URL or path
  -d, --single-doc                 single HTML document input
  -p, --press-ready                make generated PDF compatible with press ready PDF/X-1a
                                   [false]
                                   This option is equivalent with "--preflight press-ready"
  -t, --timeout <seconds>          timeout limit for waiting Vivliostyle process [120]
  -T, --theme <theme>              theme path or package name
  --title <title>                  title
  --author <author>                author
  -l, --language <language>        language
  --render-mode <mode>             if docker is set, Vivliostyle try to render PDF on Docker
                                   container [local] (choices: "local", "docker")
  --preflight <mode>               apply the process to generate PDF for printing (choices:
                                   "press-ready", "press-ready-local")
  --preflight-option <options...>  options for preflight process (ex: gray-scale,
                                   enforce-outline)
                                   Please refer the document of press-ready for further
                                   information.
                                   https://github.com/vibranthq/press-ready
  --verbose                        verbose log output
  --no-sandbox                     launch chrome without sandbox. use this option when
                                   ECONNREFUSED error occurred.
  --executable-browser <path>      specify a path of executable browser you installed
  --image <image>                  specify a docker image to render
  --http                           launch an HTTP server hosting contents instead of file
                                   protocol
                                   It is useful that requires CORS such as external web fonts.
  --viewer <URL>                   specify a URL of displaying viewer instead of
                                   vivliostyle-cli's one
                                   It is useful that using own viewer that has staging features.
                                   (ex: https://vivliostyle.vercel.app/)
  -h, --help                       display help for command

`preview`

open preview page and save PDF interactively.

vivliostyle preview

CLI options

Options:
  -c, --config <config_file>      path to vivliostyle.config.js
  -T, --theme <theme>             theme path or package name
  -s, --size <size>               output pdf size [Letter]
                                  preset: A5, A4, A3, B5, B4, JIS-B5, JIS-B4, letter, legal,
                                  ledger
                                  custom(comma separated): 182mm,257mm or 8.5in,11in
  -m, --crop-marks                print crop marks
  --bleed <bleed>                 extent of the bleed area for printing with crop marks [3mm]
  --crop-offset <offset>          distance between the edge of the trim size and the edge of
                                  the media size. [auto (13mm + bleed)]
  --css <CSS>                     custom style CSS code. (ex: ":root {--my-color: lime;}")
  --style <stylesheet>            additional stylesheet URL or path
  --user-style <user_stylesheet>  user stylesheet URL or path
  -d, --single-doc                single HTML document input
  -q, --quick                     quick loading with rough page count
  --title <title>                 title
  --author <author>               author
  -l, --language <language>       language
  --verbose                       verbose log output
  --no-sandbox                    launch chrome without sandbox (use this option to avoid
                                  ECONNREFUSED error)
  --executable-browser <path>     specify a path of executable browser you installed
  --http                          launch an HTTP server hosting contents instead of file
                                  protocol
                                  It is useful that requires CORS such as external web fonts.
  --viewer <URL>                  specify a URL of displaying viewer instead of
                                  vivliostyle-cli's one
                                  It is useful that using own viewer that has staging features.
                                  (ex: https://vivliostyle.vercel.app/)
  --browser <browser>             EXPERIMENTAL SUPPORT: Specify a browser type to launch
                                  Vivliostyle viewer [chromium]
                                  Currently, Firefox and Webkit support preview command only!
                                  (choices: "chromium", "firefox", "webkit")
  -h, --help                      display help for command