csv-to-marp-converter

multiple-choice-quiz-csv-to-marp-markdown-slides-converter

this tool can convert a csv file into a Marp markdown slides, which can subsequently be converted into a pdf file.

csv needs to have the following format

Kategorie 1: Zitate ( Wer hat's gesagt?),,,,
(1) Probleme sind nur Dorninge Chancen,Jan Böhmermann,Christian Lindner,Elon Musk,Pable Escobar

Strings surrounded with quotation marks

The marp-cli can be used to convert the md to pdf:

• Stand alone linux package https://github.com/marp-team/marp-cli/releases
  • run as server with PORT=5000 marp -s ./slides
  • requires wget for download
  • requires chrome to convert to pdf
• docker container https://hub.docker.com/r/marpteam/marp-cli/ docker run --rm --init -v $PWD:/home/marp/app/ -e LANG=$LANG marpteam/marp-cli slide-deck.md --pdf
• Run marp cli in its own docker container in server mode!!!
  • output folder as volumne, so that marp container can assess it

powerpoint export is also possible with --pptx

• use config
  • run using cli command when in prod mdoe (inside docker)
  • run using docker when in dev mode

Steps:

1. csv -> marp markdown converter
2. md -> pdf conversion using mark cli docker image

file upload based on https://pythonise.com/series/learning-flask/flask-uploading-files

python docker wait for container

CLI binary:

convert file ./marp --pdf ./slides/slide-deck.md ./marp --pdf ./slides/slide-deck.md /opt/marp --pdf /code/csv-to-marp-converter/

start server ./marp --pdf --server ./slides/ PORT=4100 /opt/marp-cli --server ./

use marp server:

• link or embed marp server path (http://localhost:8080/) from result html
• Dockerfile
  • download latest marp binary
  • start server (on correct port)

wget -O marp-cli.tar.gz https://github.com/marp-team/marp-cli/releases/download/v1.1.1/marp-cli-v1.1.1-linux.tar.gz

when running release version from

[ WARN ] The environment variable CHROME_PATH must be set to executable of a build of Chromium version 54.0 or later. [ ERROR ] Failed converting Markdown. (You have to install Google Chrome, Chromium, or Microsoft Edge to convert slide deck with current options.)

when running cli with docker docker run -v $PWD:/home/marp/app/ -e LANG=$LANG marpteam/marp-cli quiz-slides-template.md --pdf

[ ERROR ] Failed converting Markdown. (EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/marp/app/quiz-slides-template.pdf')

chmod -R 0777 output/

docker run -v $PWD:/home/marp/app/ -e LANG=$LANG -e PORT=4100 -p 4100:4100 marpteam/marp-cli --server ./ -d

docker run -d -v /home/marcelo/git/docker-python-multi-service/csv-to-marp-converter/output:/home/marp/app/ -e LANG=$LANG -e PORT=4100 -p 4100:4100 marpteam/marp-cli --server ./

run on NAS: sudo docker run -d -v /volume1/docker/dockerpython/docker-python-multi-service/csv-marp-converter-output:/home/marp/app/ -e LANG=$LANG -e PORT=4100 -p 4100:4100 --name marp marpteam/marp-cli --server -I ./

• Folder that is mounted should not be empty!!