Adobe PDF Embed API

Free JavaScript API to embed high-fidelity PDFs, enable collaboration, and see analytics.

Why PDF Embed API?

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Accurate, consistent PDF rendering

Whether on dynamic or static pages, deliver the highest quality PDF rendering available.

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Customizable user experience

Choose exactly how to display a PDF and use the callbacks and annotations APIs to provide programmatic control and enable digital collaboration.

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Analytics on PDF usage

Use analytics to understand how users interact with PDFs, including time spent on a page and searches.

Key features of our free PDF Embed API

EMBED MODES

Control how you embed PDFs, with support for full-sized windows, sized containers, in-line display, and lightboxes

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<div id="adobe-dc-view" style="height: 360px; width: 500px;"></div>
<script src="https://acrobatservices.adobe.com/view-sdk/viewer.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.addEventListener("adobe_dc_view_sdk.ready", function(){
var adobeDCView = new AdobeDC.View({clientId: "<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>", divId: "adobe-dc-view"});
adobeDCView.previewFile({
content:{ location:
{ url: "https://acrobatservices.adobe.com/view-sdk-demo/PDFs/Bodea%20Brochure.pdf"}},
metaData:{fileName: "Bodea Brochure.pdf"}
},
{
embedMode: "SIZED_CONTAINER"
});
});
</script>

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Integration with Adobe Experience Manager

Adobe Experience Manager customers can easily drag and drop a high-fidelity PDF viewer directly into web applications without the need for additional code or customizations. Includes pre-configurable settings for comments, printing, downloading, and integrated Adobe Analytics.

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Integration with Adobe Analytics

Out of the box Adobe Analytics integration allows customers to seamlessly enable rich analytics and gain insights on end user experience. Extend functionality with chatbots or calls to action based on user interactions.

Start embedding PDFs in a few minutes

Adobe PDF Embed API is free to use, so get started today!

Step 1

Obtain free credentials

Step 2

Copy JavaScript code or download samples for React and Angular

Step 3

Add credentials to your code and run!

Use cases for PDF Embed API

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Student teacher collaboration

Accelerate digital learning programs with embedded PDF viewing for teacher and peer document collaboration.

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Reviews and approvals

Maximize remote worker productivity with multi-user document collaboration including commenting, markup, text edits, and more.

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Digital content publishing

Easily republish in different formats by extracting structured content elements such as headings, lists, paragraphs, fonts, and character styling.

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Report creation and editing

Create and embed reports for internal or external consumption, sharing, and review.

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Extract text, table, images and document structure.

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Generate
Generate PDF and Word documents from custom word templates.

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