Pass pdf url to pdf.js in query string

Question

I'm new to node/pdf js. I just install node and run pdf.js.

Now I want know how can I open pdf files using pdf js by passing pdf file url as parameter in query string?

async5 · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-10 03:07:09Z

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Try adding ?file=document.pdf to the viewer url. See also https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues/2496

answered Feb 10, 2013 at 3:07

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Kristof Mols · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-08 07:39:46Z

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It will require some changes in the viewer.js:

Move parseQueryString: function pdfViewParseQueryString(query) outside var PDFView so it's a standalone function: function pdfViewParseQueryString(query)
Replace all occurences of PDFView.parseQueryString(..) to pdfViewParseQueryString(..)
Change var DEFAULT_URL = '' to var urlParm = pdfViewParseQueryString(document.location.search.substring(1)); var DEFAULT_URL = urlParm.url;
You should now be able to call the viewer with somethin like $("actualViewer").src = 'pdfViewer?url=' + encodeURIComponent(pathToFile);

answered Feb 8, 2013 at 7:39

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nic · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-19 18:41:46Z

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On a further note, it is important to know that the file=document.pdf argument must come before the hash sign:

HTH

answered Nov 19, 2013 at 18:41

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