Open PDF files using PDF.js without passing file as query string

Question

I am using PDF.js to open a PDF file currently and its working fine.

Previously I was using like this:

http://myapp.mycompany.com/web/viewer.html?file=http://myapp.mycompany.com/my-PDF-file.pdf

My Problem:

For some reasons, I really do not want to reveal the file path of my PDF file and want to move my PDF files outside root directory. Is there any other way to provide the pdf file to the viewer.html? or is this the oly way?

NOTE: I have moved all the PDF files outside my root directory. So How can I access the PDF now?

Justinas · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-07 12:45:48Z

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Yes, there is. Call some function instead (and you don't even need PDF.js):

http://www.example.com/getPDF.php?fileName=pdfname.pdf

function fileName() {
    $fileName = $_GET['fileName'];
    header("Content-type:application/pdf");
    header("Content-Disposition:inline;filename='{$fileName}'");
    readfile(__DIR__."/../pdfs/private/{$fileName}");
}

answered Mar 7, 2016 at 12:45

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Abhinav Over a year ago

sorry..I want to use PDF.js, since it provides a good looking reviewer ,how can I use PDF.js to load a file, do u have any idea on that?

apokryfos Over a year ago

Change your URL to http://myapp.mycompany.com/web/viewer.html?file=http://myapp.mycompany.com/getPDF.php?filename=pdfname.pdf and the above response would be the contents of file getPDF.php you may need to urlencode the part after file= (depending on the implementation in viewer.html)

Abhinav Over a year ago

@apokryfos: hey I got it worked,thank you so much for your suggestion :)

Justinas Over a year ago

@Abhinav PDF.js is mostly for browsers that does not support native PDF preview or if you want to make some advanced actions with your PDF.

Abhinav Over a year ago

@Justinas: yeah,I was looking for some advanced actions thats why I wanted to implement it through PDF.js, and I solved it wid your suggestion, thnx :)

async5 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-07 17:36:48Z

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Use rawurlencode to encode '/getP‌DF.php?filename=pdfname.pdf' part:

"http://myapp.mycompany.com/web/viewer.html?file=".rawurlencode("/getP‌DF.php?filename=".rawurlencode("pdfname.pdf"))

answered Mar 7, 2016 at 17:36

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async5 Over a year ago

See also github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/…

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