# PDF.js viewer [PDF.js](https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/) is a Portable Document Format (PDF) library that is built with HTML5. This is a build version of the PDF.js, including the viewer. ## Installation bower install pdf.js-viewer ## Usage Include `viewer.html` using [SSI](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/ssi.html) or your favorite templating system. ```html PDF.js viewer
``` ## Upgrading the source Normally mozilla's PDF js viewer, will only run as standalone. We forked the project and patched it, so you can include it within a page. To update this version, get the patched pdf.js source code and build the project git clone https://github.com/legalthings/pdf.js.git cd pdf.js npm install gulp generic cd .. And update the files from source and patch them cd pdf.js-viewer npm install ./build.sh ../pdf.js/build/generic/