React-PDF is a package that helps users to display PDF files in their React app. By using react-pdf package we can add PDF files in our React app as if they were images. To use the latest version of react-pdf package, our project should use React 16.3 or later. We can integrate react-pdf using the following approach.
Creating React Application And Installing Module:
Step 1: Create a React application using the following command.
npx create-react-app my-app
Step 2: After creating your project folder(i.e. my-app), move to it by using the following command.
cd my-app
Step 3: After creating the React application, Install the react-pdf package using the following command.
npm install react-pdf
Step 4: Add sample.pdf file to my-app/src folder which you want to display.
Project Structure:
Project Structure
Example: Add the following code in the App.js file. Here, App is our default component where we have written our code.
Javascript
import React from 'react';import { Document, Page } from 'react-pdf/dist/esm/entry.webpack';import pdfFile from './sample.pdf'function App() { return ( <div> <Document file={pdfFile}> <Page pageNumber={1} /> </Document> </div> );}export default App; |
Note: Instead of importing/requiring react-pdf directly, we had used entry points which are being provided by react-pdf because entry points enable PDF.js worker which is crucial for performance. This makes sure that PDF files will be rendered in a different thread without affecting the performance of the page.
Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project.
npm start
Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000/, you will see the following output.
Reference: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-pdf
