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The Common LaTeX Service Interface (CLSI) provides a RESTful interface to traditional LaTeX tools (or, more generally, any command line tool for composing marked-up documents into a display format such as PDF or HTML). The CLSI listens on the following ports by default:
* TCP/3009 - the RESTful interface
* TCP/3013 - the RESTful interface
* TCP/3048 - reports load information
* TCP/3049 - HTTP interface to control the CLSI service
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The CLSI can be installed and set up as part of the entire [Overleaf stack](https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf) (complete with front end editor and document storage), or it can be run as a standalone service. To run is as a standalone service, first checkout this repository:
$ git clone git@github.com:overleaf/clsi.git
Then install the require npm modules:
$ npm install
Then compile the coffee script source files:
$ grunt install
Finally, (after configuring your local database - see the Config section), run the CLSI service:
Then build the Docker image:
$ docker build . -t overleaf/clsi
Then pull the TeXLive image:
$ docker pull texlive/texlive
Then start the Docker container:
$ docker run --rm \
-p 127.0.0.1:3013:3013 \
-e LISTEN_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0 \
-e DOCKER_RUNNER=true \
-e TEXLIVE_IMAGE=texlive/texlive \
-e TEXLIVE_IMAGE_USER=root \
-e COMPILES_HOST_DIR="$PWD/compiles" \
-v "$PWD/compiles:/app/compiles" \
-v "$PWD/cache:/app/cache" \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
overleaf/clsi
Note: if you're running the CLSI in macOS you may need to use `-v /var/run/docker.sock.raw:/var/run/docker.sock` instead.
The CLSI should then be running at <http://localhost:3013>
$ grunt run
The CLSI should then be running at http://localhost:3013.
Config
------
You will need to set up a database in mysql to use with the CLSI, and then fill in the database name, username and password in the config file at `config/settings.development.coffee`.
The CLSI will use a SQLite database by default, but you can optionally set up a MySQL database and then fill in the database name, username and password in the config file at `config/settings.development.coffee`.
API
---
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POST /project/<project-id>/compile
```javascript
```json5
{
"compile": {
"options": {
// Which compiler to use. Can be latex, pdflatex, xelatex or lualatex
"compiler": "lualatex",
// How many seconds to wait before killing the process. Default is 60.
"timeout": 40
"timeout": 40
},
// The main file to run LaTeX on
"rootResourcePath": "main.tex",
"rootResourcePath": "main.tex",
// An array of files to include in the compilation. May have either the content
// passed directly, or a URL where it can be downloaded.
"resources": [{
"resources": [
{
"path": "main.tex",
"content": "\\documentclass{article}\n\\begin{document}\nHello World\n\\end{document}"
}, {
"path": "image.png",
"url": "www.example.com/image.png",
"modified": 123456789 // Unix time since epoch
}]
}
// ,{
// "path": "image.png",
// "url": "www.example.com/image.png",
// "modified": 123456789 // Unix time since epoch
// }
]
}
}
```
With `curl`, if you place the above json in a file called `data.json`, the request would look like this:
With `curl`, if you place the above JSON in a file called `data.json`, the request would look like this:
``` shell
$ curl -X POST -d @data.json localhost:3013/project/<id>/compile
$ curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @data.json http://localhost:3013/project/<id>/compile
```
You can specify any project-id in the URL, and the files and LaTeX environment will be persisted between requests.
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#### Example Response
```javascript
```json
{
"compile": {
"status": "success",
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The code in this repository is released under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, version 3. A copy can be found in the `LICENSE` file.
Copyright (c) Overleaf, 2014-2019.
Copyright (c) Overleaf, 2014-2021.