Add PDF functionality with jQuery

Nutrient Web SDK is a JavaScript PDF library for viewing, annotating, and editing PDFs directly in the browser. Use it to add PDF capabilities to any web app.

This guide walks you through the steps to integrate Nutrient into your project, installing using npm and integrating as a module. By the end, you'll be able to render a PDF document in the UI.

Test without installing

Installation

  1. Reference the Nutrient Web SDK library from your index.html file <head> section:

    <doctype html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <script src="https://cdn.cloud.pspdfkit.com/[email protected]/nutrient-viewer.js"></script>
      </head>
      <body>
      </body>
    </html>

  2. This will load the Nutrient Web SDK from the CDN, allowing you to reference NutrientViewer in your JavaScript code.

  3. Make sure your server has the Content-Type: application/wasm MIME typeset. Read more about this in the troubleshooting(opens in a new tab) section of our guides.

Render a PDF

  1. Rename the PDF document you want to display in your application to document.pdf, and place it in your project's root directory. You can use this demo document(opens in a new tab) as an example.

  2. In the index.html file in the root folder of your application, add an empty <div> element with a defined width and height to where PSPDFKit will be mounted:

    <div id="nutrient" style="width: 100%; height: 100vh;"></div>

  3. Initialize the SDK in JavaScript by calling window.NutrientViewer.load():

    index.js
    window.NutrientViewer.load({
      container: '#nutrient',
      document: 'document.pdf',
    })
      .then((instance) => {
        console.log('Nutrient loaded', instance);
      })
      .catch((error) => {
        console.error(error.message);
      });

  4. Import index.js into your HTML page:

    <script src="index.js"></script>

  5. You should now see the PDF rendered in the browser when you serve the site locally.

    <doctype html>
    <html>
      <head>
        <script src="https://cdn.cloud.pspdfkit.com/[email protected]/nutrient-viewer.js"></script>
      </head>
      <body>
        <div id="nutrient" style="width: 100%; height: 100vh;"></div>
        <script src="index.js"></script>
      </body>
    </html>

Troubleshooting

Facing issues?