Pandoc epub to html: include images & styles in the single page HTML

Question

I use the following command to produce a single page .html file for a .epub file,

pandoc -f epub -t html -o output.html  ./book.epub

But the .html file is lacking images. Is there a way to tell pandoc or something to embed the images in them? Just like Chrome's SingleFile produces.

Have you tried specifying `--resource-path=` also `--self-contained` might be useful. — Allan Wind, Apr 09 '21 at 15:36
But ... can the ebook's styles (CSS) can be include as well? Pandoc currently generates an unstyled HTML. — Sridhar Ratnakumar, Apr 09 '21 at 15:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '23 at 21:12

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You can use --embed-resources to instruct Pandoc to include images and stylesheets (and ...) in the HTML as data URIs. See the official manual for more information

The --standalone option should also be used to include the HTML header and footer

pandoc -f epub -t html -o output.html  ./book.epub --standalone --embed-resources

answered Feb 11 '23 at 21:12

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I am getting "Unknown option `--embed-resources`" in 2023, is there a replacement for that option? – reducing activity May 12 '23 at 16:00
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I have tested it on Pandoc 3.0.1, I think it's more likely you have too old version than that they removed it in 3.1. The older version had a similar `--self-contained` option – exyi May 13 '23 at 21:05
Thanks for checking, I have apparently 2.5. Sorry for a false alarm. – reducing activity May 14 '23 at 08:17

Pandoc epub to html: include images & styles in the single page HTML

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