Comment on Ask HN: SaaS solution to provide easy and nice PDF embedding in a web page?Comments−logn11yThe Firefox PDF viewer (pdf.js) can be used in any browser from any website. https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.jsSee a demo: http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html−andrea_sOP11yWouldn't I need a node.js server to run that? It's listed as a prerequisite in the GitHub page...−logn11yI've not worked with it except as an end user. But my understanding is that you only need node.js if you're trying to test this locally, because browsers treat file:/// URLs differently than http://localhost−andrea_sOP11yYou are right, actually, as long as it's coming from a webserver (IIS here) I'm able to run the demo. Thanks!
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The Firefox PDF viewer (pdf.js) can be used in any browser from any website. https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
See a demo: http://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/web/viewer.html
Wouldn't I need a node.js server to run that? It's listed as a prerequisite in the GitHub page...
I've not worked with it except as an end user. But my understanding is that you only need node.js if you're trying to test this locally, because browsers treat file:/// URLs differently than http://localhost
You are right, actually, as long as it's coming from a webserver (IIS here) I'm able to run the demo. Thanks!