draw.io-export

Convert draw.io xml file (usually *.drawio) to pdf/png within command line.

Works nicely with make and/or latexmk. Useful if you are writing a paper or thesis with many figures.

Usage with npm

npm install --global draw.io-export
drawio <source.drawio> -o <dest.pdf>
drawio <source.drawio> -o <dest.png>
drawio <source.drawio> -F <format> -o <dest>

Supported formats -F|--fmt

• If not specified, automatically detect png or pdf
• png Only the first page is used
• pdf Only the first page is used
• cat-pdf All pages used, concatenated
• split-png All pages used, separate files with name <dest><#>.png
• split-pdf All pages used, separate files with name <dest><#>.pdf
• split-index-png Alias for split-png
• split-index-pdf Alias for split-pdf
• split-id-png All pages used, separate files with name <dest><diagram-id>.png
• split-id-pdf All pages used, separate files with name <dest><diagram-id>.pdf
• split-name-png All pages used, separate files with name <dest><page-name>.png
• split-name-pdf All pages used, separate files with name <dest><page-name>.pdf

Usage with Docker

docker run --rm \
         -v <your folder with .drawio files>:/files \
         b1f6c1c4/draw.io-export [<fmt>]

• All above formats are supported
• If not specified, generate both png and cat-pdf