PDF Viewer

Simple browser-based PDF viewer with multiple rendering modes selected through query params.

Demo URL

https://addevin.github.io/pdf-viewer?file=https://pdfobject.com/pdf/sample.pdf&open-in=pdf-js&hide-tabs=false&hide-header=false&remove-timestamp=false&hide-git-url=false

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Query Params

Short aliases are supported for every query param. If both the full name and short alias are provided, the full name takes priority.

file

Required. The PDF URL to load.

Short alias: f

Use URL encoding when passing a full URL as a query param.

Example:

file=https://pdfobject.com/pdf/sample.pdf

open-in

Optional. Selects the active viewer mode.

Short alias: oi

Supported values:

• mozilla-git-pdf-js
• pdf-js
• google-drive-pdf
• browser-pdf

If omitted, the viewer uses the last selected mode from local storage, or defaults to mozilla-git-pdf-js.

hide-header

Optional. If true or 1, hides the entire header, including tabs and reload button.

Short alias: hh

Supported truthy values:

• true
• 1

hide-tabs

Optional. If true or 1, hides only the tabs and keeps the reload button visible.

Short alias: ht

Supported truthy values:

• true
• 1

remove-timestamp

Optional. If true or 1, the viewer does not append the cache-busting t query param to the PDF URL.

Short alias: rt

Supported truthy values:

• true
• 1

hide-git-url

Optional. If true or 1, hides the GitHub button in the header.

Short alias: hgu

Supported truthy values:

• true
• 1

Notes

• The viewer appends a t query param to the PDF URL for cache-busting unless remove-timestamp is truthy.