claude-prism/apps/latex-api/README.md

LaTeX API

A simple LaTeX compilation API service built with Hono + Node.js.

API

POST /builds/sync

Compiles LaTeX documents and returns PDF.

Request:

{
  "compiler": "pdflatex",
  "resources": [
    {
      "path": "main.tex",
      "content": "\\documentclass{article}\\begin{document}Hello\\end{document}",
      "main": true
    },
    {
      "path": "image.png",
      "file": "<base64-encoded-content>"
    }
  ]
}

Response:

• Success: application/pdf binary
• Failure: application/json with { error, log_files }

Local Development

# Install dependencies (from workspace root)
pnpm install

# Run development server
pnpm dev

# Test
curl -X POST http://localhost:3001/builds/sync \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"compiler":"pdflatex","resources":[{"main":true,"content":"\\documentclass{article}\\begin{document}Hello\\end{document}"}]}'

Requires TeX Live installed locally for development.