Nutrient Web SDK

PDF SDK for document viewing and editing in the browser

Nutrient Web SDK (previously PSPDFKit for Web) is a secure JavaScript PDF library for viewing, annotating, and editing PDFs, Office documents, TIFFs, JPGs, and PNGs directly in the browser. It offers developers a way to quickly add document and image functionality to any web application. There are many awesome examples, and it comes supported by the amazing team at Nutrient. Our PDF SDK is fully compatible with React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Next.js, Nuxt, Vite, Electron, and any other JavaScript or TypeScript framework.

Nutrient Web SDK can also be integrated into your Salesforce instance, as well as Microsoft Sharepoint, Teams, and OneDrive.

Customizable — Robust API for configuring behavior and appearance
Client-side — Workload is offloaded to client (no server needed)
Secure — Battle-tested, reliable PDFium-based PDF rendering engine
Office document support — View and convert Office documents without third-party dependencies

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Getting started

The guide below explains how to integrate our Web PDF SDK into a Vanilla JavaScript project. For other scenarios, refer to the step-by-step guides.

Go to your project's root folder and run the following command in the terminal. It installs the Nutrient npm package and adds it as a project dependency:

npm install --save @nutrient-sdk/viewer

Run the following command to copy the Nutrient Web SDK distribution to the assets directory in your project’s root folder:

cp -R ./node_modules/@nutrient-sdk/viewer/dist/ ./assets/

Rename the PDF document you want to display in your application to document.pdf, and then add the PDF document to your project’s root directory. You can use this demo document as an example.
Add an empty <div> element with a defined width and height to where Nutrient Web SDK will be mounted:

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

Add the following code to the main JavaScript file of your application. This imports and instantiates Nutrient Web SDK:

import "./assets/nutrient-viewer.js";

const baseUrl = `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/assets/`;

NutrientViewer.load({
 baseUrl,
 container: "#nutrient",
 document: "document.pdf"
});

Web demos

File type support

Nutrient Web SDK enables client-side viewing and conversion of PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TIFF, JPG, and PNG files directly on any browser — no server dependencies or MS Office licenses are required.

PDF, PDF/A (1, 2, 3, 4)
DOCX, DOC, DOTX, DOCM, XLSX, XLS, XLSM, PPTX, PPT, PPTM
PNG, JPEG, JPG, TIFF, TIF

Browser support

Our PDF SDK supports the latest versions of all commonly used browsers: Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Firefox ESR.

Integrations

Nutrient Web SDK is compatible with Salesforce, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft OneDrive.

Documentation

Nutrient offers comprehensive guides and code samples to help you quickly integrate and customize your application. It comes with full technical support that includes direct access to the engineers who built the product. Whether you have questions getting started with our PDF SDK, or you want to know how to best integrate new features into your app, we’re here to help you find a solution.

API

Read the full API reference.

Changelog

For a detailed list of the changes included in each version, refer to the changelog.

License and support

Nutrient is a commercial product that offers a free trial license to evaluate and integrate it into your product. Visit our pricing page to learn more about licensing our solution.