vue-pdf

vue-pdf

vue.js pdf viewer is a package for Vue that enables you to display and view PDF's easily via vue components.

Install via NPM/Yarn

npm install vue-pdf

yarn add vue-pdf

Example - basic

<template>
  <pdf src="./path/to/static/relativity.pdf"></pdf>
</template>

<script>
import pdf from 'vue-pdf'

export default {
  components: {
    pdf
  }
}

Demo

vue-pdf demo on jsfiddle

TBD: fix the demo

Browser support

Same browser support as Vue.js 2

Note

since v2.x, the script is exported as esm.

API

Props

:src String / Object - default: ''

The url of the given pdf. src may also be a string|TypedArray|DocumentInitParameters|PDFDataRangeTransport for more details, see PDFJS.getDocument().

:page Number - default: 1

The page number to display.

:rotate Number - default: 0

The page rotation in degrees, only multiple of 90 are valid. EG: 90, 180, 270, 360, ...

Events

@password (updatePassword, reason)

• updatePassword: The function to call with the pdf password.
• reason: the reason why this function is called 'NEED_PASSWORD' or 'INCORRECT_PASSWORD'

@progress Number

Document loading progress. Range [0, 1].

@loaded

Triggers when the document is loaded.

@page-loaded Number

Triggers when a page is loaded.

@num-pages Number

The sum of all pages from the given pdf.

@error Object

Triggers when an error occurs.

@link-clicked Number

Triggers when an internal link is clicked

Public methods

print(dpi, pageList) * experimental *

• dpi: the print resolution of the document (try 100).
• pageList: the list (array) of pages to print.

Public static methods

createLoadingTask(src[, options])

• src: see :src prop
• options: an object of options. This function creates a PDFJS loading task that can be used and reused as :src property.
  The loading task is a promise that resolves with the PDFJS pdf document that exposes the numPages property (see example below).

beware: when the component is destroyed, the object returned by createLoadingTask() become invalid.

Supported options:

• onPassword: Callback that's called when a password protected PDF is being opened.
• onProgress: Callback return loading progress.
• withCredentials: Wheter or not to send cookies in the fetch request.

Examples

Example - current page / page count

<template>
	

</template>

<script>

import pdf from 'vue-pdf'

export default {
	components: {
		pdf
	},
	data() {
		return {
			currentPage: 0,
			pageCount: 0,
		}
	}
}

</script>

Example - display multiple pages of the same pdf document

<template>
	

</template>

<script>

import pdf from 'vue-pdf'

var loadingTask = pdf.createLoadingTask('https://cdn.mozilla.net/pdfjs/tracemonkey.pdf');

export default {
	components: {
		pdf
	},
	data() {
		return {
			src: loadingTask,
			numPages: undefined,
		}
	},
	mounted() {

		this.src.promise.then(pdf => {

			this.numPages = pdf.numPages;
		});
	}
}

</script>

Example - print all pages

<template>
	<button @click="$refs.myPdfComponent.print()">print</button>
	<pdf ref="myPdfComponent" src="https://cdn.mozilla.net/pdfjs/tracemonkey.pdf"></pdf>
</template>

Example - print multiple pages

<template>
	<button @click="$refs.myPdfComponent.print(100, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14])">print</button>
	<pdf ref="myPdfComponent" src="https://cdn.mozilla.net/pdfjs/tracemonkey.pdf"></pdf>
</template>

Example - get text content

<template>
	

</template>

<script>

import pdf from 'vue-pdf'

export default {
	components: {
		pdf
	},
	methods: {
		logContent() {

			this.$refs.myPdfComponent.pdf.forEachPage(function(page) {

				return page.getTextContent()
				.then(function(content) {

					var text = content.items.map(item => item.str);
					console.log(text);
				})
			});
		}
	}
}

</script>

Example - complete

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Credits

Franck Freiburger