Pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer NPM

PDF Viewer by PDF Generator API

PDFViewer is a library to display and interact with PDF documents in web applications, offering features such as document loading via URL and base64 encoded strings.

PDF Viewer

Installing PDFViewer

npm

$ npm install pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer

yarn

$ yarn add pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer

Using PDFViewer

API

loadUrl(string) - load PDF from an URL
loadBase64(string) - load PDF from a base64 encoded string
setOptions(object) - update options
- print: boolean - enable print button
- download: boolean - enable download button
- upload: boolean - enable upload file button

ECMAScript module

import { PDFViewer } from "pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer";

const viewer = new PDFViewer({
  container: document.getElementById("viewer-container"),
});

viewer.loadUrl("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/pdf.js/ba2edeae/examples/learning/helloworld.pdf");

CommonJS

const { PDFViewer } = require("pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer");

const viewer = new PDFViewer({
  container: document.getElementById("viewer-container"),
});

viewer.loadUrl("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/pdf.js/ba2edeae/examples/learning/helloworld.pdf");

CDN

<div id="id"></div>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer@latest/dist/PDFViewer.iife.js"></script>
<script>
  const { PDFViewer } = PDFGeneratorApi;

  const viewer = new PDFViewer({
    container: document.getElementById("id"),
  });

  viewer.loadUrl("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/pdf.js/ba2edeae/examples/learning/helloworld.pdf");
</script>

Loading PDF documents

The PDF Viewer library loads documents from various sources:

URL

const viewer = new PDFViewer({
  container: document.getElementById("viewer-container"),
})

viewer.loadUrl("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/pdf.js/ba2edeae/examples/learning/helloworld.pdf");

Base64 Encoded String

const viewer = new PDFViewer({
  container: document.getElementById("viewer-container"),
})

const base64encodedPdf =
  "JVBERi0xLjcKCjEgMCBvYmogICUgZW50cnkgcG9pbnQKPDwKICAvVHlwZSAvQ2F0YWxvZwog" +
  "IC9QYWdlcyAyIDAgUgo+PgplbmRvYmoKCjIgMCBvYmoKPDwKICAvVHlwZSAvUGFnZXMKICAv" +
  "TWVkaWFCb3ggWyAwIDAgMjAwIDIwMCBdCiAgL0NvdW50IDEKICAvS2lkcyBbIDMgMCBSIF0K" +
  "Pj4KZW5kb2JqCgozIDAgb2JqCjw8CiAgL1R5cGUgL1BhZ2UKICAvUGFyZW50IDIgMCBSCiAg" +
  "L1Jlc291cmNlcyA8PAogICAgL0ZvbnQgPDwKICAgICAgL0YxIDQgMCBSIAogICAgPj4KICA+" +
  "PgogIC9Db250ZW50cyA1IDAgUgo+PgplbmRvYmoKCjQgMCBvYmoKPDwKICAvVHlwZSAvRm9u" +
  "dAogIC9TdWJ0eXBlIC9UeXBlMQogIC9CYXNlRm9udCAvVGltZXMtUm9tYW4KPj4KZW5kb2Jq" +
  "Cgo1IDAgb2JqICAlIHBhZ2UgY29udGVudAo8PAogIC9MZW5ndGggNDQKPj4Kc3RyZWFtCkJU" +
  "CjcwIDUwIFRECi9GMSAxMiBUZgooSGVsbG8sIHdvcmxkISkgVGoKRVQKZW5kc3RyZWFtCmVu" +
  "ZG9iagoKeHJlZgowIDYKMDAwMDAwMDAwMCA2NTUzNSBmIAowMDAwMDAwMDEwIDAwMDAwIG4g" +
  "CjAwMDAwMDAwNzkgMDAwMDAgbiAKMDAwMDAwMDE3MyAwMDAwMCBuIAowMDAwMDAwMzAxIDAw" +
  "MDAwIG4gCjAwMDAwMDAzODAgMDAwMDAgbiAKdHJhaWxlcgo8PAogIC9TaXplIDYKICAvUm9v" +
  "dCAxIDAgUgo+PgpzdGFydHhyZWYKNDkyCiUlRU9G";

viewer.loadBase64(base64encodedPdf);

Available options

Theme: PDFViewerThemeOptions
Print: boolean
Download: boolean
Upload: boolean

import { PDFViewer, PDFViewerThemes } from "pdf-generator-api-pdfviewer";

const viewer = new PDFViewer({
  container: document.getElementById("viewer-container") as HTMLElement,
})

viewer.setOptions({
  theme: PDFViewerThemes.Light,
  print: true,
  download: true,
  upload: true,
});