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# PDF.js
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PDF.js is a Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer that is built with HTML5.
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PDF.js is community-driven and supported by Mozilla Labs. Our goal is to
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create a general-purpose, web standards-based platform for parsing and
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rendering PDFs.
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## Contributing
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PDF.js is an open source project and always looking for more contributors. To
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get involved checkout:
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+ [Workflow](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Contributing)
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+ [Style Guide](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Style-Guide)
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+ [FAQ](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions)
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+ [Good Beginner Bugs](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues?direction=desc&labels=5-good-beginner-bug&page=1&sort=created&state=open)
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+ [Priorities](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/milestones)
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+ [Attend a Public Meeting](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Weekly-Public-Meetings)
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For further questions or guidance feel free to stop by #pdfjs on
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irc.mozilla.org.
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## Getting Started
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### Online demo
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+ http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html
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### Browser Extensions
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#### Firefox
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PDF.js is built into version 19+ of Firefox, however one extension is still available:
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+ [Development Version](http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/extensions/firefox/pdf.js.xpi) - This version is updated every time new code is merged into the PDF.js codebase. This should be quite stable but still might break from time to time.
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#### Chrome and Opera
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The Chromium extension is still somewhat experimental but it can be installed two
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ways:
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+ [Unofficial Version](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pdf-viewer/oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm) - *This extension is maintained by a PDF.js contributor.*
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+ Build Your Own - Get the code as explained below and issue `node make chromium`. Then open
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Chrome, go to `Tools > Extension` and load the (unpackaged) extension from the
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directory `build/chromium`.
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The version of the extension for the Opera browser can be found at the [Opera add-ons catalog](https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/pdf-viewer/).
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## Getting the Code
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To get a local copy of the current code, clone it using git:
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$ git clone git://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js.git pdfjs
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$ cd pdfjs
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Next, you need to start a local web server as some browsers don't allow opening
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PDF files for a file:// url:
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$ node make server
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You can install Node via [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm) or the
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[official package](http://nodejs.org). If everything worked out, you can now
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serve
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+ http://localhost:8888/web/viewer.html
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You can also view all the test pdf files on the right side serving
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+ http://localhost:8888/test/pdfs/?frame
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## Building PDF.js
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In order to bundle all `src/` files into two productions scripts and build the generic
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viewer, issue:
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$ node make generic
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This will generate `pdf.js` and `pdf.worker.js` in the `build/generic/build/` directory.
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Both scripts are needed but only `pdf.js` needs to be included since `pdf.worker.js` will
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be loaded by `pdf.js`. If you want to support more browsers than Firefox you'll also need
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to include `compatibility.js` from `build/generic/web/`. The PDF.js files are large and
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should be minified for production.
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## Learning
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You can play with the PDF.js API directly from your browser through the live
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demos below:
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+ [Hello world](http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/examples/learning/helloworld.html)
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+ [Simple reader with prev/next page controls](http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/examples/learning/prevnext.html)
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The repo contains a hello world example that you can run locally:
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+ [examples/helloworld/](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/master/examples/helloworld/)
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For an introduction to the PDF.js code, check out the presentation by our
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contributor Julian Viereck:
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+ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv15UY-4Fg8
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You can read more about PDF.js here:
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+ http://andreasgal.com/2011/06/15/pdf-js/
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+ http://blog.mozilla.com/cjones/2011/06/15/overview-of-pdf-js-guts/
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Even more learning resources can be found at:
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+ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Additional-Learning-Resources
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## Questions
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Check out our FAQs and get answers to common questions:
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+ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions
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Talk to us on IRC:
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+ #pdfjs on irc.mozilla.org
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Join our mailing list:
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+ dev-pdf-js@lists.mozilla.org
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Subscribe either using lists.mozilla.org or Google Groups:
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+ https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-pdf-js
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+ https://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.pdf-js/topics
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Follow us on twitter: @pdfjs
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+ http://twitter.com/#!/pdfjs
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Weekly Public Meetings
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+ https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/wiki/Weekly-Public-Meetings
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