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TheDocument Conversion service transforms HTML, PDF, and Microsoft™ Word documents into normalized HTML, plain text, or sets of Answer units. The Answer units can be run through a utility to convert it to the Solr JSON file type needed to train the Retrieve and Rank service.

Give it a try! Click the button below to fork into IBM DevOps Services and deploy your own copy of this application on Bluemix.

1. Create a Bluemix Account

Sign up in Bluemix, or use an existing account. Watson Services in Beta are free to use.

2. Download and install theCloud-foundry CLI tool

3. Edit themanifest.yml file and change the<application-name> to something unique.

applications:- services:  - document-conversion-service  name: <application-name>  path: .  memory: 256M

The name you use will determinate your application url initially, e.g.<application-name>.mybluemix.net.

4. Connect to Bluemix in the command line tool

$ cf api https://api.ng.bluemix.net$ cf login -u<your user ID>

5. Create the Document Conversion service in Bluemix

$ cf create-service document_conversion standard document-conversion-service

6. Push it live!

$ cf push

The application usesNode.js andnpm so you will have to download and install them as part of the steps below.

1. Copy the credentials from yourdocument-conversion-service service in Bluemix toapp.js, you can see the credentials using:

   $ cf env<application-name>

   Example output:

   System-Provided:{"VCAP_SERVICES": {"document_conversion": [{"credentials": {"url":"<url>","password":"<password>","username":"<username>"      },"label":"document_conversion","name":"document-conversion-service","plan":"standard" }]}}

   You need to copyusername,password andurl.

2. InstallNode.js

3. Go to the project folder in a terminal and run:npm install

4. Start the application

5. npm start

6. Go tohttp://localhost:3000

To troubleshoot your Bluemix app the main useful source of information are the logs, to see them, run:

$ cf logs<application-name> --recent

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