v-pdf-highlighter
v1.3.1
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Set of React components for PDF annotation, fork of react-pdf-highlighter
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v-pdf-highlighter
v-pdf-highlighter
is a React library that provides a read only annotation experience for PDF documents on web. It is a fork of "react-pdf-highlighter", built on top of PDF.js by Mozilla. Text and rectangular highlights are supported. Highlight
data format is independent of the viewport, making it suitable for saving on the server.
Example
To run the example app locally:
npm install
npm start
Installation
npm install v-pdf-highlighter
See
./example/src/App.tsx
for React component API example.
Prior art
react-pdf
and
react-pdfjs
only provide React
wrappers for PDF.js and do not have built-in annotation functionality.
pdfjs-annotate
does not
provide text highlights out of the box.
PDF.js provides only viewer:
See also:
- https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
- https://github.com/wojtekmaj/react-pdf
- https://github.com/erikras/react-pdfjs
- https://github.com/instructure/pdf-annotate.js/
- https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/11/annotations-on-document-previews/
FAQ
Can I get a new PDF with the highlights embedded into the document?
Take a look at https://pdf-lib.js.org.
Wasn't this named react-pdf-annotator at some point?
Yes, but people from https://www.pdfannotator.com/ asked me to rename, since they have a trademark for PDF Annotator.
I'm trying the demo with my PDF and it is not loading!
Please check the CORS headers on your url. It is required for the cross-domain request.
Compatibility
Works in Google Chrome, Safari 10+, Firefox 52+. Not tested in Internet Explorer.