📄 vue-pdf-embed

PDF embed component for Vue 2 and Vue 3

Features

• Controlled rendering of PDF documents in Vue apps
• Handles password protected documents
• Includes text layer (searchable and selectable documents)
• Includes annotation layer (annotations and links)
• No peer dependencies or additional configuration required
• Can be used directly in the browser (see Examples)

Compatibility

This package is compatible with both Vue 2 and Vue 3, but consists of two separate builds. The default exported build is for Vue 3, for Vue 2 import dist/vue2-pdf-embed.js (see Usage).

Installation

Depending on the environment, the package can be installed in one of the following ways:

npm install vue-pdf-embed@1

yarn add vue-pdf-embed@1

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue-pdf-embed@1"></script>

Usage

<template>
  <div>
    <h1>File</h1>
    <vue-pdf-embed :source="source1" />

    <h1>Base64</h1>
    <vue-pdf-embed :source="source2" />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import VuePdfEmbed from 'vue-pdf-embed'

// OR THE FOLLOWING IMPORT FOR VUE 2
// import VuePdfEmbed from 'vue-pdf-embed/dist/vue2-pdf-embed'

export default {
  components: {
    VuePdfEmbed,
  },
  data() {
    return {
      source1: '<PDF_URL>',
      source2: 'data:application/pdf;base64,<BASE64_ENCODED_PDF>',
    }
  },
}
</script>

Props

| Name | Type | Accepted values | Description | | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | annotationLayer | boolean | true or false | whether the annotation layer should be enabled | | height | number string | natural numbers | desired page height in pixels (ignored if the width property is specified) | | imageResourcesPath | string | URL or path with trailing slash | path for icons used in the annotation layer | | page | number | 1 to the last page number | number of the page to display (displays all pages if not specified) | | rotation | number string | 0, 90, 180 or 270 (multiples of 90) | desired page rotation angle in degrees | | scale | number | rational numbers | desired ratio of canvas size to document size | | source | string object Uint8Array | document URL or typed array pre-filled with data | source of the document to display | | textLayer | boolean | true or false | whether the text layer should be enabled | | width | number string | natural numbers | desired page width in pixels |

Events

| Name | Value | Description | | --------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | internal-link-clicked | destination page number | internal link was clicked | | loaded | PDF document proxy | finished loading the document | | loading-failed | error object | failed to load document | | password-requested | callback function, retry flag | password is needed to display the document | | progress | progress params object | tracking document loading progress | | rendered | – | finished rendering the document | | rendering-failed | error object | failed to render document |

Slots

| Name | Props | Description | | ----------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------- | | after-page | page (page number) | content to be added after the page | | before-page | page (page number) | content to be added before the page |

Public Methods

| Name | Arguments | Description | | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | | download | filename (string) | download document | | print | print resolution (number), filename (string), all pages flag (boolean) | print document via browser interface | | render | – | manually (re)render document |

Note: Public methods can be accessed via a template ref.

Static Methods

Besides the component itself, the module also includes a getDocument function for manual loading of PDF documents, which can then be used as the source prop of the component. In most cases it is sufficient to specify the source prop with a URL or typed array, while the result of the getDocument function can be used in special cases, such as sharing the source between multiple component instances. This is an advanced topic, so it is recommended to check the source code of the component before using this function.

Common Issues

This is a client-side library, so it is important to keep this in mind when working with SSR (server-side rendering) frameworks such as Nuxt. Depending on the framework used, you may need to properly configure the library import or use a wrapper.

The path to predefined CMaps should be specified to ensure correct rendering of documents containing non-Latin characters, as well as in case of CMap-related errors:

<vue-pdf-embed
  :source="{
    cMapUrl: 'https://unpkg.com/pdfjs-dist/cmaps/',
    url: pdfSource,
  }"
/>

The image resource path must be specified for annotations to display correctly:

<vue-pdf-embed
  image-resources-path="https://unpkg.com/pdfjs-dist/web/images/"
  :source="pdfSource"
/>

Note: The examples above use a CDN to load resources, however these resources can also be included in the build by installing the pdfjs-dist package as a dependency and further configuring the bundler.

Examples

Basic Usage Demo (JSFiddle)

Advanced Usage Demo (JSFiddle)

Advanced Usage Demo (StackBlitz)

License

MIT License. Please see LICENSE file for more information.