Feature request: Add support for pdf.js DocumentInitParameters type to RPSrc

[jameswaudbycontentcatalyst]

Large PDF files are currently restricted to using the default pdf.js loading options which means the entire file is fetched on load even when range requests are being utilised. During this fetching it isn't possible to view pages of the PDF file.

Currently the RPProvider component src prop only accepts the string or URL types and explicitly excludes DocumentInitParameters, but if support for this were added we would be able to make use of the different loading options pdf.js supports.

I am particularly interested in the disableAutoFetch and disableStream options, elsewhere I have found enabling these options makes the initial pdf data fetch requests on page load much smaller and further page data is then only fetched as pages come into view.

I understand there may be a reason why DocumentInitParameters has been explicitly excluded from the RPSrc type that may make this difficult to implement.

Thank you for your work on this useful library!

[david-reactpdf]

@jameswaudbycontentcatalyst

Thanks for the kind words and detailed context! That does sound like something really useful.

We’ll look into adding support to access the paramters so that options like disableAutoFetch and disableStream can be passed in. I’ll update you once we’ve got more updates.