pdfjs-broker

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CLI-tool which opens a pdf file specified by command line argument in the form of URL or local filepath with pdf.js.

Requirements

• docker environment (You have to be able to execute docker commands without sudo)
• Python 3 (>=3.6)
• browser-launcing command depending on your platform
  • wslview on WSL
  • Environment variable $BROWSER (e.g. $BROWSER=chromium ) on Linux

Installation

1. $ git clone [email protected]:monado3/pdfjs-broker.git
2. $ cd pdfjs-broker
3. $ docker build -t pdfjs_url ./pdfjs_server_url
4. $ docker build -t pdfjs_file ./pdfjs_server_file
5. Configure browser launcing
   • Add $BROWSER={your browser you want to use for reading pdf files} to environment variable (on Linux)
   • install wslu for wslview command (on WSL)
6. $ ln -s {/foo/bar/broker.py} /usr/local/bin/pdfjs

Usage

$ pdfjs [-u <URL of a pdf file> | -f <pdf file path>]