Build including the viewer in PDF.JS
npm install pdf-viewerPDF.js is a Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer that is built with HTML5.
PDF.js is community-driven and supported by Mozilla Labs. Our goal is to
create a general-purpose, web standards-based platform for parsing and
rendering PDFs.
PDF.js is an open source project and always looking for more contributors. To
get involved checkout:
+ Issue Reporting Guide
+ Code Contribution Guide
+ Frequently Asked Questions
+ Good Beginner Bugs
+ Priorities
+ Attend a Public Meeting
For further questions or guidance feel free to stop by #pdfjs on
irc.mozilla.org.
+ http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html
#### Firefox
PDF.js is built into version 19+ of Firefox, however one extension is still available:
+ Development Version - This version is updated every time new code is merged into the PDF.js codebase. This should be quite stable but still might break from time to time.
#### Chrome and Opera
+ The official extension for Chrome can be installed from the Chrome Web Store.
This extension is maintained by @Rob--W.
+ Opera has also published an extension for their browser at the Opera add-ons catalog.
+ Build Your Own - Get the code as explained below and issue node make chromium. Then open
Chrome, go to Tools > Extension and load the (unpackaged) extension from the
directory build/chromium.
To get a local copy of the current code, clone it using git:
$ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git
$ cd pdf.js
Next, install Node.js via the official package or via
nvm. If everything worked out, run
$ npm install
to install all dependencies for PDF.js.
Finally you need to start a local web server as some browsers do not allow opening
PDF files using a file:// URL. Run
$ node make server
and then you can open
+ http://localhost:8888/web/viewer.html
It is also possible to view all test PDF files on the right side by opening
+ http://localhost:8888/test/pdfs/?frame
In order to bundle all src/ files into two productions scripts and build the generic
viewer, issue:
$ node make generic
This will generate pdf.js and pdf.worker.js in the build/generic/build/ directory.
Both scripts are needed but only pdf.js needs to be included since pdf.worker.js will
be loaded by pdf.js. If you want to support more browsers than Firefox you'll also need
to include compatibility.js from build/generic/web/. The PDF.js files are large and
should be minified for production.
You can play with the PDF.js API directly from your browser through the live
demos below:
+ Hello world
+ Simple reader with prev/next page controls
The repo contains a hello world example that you can run locally:
For an introduction to the PDF.js code, check out the presentation by our
contributor Julian Viereck:
+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv15UY-4Fg8
You can read more about PDF.js here:
+ http://andreasgal.com/2011/06/15/pdf-js/
+ http://blog.mozilla.com/cjones/2011/06/15/overview-of-pdf-js-guts/
Even more learning resources can be found at:
+ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Additional-Learning-Resources
Check out our FAQs and get answers to common questions:
+ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions
Talk to us on IRC:
+ #pdfjs on irc.mozilla.org
Join our mailing list:
+ dev-pdf-js@lists.mozilla.org
Subscribe either using lists.mozilla.org or Google Groups:
+ https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-pdf-js
+ https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.pdf-js/topics
Follow us on twitter: @pdfjs
+ http://twitter.com/#!/pdfjs
Weekly Public Meetings
+ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Weekly-Public-Meetings