diff --git a/.docker/webservice.dockerfile b/.docker/webservice.dockerfile
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+# OCRmyPDF webservice
+#
+FROM jbarlow83/ocrmypdf-polyglot:latest
+
+USER root
+
+# Update system and install our dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ python3-flask
+
+RUN apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean -y
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+COPY .docker/webservice.py /application
+
+USER docker
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/application/webservice.py"]
diff --git a/.docker/webservice.py b/.docker/webservice.py
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+from flask import Flask, Response, flash, request, redirect, url_for, abort, send_from_directory
+from subprocess import run, PIPE
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
+import os
+import shlex
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+app.secret_key = "secret"
+
+uploaddir = TemporaryDirectory(prefix="ocrmypdf-upload")
+downloaddir = TemporaryDirectory(prefix="ocrmypdf-download")
+
+app.config["UPLOAD_FOLDER"] = uploaddir
+ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = set(["pdf"])
+
+
+def allowed_file(filename):
+ return "." in filename and filename.rsplit(".", 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
+
+
+def do_ocrmypdf(file):
+ filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
+ up_file = os.path.join(uploaddir.name, filename)
+ file.save(up_file)
+ down_file = os.path.join(downloaddir.name, filename)
+
+ cmd_args = [arg for arg in shlex.split(request.form["params"])]
+ if "--sidecar" in cmd_args:
+ return Response("--sidecar not supported", 501, mimetype='text/plain')
+
+ ocrmypdf_args = ["ocrmypdf", *cmd_args, up_file, down_file]
+ proc = run(ocrmypdf_args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, encoding="utf-8")
+ if proc.returncode != 0:
+ stderr = proc.stderr
+ return Response(stderr, 400, mimetype='text/plain')
+
+ return send_from_directory(downloaddir.name, filename)
+
+
+@app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
+def upload_file():
+ if request.method == "POST":
+ if "file" not in request.files:
+ return Response("No file in POST", 400, mimetype='text/plain')
+ file = request.files["file"]
+ if file.filename == "":
+ return Response("Empty filename", 400, mimetype='text/plain')
+ if not allowed_file(file.filename):
+ return Response("Invalid filename", 400, mimetype='text/plain')
+ if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
+ return do_ocrmypdf(file)
+ return Response("Some other problem", 400, mimetype='text/plain')
+
+ return """
+
+ OCRmyPDF webapp
+ Upload a PDF (debug UI)
+
+ """
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ app.run(host='0.0.0.0')