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Attachment Preview Office
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Preview office documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, macro-enabled DOCM, XLSM,
PPTM, legacy DOC, XLS, PPT, and ODT, ODS, ODP, ODG) directly in the
browser, including chatter attachments.

The document is converted to PDF on the Odoo server using LibreOffice in
headless mode and rendered with Odoo's native PDF.js viewer. Nothing
leaves your server: no external viewer service (Microsoft Office Online,
Google Docs) is involved, which makes this suitable for sensitive
documents.

Converted PDFs are cached on disk (keyed by document checksum), so each
document is only converted once. The *Download* button still downloads
the original file, not the converted PDF.

**Table of contents**

.. contents::
:local:

Installation
============

LibreOffice must be installed on the Odoo server and the ``libreoffice``
binary must be available in the PATH of the Odoo process:

::

apt-get install libreoffice

On Odoo.sh, LibreOffice is already available by default.

If LibreOffice is not available, the module still installs, but the
preview button is simply not shown for office files (the availability is
exposed to the web client through the session info).

Usage
=====

1. Attach an office file (e.g. an ``.xlsx``) to any record with a
chatter, or send it in a message.
2. Click on the attachment thumbnail.
3. The file opens in the standard Odoo file viewer, rendered as PDF.

Bug Tracker
===========

Bugs are tracked on `GitHub Issues <https://github.com/OCA/knowledge/issues>`_.
In case of trouble, please check there if your issue has already been reported.
If you spotted it first, help us to smash it by providing a detailed and welcomed
`feedback <https://github.com/OCA/knowledge/issues/new?body=module:%20attachment_preview_office%0Aversion:%2017.0%0A%0A**Steps%20to%20reproduce**%0A-%20...%0A%0A**Current%20behavior**%0A%0A**Expected%20behavior**>`_.

Do not contact contributors directly about support or help with technical issues.

Credits
=======

Authors
-------

* Jarsa

Contributors
------------

- Jesús Alan Ramos Rodríguez <alan.ramos@jarsa.com>

Maintainers
-----------

This module is maintained by the OCA.

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OCA, or the Odoo Community Association, is a nonprofit organization whose
mission is to support the collaborative development of Odoo features and
promote its widespread use.

This module is part of the `OCA/knowledge <https://github.com/OCA/knowledge/tree/17.0/attachment_preview_office>`_ project on GitHub.

You are welcome to contribute. To learn how please visit https://odoo-community.org/page/Contribute.
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from . import controllers
from . import models
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# Copyright 2026 Jarsa
# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
{
"name": "Attachment Preview Office",
"summary": "Preview Office attachments in the browser "
"by converting them to PDF with LibreOffice",
"version": "17.0.1.0.0",
"category": "Knowledge Management",
"website": "https://github.com/OCA/knowledge",
"author": "Jarsa, Odoo Community Association (OCA)",
"license": "AGPL-3",
"depends": ["mail"],
"assets": {
"web.assets_backend": [
"attachment_preview_office/static/src/attachment_model_patch.esm.js",
"attachment_preview_office/static/src/file_viewer_patch.esm.js",
"attachment_preview_office/static/src/file_viewer_patch.xml",
],
},
"installable": True,
}
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from . import main
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# Copyright 2026 Jarsa
# Copyright 2026 Ledoweb
# License AGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl).
"""LibreOffice-based conversion endpoint for office-document preview.

Converts office documents (ODF *and* OOXML: ODT/ODS/ODP, DOCX/XLSX/PPTX,
macro-enabled DOCM/XLSM/PPTM, legacy DOC/XLS/PPT, ODG) to PDF so they can be
rendered by Odoo's native PDF.js viewer.
LibreOffice headless must be installed; if it is absent the endpoint returns
HTTP 503.
"""

import base64
import hashlib
import logging
import os
import subprocess
import tempfile

from odoo import http, tools
from odoo.http import request

_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

# Office formats LibreOffice can convert to PDF (ODF + OOXML + legacy binary).
OFFICE_EXTENSIONS = frozenset(
{
"docx",
"docm",
"xlsx",
"xlsm",
"pptx",
"pptm",
"doc",
"xls",
"ppt",
"odt",
"ods",
"odp",
"odg",
}
)

# Spreadsheets are exported with the SinglePageSheets option (one full-size
# page per sheet) so columns are not cut by Calc's print pagination. The
# option is seeded into the isolated LibreOffice profile registry instead of
# being passed as CLI filter options: the JSON filter-options syntax is only
# parsed by LibreOffice >= 7.4, while the registry works from 7.2.
SPREADSHEET_EXTENSIONS = frozenset({"xlsx", "xlsm", "xls", "ods"})
SINGLE_PAGE_SHEETS_XCU = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oor:items xmlns:oor="http://openoffice.org/2001/registry"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<item oor:path="/org.openoffice.Office.Common/Filter/PDF/Export">
<prop oor:name="SinglePageSheets" oor:op="fuse"><value>true</value></prop>
</item>
</oor:items>
"""
# Bump to invalidate PDFs cached before a conversion-behavior change.
CACHE_KEY_VERSION = "2"

# Reject documents larger than this before spawning a (slow) conversion.
MAX_CONTENT_BYTES = 50 * 1024 * 1024 # 50 MB
# Per-conversion wall-clock budget (seconds).
CONVERT_TIMEOUT = 60


class AttachmentPreviewOfficeController(http.Controller):
@http.route(
"/attachment_preview_office/to_pdf",
type="http",
auth="user",
methods=["GET"],
)
def office_to_pdf( # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
self, model, field, id, filename="file", **kwargs
):
"""Convert a binary field's office document to PDF for preview.

Query params:
model – Odoo model name (e.g. 'ir.attachment')
field – binary field name (e.g. 'datas')
id – record id (integer)
filename – original filename (used to derive the extension)
"""
try:
record_id = int(id)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
return request.make_response("Bad request", status=400)

# Extension allow-list (on the claimed filename) before touching the DB.
ext = os.path.splitext(filename)[-1].lstrip(".").lower()
if ext not in OFFICE_EXTENSIONS:
return request.make_response(
"Extension not supported for conversion", status=415
)

record = request.env[model].browse(record_id).exists()
if not record:
return request.make_response("Not found", status=404)
# Record-level ACL: raises AccessError (-> 403) if the user can't read.
record.check_access_rights("read")
record.check_access_rule("read")

# The field must exist on the model AND be a binary field — never read
# an arbitrary attribute supplied in the query string.
model_field = record._fields.get(field)
if model_field is None or model_field.type != "binary":
return request.make_response("Invalid field", status=400)

raw = record[field]
if not raw:
return request.make_response("No content", status=404)

content = base64.b64decode(raw)
if len(content) > MAX_CONTENT_BYTES:
return request.make_response("Document too large to preview", status=413)

pdf_bytes = self._get_pdf_cached(content, ext)
if pdf_bytes is None:
return request.make_response(
"LibreOffice not available — cannot convert document", status=503
)

return request.make_response(
pdf_bytes,
headers=[
("Content-Type", "application/pdf"),
(
"Content-Disposition",
f'inline; filename="{os.path.splitext(filename)[0]}.pdf"',
),
("Cache-Control", "private, max-age=3600"),
],
)

# -- conversion + cache ----------------------------------------------------

def _get_pdf_cached(self, content, ext):
"""Return converted PDF bytes, using a checksum-keyed disk cache.

The cache lives under the Odoo filestore so it is shared across workers
on the same host; identical documents are converted only once. All cache
I/O is best-effort: a miss or any filesystem error falls back silently to
a fresh conversion.
"""
# The extension is part of the key: the export options depend on it.
key = f"{hashlib.sha256(content).hexdigest()}-{ext}-{CACHE_KEY_VERSION}"
cache_path = self._cache_path(key)
if cache_path and os.path.exists(cache_path):
try:
with open(cache_path, "rb") as fh:
return fh.read()
except OSError:
_logger.warning(
"attachment_preview_office: cache read failed", exc_info=True
)

pdf_bytes = self._libreoffice_to_pdf(content, ext)
if pdf_bytes and cache_path:
try:
# Atomic publish so a concurrent reader never sees a partial file.
tmp = f"{cache_path}.{os.getpid()}.tmp"
with open(tmp, "wb") as fh:
fh.write(pdf_bytes)
os.replace(tmp, cache_path)
except OSError:
_logger.warning(
"attachment_preview_office: cache write failed", exc_info=True
)
return pdf_bytes

@staticmethod
def _cache_path(key):
"""Return the cache file path for ``key`` under the filestore, or None."""
try:
base = os.path.join(
tools.config.filestore(request.env.cr.dbname),
"attachment_preview_office_cache",
)
os.makedirs(base, exist_ok=True)
return os.path.join(base, f"{key}.pdf")
except Exception: # pragma: no cover - never let caching break preview
return None

@staticmethod
def _libreoffice_to_pdf(content, ext):
"""Run LibreOffice headless conversion. Returns PDF bytes or None.

Each invocation uses an isolated ``UserInstallation`` profile so that
concurrent conversions do not collide on the shared LibreOffice profile
lock — the classic "another instance is already running" failure that
otherwise makes this endpoint flaky under any real load.
"""
try:
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
src = os.path.join(tmpdir, f"source.{ext}")
with open(src, "wb") as fh:
fh.write(content)
profile = os.path.join(tmpdir, "louser")
if ext in SPREADSHEET_EXTENSIONS:
user_dir = os.path.join(profile, "user")
os.makedirs(user_dir, exist_ok=True)
xcu = os.path.join(user_dir, "registrymodifications.xcu")
with open(xcu, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
fh.write(SINGLE_PAGE_SHEETS_XCU)
result = subprocess.run(
[
"libreoffice",
f"-env:UserInstallation=file://{profile}",
"--headless",
"--convert-to",
"pdf",
"--outdir",
tmpdir,
src,
],
timeout=CONVERT_TIMEOUT,
capture_output=True,
)
if result.returncode != 0:
_logger.warning(
"LibreOffice conversion failed (exit %s): %s",
result.returncode,
result.stderr.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")[-500:],
)
return None
pdf_path = os.path.join(tmpdir, "source.pdf")
if not os.path.exists(pdf_path):
return None
with open(pdf_path, "rb") as fh:
return fh.read()
except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError):
return None
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