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This is a Hugo Shortcode developed for use in Hugo based websites. This shortcode allows you to embed a PDF file in a page on your Hugo website. It is developed using the PDF.js library by Mozilla.

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Note: This shortcode is for use in Hugo based websites. It will not work anywhere else.

Hugo embed-pdf can be installed in two ways.

1. Add this shortcode as a Git submodule

git submodule add  https://github.com/anvithks/hugo-embed-pdf-shortcode.git themes/hugo-embed-pdf-shortcode

2. Edit config.toml as follows

theme = ["hugo-embed-pdf-shortcode", "YourCurrentTheme"]
enableInlineShortcodes = true

To learn more about "Theme components", see the Hugo documentation

1. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/anvithks/hugo-embed-pdf-shortcode.git
cd hugo-embed-pdf-shortcode

2. Copy the file ./layouts/shortcodes/embed-pdf.html to ./layouts/shortcodes in your Hugo website directory.

Note: If you do not have a ./layouts/shortcodes directory you can create it.

cp ./layouts/shortcodes/embed-pdf.html /path/to/your/hugo/website/layouts/shortcodes

3. Copy the pdf.js library files from ./static/js/pdf-js to ./static/js in your Hugo website directory.

Note: If you do not have a ./static/js directory you can create it.

cp -R ./static/js/pdf-js /path/to/your/hugo/website/static/js/

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In your Hugo website place the following shortcode in any of the markdown pages.

{{< embed-pdf url="./path/to/pdf/file/example.pdf" >}}

To hide pagination

{{< embed-pdf url="./path/to/pdf/file/example.pdf" hidePaginator="true" >}}

To render a selected page number

{{< embed-pdf url="./path/to/pdf/file/example.pdf" renderPageNum="5" >}}

To hide loading spinner

{{< embed-pdf url="./path/to/pdf/file/example.pdf" hideLoader="true" >}}

• url (required) : The relative location of the file.

• hidePaginator (optional): Boolean which expects true or false. Hides the paginator for single page documents.

• renderPageNum (optional): Integer which expects any number from 1 up to the last page number in the document. Will render that specific page on initial load.

• hideLoader (optional): Boolean which expects true or false. Hides the loading spinner while your document loads.

Note: Currently supports local file embed. If absolute URL from the remote server is provided, configure the CORS header on that server.

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1. I have installed hugo-embed-pdf in my website locally by cloning the repository and copying the files, but it does not work?
   A. hugo-embed-pdf uses pdf.js from mozilla. Pdf.js is now being served using a CDN.
   If you would like to use a local copy of PDf.js then you can make the following changes to the embed-pdf.html file.

• Change the script tag at the top of the file from

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/build/pdf.min.js" integrity="sha256-UZQVSEoMbJ82/3uFjt4mYOTVVHIImtkp7u3L6LMH6/Y=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

to

<script type="text/javascript" src='{{"/js/pdf-js/build/pdf.js" | relURL}}'></script>

• Change the path to the pdf.worker.js file at line number 124 from

pdfjsLib.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/build/pdf.worker.min.js';

to

pdfjsLib.GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = "{{.Site.BaseURL}}" + 'js/pdf-js/build/pdf.worker.js';

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