PDF embed component for Vue 3 (see Compatibility for Vue 2 support)

• Controlled rendering of PDF documents in Vue apps
• Handling 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)

This package is only compatible with Vue 3. For Vue 2 support, install vue-pdf-embed@1 and refer to the v1 docs.

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

npm install vue-pdf-embed

yarn add vue-pdf-embed

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

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

// essential styles
import 'vue-pdf-embed/dist/style/index.css'

// optional styles
import 'vue-pdf-embed/dist/style/annotationLayer.css'
import 'vue-pdf-embed/dist/style/textLayer.css'

// either URL, Base64, binary, or document proxy
const pdfSource = '<PDF_URL>'
</script>

<template>
  <VuePdfEmbed annotation-layer text-layer :source="pdfSource" />
</template>

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

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 web worker used to handle PDF documents is loaded by default. However, this may not be acceptable due to bundler restrictions or CSP (Content Security Policy). In such cases it is recommended to use the essential build (index.essential.mjs) and set up the worker manually using the exposed GlobalWorkerOptions.

import { GlobalWorkerOptions } from 'vue-pdf-embed/dist/index.essential.mjs'
import PdfWorker from 'pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.worker.js?url'

GlobalWorkerOptions.workerSrc = PdfWorker

Typically, document loading is internally handled within the component. However, for optimization purposes, the document can be loaded in the useVuePdfEmbed composable function and then passed as the source prop of the component (e.g. when sharing the source between multiple instances of the component).

<script setup>
import VuePdfEmbed, { useVuePdfEmbed } from 'vue-pdf-embed'

const { doc } = useVuePdfEmbed({
  source: '<PDF_URL>',
})
</script>

<template>
  <VuePdfEmbed :source="doc" />
</template>

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:

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

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

<VuePdfEmbed
  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.

Basic Usage Demo (JSFiddle)

Advanced Usage Demo (JSFiddle)

MIT License. Please see LICENSE file for more information.