# Description of Changes
This pull request introduces full support for generating true CBR (Comic
Book RAR) archives from PDF files using the local RAR CLI
### CBR Conversion Implementation:
- Refactored `PdfToCbrUtils.java` to generate image files for each PDF
page, invoke the RAR CLI to create a `.cbr` archive, and clean up
temporary files after conversion..
### Dependency & Endpoint Management:
- Added RAR as a required external dependency in
`ExternalAppDepConfig.java` and checks for its availability, disabling
related endpoints if missing.
- Registered new endpoints under the "RAR" group in
`EndpointConfiguration.java` and updated group validation logic.
### Controller and API Updates:
- Updated the API controller to clarify that the output is a true CBR
archive created with RAR, not ZIP-based.
- Modified the web controller to check for endpoint availability and
return a 404 error if the CBR conversion feature is disabled.
### Sample logs/verification:
Conversion command
> 23:12:41.552 [qtp1634254747-43] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
Running command: rar a -m5 -ep1 output.cbr page_001.png
> 23:12:41.571 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
> 23:12:41.571 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor - RAR
7.12 Copyright (c) 1993-2025 Alexander Roshal 23 Jun 2025
> 23:12:41.571 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor - Trial
version Type 'rar -?' for help
> 23:12:41.571 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
> 23:12:41.571 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
Evaluation copy. Please register.
> 23:12:41.571 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
> 23:12:41.572 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
Creating archive output.cbr
> 23:12:41.578 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor -
> 23:12:41.587 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor - Adding
page_001.png OK
> 23:12:41.587 [Thread-25] INFO s.s.common.util.ProcessExecutor - Done
Verification whether its RAR (not included in the code; was to verify
whether the code works)
> ~/Downloads
> ❯ unrar l lorem-ipsum_converted.cbr
>
> UNRAR 7.12 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2025 Alexander Roshal
>
> Archive: lorem-ipsum_converted.cbr
> Details: RAR 5
>
> Attributes Size Date Time Name
> ----------- --------- ---------- ----- ----
> -rw-r--r-- 105955 2025-10-07 23:12 page_001.png
> ----------- --------- ---------- ----- ----
> 105955 1
Logs on startup with no RAR CLI
> INFO:unoserver:Started.
> 12:09:16.592 [main] INFO s.s.p.s.configuration.DatabaseConfig - Using
default H2 database
> INFO:unoserver:Server PID: 46
> 12:09:21.281 [main] INFO s.s.c.config.TempFileConfiguration - Created
temporary directory: /tmp/stirling-pdf/stirling-pdf
> 12:09:21.329 [main] WARN s.s.SPDF.config.ExternalAppDepConfig -
Missing dependency: rar - Disabling group: RAR (Affected features:
Pdf/cbr, PDF To Cbr)
> 12:09:22.066 [main] INFO s.s.S.config.EndpointConfiguration - Disabled
tool groups: RAR (endpoints may have alternative implementations)
> 12:09:22.066 [main] INFO s.s.S.config.EndpointConfiguration - Disabled
functional groups: enterprise
> 12:09:22.066 [main] INFO s.s.S.config.EndpointConfiguration - Total
disabled endpoints: 3. Disabled endpoints: pdf-to-cbr, pdf/cbr,
url-to-pdf
> 12:09:22.407 [main] INFO s.s.p.s.service.DatabaseService - Source
directory does not exist: configs/db/backup
> 12:09:23.092 [main] INFO s.software.common.util.FileMonitor -
Monitoring directory: ./pipeline/watchedFolders
> 12:09:23.721 [main] INFO s.s.c.service.TempFileCleanupService -
Created LibreOffice temp directory:
/tmp/stirling-pdf/stirling-pdf/libreoffice
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# Description of Changes
This pull request adds support for converting CBR (Comic Book RAR) files
to PDF, optimizes CBZ/CBR-to-PDF conversion for e-readers using
Ghostscript, and improves file type detection and image file handling.
It introduces the `CbrUtils` and `PdfToCbrUtils` utility classes,
refactors CBZ conversion logic, and integrates these features into the
API controller. The most important changes are grouped below.
### CBR Support and Conversion:
- Added the `com.github.junrar:junrar` dependency to support RAR/CBR
archive extraction in `build.gradle`. (https://github.com/junrar/junrar
and https://github.com/junrar/junrar?tab=License-1-ov-file#readme for
repo and license)
- Introduced the new utility class `CbrUtils` for converting CBR files
to PDF, including image extraction, sorting, and error handling.
- Added the `PdfToCbrUtils` utility class to convert PDF files into CBR
archives by rendering each page as an image and packaging them.
### CBZ/CBR Conversion Optimization:
- Refactored `CbzUtils.convertCbzToPdf` to support optional Ghostscript
optimization for e-reader compatibility and added a new method for this.
- Added `GeneralUtils.optimizePdfWithGhostscript`, which uses
Ghostscript to optimize PDFs for e-readers, and integrated error
handling.
### API Controller Integration:
- Updated `ConvertImgPDFController` to support CBR conversion, CBZ/CBR
optimization toggling, and Ghostscript availability checks.
### Endpoints
<img width="1298" height="522" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/144d3e03-a637-451a-9c35-f784b2a66dc1"
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<img width="1279" height="472" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/879f221d-b775-4224-8edb-a23dbea6a0ca"
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### UI
<img width="384" height="105" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f861943-0706-4fad-8775-c40a9c1f3170"
/>
### File Type and Image Detection Improvements:
- Improved file extension detection for comic book files and image files
in `CbzUtils` and added a shared regex pattern utility for image files.
### Additional notes:
- Please keep in mind new the dependency, this is not dependency-free
implementation (as opposed to CBZ converter)
- RAR 5 currently not supported. (because JUNRAR does not support it)
- Added the new ebook optimization func to GeneralUtils since we'll soon
(hopefully) at least 3 book/ebook formats (EPUB, CBZ, CBR) all of which
can use it.
- Once again this has been thoroughly tested but can't share actual
"real life" file due to copyright.
Closes: #775
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# Description of Changes
- **What was changed**
- Reworked `ConvertOfficeController` to use a dedicated temporary
working directory per request and cleaned up with directory-level
deletion.
- Added detection for converter availability via `EndpointConfiguration`
to choose between **unoconvert** and a **soffice** headless fallback.
- Ensured safe filename handling (sanitization, extension checks,
lowercase normalization) and early validation errors for missing/invalid
filenames.
- Switched raw temp file writes to `Files.copy` / `Files.writeString`
with `StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING`.
- Implemented robust output handling:
- Verified non-zero exit codes and null results.
- Checked for missing/empty PDF outputs.
- Added fallback lookup for any produced `.pdf` within the work
directory if the expected name is not present.
- Introduced `@Slf4j` logging; improved error and cleanup logging.
- Replaced ad-hoc temp cleanup with `FileUtils.deleteDirectory` for full
working-dir removal.
- Minor imports/cleanup: removed unused `Arrays`, added
`StandardCopyOption`, `FileUtils`, and related imports.
- **Why the change was made**
- Increase conversion reliability across environments where either
unoconvert or soffice may be available.
- Harden security and stability through strict input validation and
sanitized HTML processing.
- Prevent orphaned files/directories and ensure consistent cleanup to
reduce disk footprint and operational issues.
- Provide clearer operational signals (logging, explicit exceptions) for
easier troubleshooting.
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