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Recommended way to embed PDF in HTML?

What is the recommended way to embed PDF in HTML?

  • iFrame?
  • Object?
  • Embed?

What does Adobe say itself about it?

In my case, the PDF is generated on the fly, so it can't be uploaded to a third-party solution prior to flushing it.

Solution

  • Probably the best approach is to use the PDF.JS library. It's a pure HTML5/JavaScript renderer for PDF documents without any third-party plugins.

    Online demo: https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html

    GitHub: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js