FileConverter

A Python command-line utility to convert between various file formats including CSV, Excel, text, JSON, HTML, PDF, PPTX, JPG, PNG, and GIF.

Features

• CSV <> Excel: Convert CSV files to Excel (.xls/.xlsx) and vice versa.
• Text <> JSON: Serialize plain text (line‑by‑line) to JSON and back.
• Text <> CSV: Store each line of a text file as a row in CSV.
• HTML → PDF: Render simple HTML documents as PDF.
• PDF → HTML: Extract text from PDF and wrap in HTML tags.
• PDF <> PPTX: Embed PDF pages as images in PowerPoint slides, and export PPTX decks to PDF via LibreOffice.
• PDF → JPG/PNG/GIF: Rasterize PDF pages to images.
• JPG/PNG/GIF → PDF: Convert image formats into PDF (single- or multi-page).
• GIF → PDF and PDF → GIF: Convert animated GIF frames to PDF and vice versa.

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• pandas
• openpyxl
• fpdf
• pdf2image
• Pillow
• python-pptx
• PyPDF2
• LibreOffice installed and in your PATH for PPTX-to-PDF conversion

Install dependencies via pip:

pip install pandas openpyxl fpdf2 pdf2image pillow python-pptx PyPDF2

On Debian/Ubuntu, install LibreOffice:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libreoffice

Usage

1. Clone or copy the FileConverter script:

   git clone https://github.com/priyanshuTh/File_Convertor.git
   cd File_Convertor

2. Run the script:

   python FileConverter.py

3. Select the desired conversion from the interactive menu by entering its number.
4. Provide source and destination paths when prompted.

Examples

• Convert CSV to Excel:

  Choice: 1
  Source path:  C:\Users\Downloads\report.csv
  Destination path: C:\Users\Downloads\report.xlsx

• Convert PPTX to PDF:

  Choice: 9
  Source path: C:\Users\Downloads\presentation.pptx
  Destination path: C:\Users\Downloads\presentation.pdf

• Batch-export PDF pages to PNG images:

  Choice: 13
  Source path: C:\Users\Downloads\document.pdf
  Output folder: ./images

Error Handling

• The utility validates file extensions before conversion and reports descriptive errors if mismatched.
• Ensure correct paths and install required dependencies.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Contributing

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests for additional formats or features.