[post] Render and annotate PDF file using pdf.js

[at15]

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Description

Recently I am building a reference management system for papers (I plan to read.jpg).
pdf.js has little documentation and most commercial products are too expensive.

This post describes:

• how to add a text layer so you can select and highlight it
• write your own viewer in vanilla js (or maybe some jQuery)
• add annotation layer (that save annotation outside pdf file)
• code walk through of some existing implementation, web viewer included in pdf.js, react-pdf-highlighter

It should serve as a good starting point for ppl frustrated with mendeley and want to write their own paper management system.

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