Getting Started

The ready-made viewer gives you a complete PDF experience with a small integration surface. Pick your stack in the sidebar; this page and every example will stay on that integration.

Installation#

Vanilla JavaScript can load the viewer directly from a CDN. Framework projects install their dedicated adapter with pnpm.

<script type="module">
  import EmbedPDF from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@embedpdf/snippet@2/dist/embedpdf.js';
</script>

Add your first viewer#

Give the viewer a PDF URL and a height. The adapter handles the engine, plugins, toolbar, and document lifecycle for you.

<div id="pdf-viewer" style="height: 500px"></div>

<script type="module">
  import EmbedPDF from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@embedpdf/snippet@2/dist/embedpdf.js';

  const viewer = EmbedPDF.init({
    type: 'container',
    target: document.getElementById('pdf-viewer'),
    src: 'https://snippet.embedpdf.com/ebook.pdf',
  });
</script>

Where to go next#

• Configure the toolbar and available viewer controls.
• Listen to the ready event when you need access to the plugin registry.
• Switch to the Headless docs when you want to build the entire interface yourself.