diff --git a/renderer/carbone-service.js b/renderer/carbone-service.js
index fdb8541..f61f920 100644
--- a/renderer/carbone-service.js
+++ b/renderer/carbone-service.js
@@ -709,6 +709,67 @@ router.post('/templates/:id/render', async (req, res) => {
}
});
+// POST /api/carbone/templates/:id/preview - Render template with data -> HTML preview
+router.post('/templates/:id/preview', async (req, res) => {
+ const templateId = req.params.id;
+ const registry = loadRegistry();
+ const template = registry.find(t => t.id === templateId);
+
+ if (!template) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Template not found' });
+ if (!fs.existsSync(template.path)) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Template file missing' });
+
+ const candidateData = req.body.candidateData || req.body;
+ const referenceDate = req.body.referenceDate || req.body.generation_date;
+ const carboneData = transformCandidateData(candidateData, referenceDate);
+
+ try {
+ // Step 1: Merge data into DOCX with Carbone
+ const docxBuffer = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+ const timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Carbone merge timed out')), 30000);
+ carbone.render(template.path, carboneData, {}, (err, result) => {
+ clearTimeout(timer);
+ if (err) reject(err); else resolve(result);
+ });
+ });
+
+ // Step 2: Convert to HTML with LibreOffice
+ const tmpDir = path.join(__dirname, 'output');
+ fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true });
+ const tmpId = uuidv4();
+ const tmpDocx = path.join(tmpDir, `${tmpId}.docx`);
+ const tmpHtml = path.join(tmpDir, `${tmpId}.html`);
+
+ fs.writeFileSync(tmpDocx, docxBuffer);
+
+ const { execFile } = require('child_process');
+ const htmlPath = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+ const timer = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('LibreOffice conversion timed out')), 60000);
+ execFile('soffice', [
+ '--headless', '--invisible', '--nocrashreport', '--nodefault',
+ '--nologo', '--nofirststartwizard', '--norestore',
+ '--convert-to', 'html', '--outdir', tmpDir, tmpDocx
+ ], { timeout: 60000 }, (err) => {
+ clearTimeout(timer);
+ if (err) reject(err);
+ else if (!fs.existsSync(tmpHtml)) reject(new Error('HTML was not generated'));
+ else resolve(tmpHtml);
+ });
+ });
+
+ const htmlBuffer = fs.readFileSync(htmlPath);
+
+ // Clean up temp files
+ try { fs.unlinkSync(tmpDocx); } catch {}
+ try { fs.unlinkSync(tmpHtml); } catch {}
+
+ res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
+ res.send(htmlBuffer);
+ } catch (err) {
+ console.error('Preview error:', err.message);
+ res.status(500).json({ error: 'Preview failed: ' + err.message });
+ }
+});
+
// DELETE /api/carbone/templates/:id - Delete a template
router.delete('/templates/:id', (req, res) => {
const templateId = req.params.id;
diff --git a/renderer/carbone-templates/433a0593-d3cf-414e-8763-ab5f87cbc75c.docx b/renderer/carbone-templates/433a0593-d3cf-414e-8763-ab5f87cbc75c.docx
index 0b2d90b..c55c03a 100644
Binary files a/renderer/carbone-templates/433a0593-d3cf-414e-8763-ab5f87cbc75c.docx and b/renderer/carbone-templates/433a0593-d3cf-414e-8763-ab5f87cbc75c.docx differ
diff --git a/renderer/carbone-templates/registry.json b/renderer/carbone-templates/registry.json
index 702942a..95b13e0 100644
--- a/renderer/carbone-templates/registry.json
+++ b/renderer/carbone-templates/registry.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
"originalName": "master_cv_template.docx",
"path": "/root/workspace/cv-app/renderer/carbone-templates/433a0593-d3cf-414e-8763-ab5f87cbc75c.docx",
"uploadedAt": "2026-07-16T09:03:29.601Z",
- "updatedAt": "2026-07-17T09:07:36.233Z"
+ "updatedAt": "2026-07-17T13:05:53.142Z"
}
]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/static/carbone.js b/static/carbone.js
index d4c0143..ce11082 100644
--- a/static/carbone.js
+++ b/static/carbone.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ async function loadCarboneTemplates() {
}
// ============================================================
-// RENDER SAMPLE CV
+// RENDER SAMPLE CV (download PDF)
// ============================================================
async function renderSampleCV(templateId) {
toast('Generating sample CV PDF...');
@@ -137,6 +137,49 @@ async function renderSampleCV(templateId) {
}
}
+// ============================================================
+// PREVIEW TEMPLATE (inline HTML preview)
+// ============================================================
+async function previewTemplate(templateId) {
+ toast('Generating preview...');
+
+ try {
+ // Get first candidate for sample data
+ const candidatesResp = await fetch('/api/candidates?limit=1');
+ const candidatesData = await candidatesResp.json();
+ let cvData = null;
+
+ if (candidatesData.candidates && candidatesData.candidates.length > 0) {
+ const fullResp = await fetch('/api/candidates/' + candidatesData.candidates[0].id);
+ cvData = await fullResp.json();
+ }
+
+ if (!cvData) {
+ toast('Upload a CV first to preview', 'error');
+ return;
+ }
+
+ const resp = await fetch(CARBONE_API + '/templates/' + templateId + '/preview', {
+ method: 'POST',
+ headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+ body: JSON.stringify({ candidateData: cvData })
+ });
+
+ if (!resp.ok) {
+ const err = await resp.json();
+ throw new Error(err.error || 'Preview failed');
+ }
+
+ const html = await resp.text();
+ // Show the HTML in a modal with an iframe
+ const body = '';
+ showModal(body, 'Template Preview', 'large');
+ toast('Preview generated');
+ } catch (e) {
+ toast('Preview failed: ' + e.message, 'error');
+ }
+}
+
// ============================================================
// DELETE TEMPLATE
// ============================================================
@@ -250,7 +293,8 @@ async function loadOnlyofficeTemplates() {
-
+
+
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index f54510d..b7ed968 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@
-
+