Join documents together using Node

Node Cloud SDK to combine several documents and export the result to almost any office format

Use Node library to merge Word, PDF, Web documents via REST API. Easily combine two or more documents into a single file using Node.

Combine Word, PDF, Web documents using Node REST API

Easily merge documents together in various formats in Node code. This Node library is designed to combine Word, PDF, Web documents into a single file using the REST API, i.e. by passing HTTPS calls over the Internet.

This is a professional Cloud-native document-merging solution that provides Node programmers with both great development flexibility and powerful features. Joining files together is often used when it is necessary to create a set of documents of the same structure, each of which contains unique data. By merging documents, you can automate your digital workflows and offload some routine parts of the process to fast and efficient document-processing Node software.

Merge multiple files into one in Node

You may need to combine documents together in many cases. For example, you may want to combine multiple files together before printing or archiving.

Merging documents together can be part of a whole integrated technology for creating documents from disparate data sources. Such tasks involve the use of a full-featured file format manipulation Node library that will process sets of files and merge them together in the shortest possible time, creating a compact and accurate output.

To merge documents in Node, you need at least two source files. For a quick start, check out the Node code example below.

Node code example to merge documents using REST API
Input files
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Output format
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import * as fs from "fs";

const wordsApi = new WordsApi("####-####-####-####-####", "##################");

const document = fs.createReadStream("Input1.docx");
// Load a document to append from the Cloud storage.
const mergeDocument = new model.DocumentEntry({
    fileReference: model.FileReference.fromRemoteFilePath("Input2.docx"),
    importFormatMode: "KeepSourceFormatting"
})

const documentEntries = [ mergeDocument ]
const documentList = new model.DocumentEntryList({
    documentEntries: documentEntries
})

const appendDocumentOnline = new model.AppendDocumentOnlineRequest({
    document: document,
    documentList: documentList
});
wordsApi.appendDocumentOnline(appendDocumentOnline)
.then((appendDocumentOnlineResult) => {
    console.log("Result of AppendDocumentOnline: ", appendDocumentOnlineResult);
});
  
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How to use Node to merge PDF, Word, Web documents and many other file formats

  1. Install Node SDK and add the reference (import the library) to your Node project.
  2. Open the source file in Node using REST API.
  3. Load a document to append from the Cloud storage.
  4. Call the 'appendDocumentOnline()' method, passing the output filename with the required extension.
  5. Get the the combined result as a single file.

Node library to merge files

Install 'Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for Node.js' using NPM package manager. Run npm install asposewordscloud --save from the command line to install the SDK via the NPM package manager. As an alternative, you can manually clone Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for Node.js source code from GitHub and use it in your project. Please follow these Instructions to quickly get the necessary security credentials and access our REST API.

System Requirements

  • @types/request (version 2.48.3+)
  • lodash (version 4.17.15+)
  • lodash.template (version 4.5.0+)
  • request (version 2.88.0+)
  • request-debug (version 0.2.0+)

Refer to the Repository Documentation to see more details.

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