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build without the generic viewer

See original GitHub issue

I just need to use the API (I want to create a custom viewer)

How to…

build WITHOUT the generic viewer
build with all dependencies
compatible with all browsers
build a worker file together with one pdf.js file where all source files are merged together

# npm install -g gulp-cli
# cd /path/to/pdfjs
# npm install
# gulp bundle

/var/www/pdfjs/node_modules/webpack/lib/webpack.js:7
const Compiler = require("./Compiler");
^^^^^
SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.
    at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/pdfjs/gulpfile.js:36:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)

Issue Analytics

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:10 (5 by maintainers)

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clarkkcommented, Apr 16, 2017

What is pdf_viewer.js for? I keep getting

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'getDirection' of undefined
    at webViewerLocalized (pdf_viewer.js:5173)

I’m trying out pageviewer because it looks more like the old version I have used

Is it not possible just to grap pdf.js, pdf_worker.js and textlayer-something and make it work like in the good old days? I don’t need the whole project

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timvandermeijcommented, Apr 17, 2017

The regressions have been fixed and the examples are working again. The steps outlined in https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues/8292#issuecomment-294376046 should make all examples work for you as well. I think most problems you decribed happened because we have been refactoring the codebase to use ES6 syntax and you uncovered something we forgot about during the refactoring.

The pageviewer/simpleviewer examples are about as easy as it gets while still having the functionality you ask for, so I don’t think there is more we can do here. Of course, if you feel improvements can be made, feel free to submit a pull request for review. Closing for now as all actionable issues seem to have been resolved.

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