PDF Preview plugin for FilePond

The PDF Preview plugin is an Extension of FilePond that will render a small preview when the uploaded file is of type PDF. It will use the browser native renderer.

Quick Start

Install using npm:

npm install @tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview

Or install using Yarn:

yarn add @tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview

Or using a CDN refernce:

https://unpkg.com/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview/dist/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview.min.js

Then import in your project:

import * as FilePond from "filepond";
import FilePondPluginPdfPreview from "@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview";

Or reference it by CDN

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview/dist/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview.min.js"></script>

Register the plugin:

FilePond.registerPlugin(FilePondPluginPdfPreview);

Create a new FilePond instance as normal.

const pond = FilePond.create({
  name: "filepond",
});

// Add it to the DOM
document.body.appendChild(pond.element);

The preview will become active when uploading a PDF file.

Change the defaults

If you want you can change the defaults for this plugin

in the javascript

pond.setOptions({
    allowPdfPreview: true,
    pdfPreviewHeight: 320,
    pdfComponentExtraParams: 'toolbar=0&view=fit&page=1'            
 });

or in the html with the 'data-' atributes in the html tag

<input type="file"         
    data-pdf-preview-height="320"  
    data-pdf-component-extra-params="toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrollbar=0&view=fitH"
/>

Default styles

Be sure to include this lib's styles, by importing the minified css.

import "@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview/dist/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview.min.css";

or by CDN

<link href="https://unpkg.com/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview/dist/@tofandel/filepond-plugin-pdf-preview.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

Demo

View the demo