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Zhang29926632l2w6
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May 17, 2023
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Preview all file type with PDF Embed API

  • May 17, 2023
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Hi all, firstly please correct me if  I open this post at incorrect location.

 

I have some document and media files stored in AWS S3 bucket. My website is using PHP 7.0 and Jquery
Because Google Doc Viewer limits the max file size to preview at 25MB. So I replace it with PDF Embed API.


This API is only for previewing PDF while I need to preview any file types such as ( doc, docx, csv, xls, xlsx, pdf, png, jpg, jpeg ).


I tried to research and had some ideas that I need to convert all other file types to PDF first, and Adobe Service API can do that ( create a PDF file from other file )


The problem is I feel it's too hard to apply this.
The follow will be: get file from S3 via a public URL -> check file type -> if file type is not PDF -> convert it -> preview that file ( using Embed PDF API )

 

Please help me to have a simple view for that above follow ( eg: what API I should use ,.... )


I would appreciate any ideas. Thank you

 

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    2 replies

    Raymond Camden
    Community Manager
    Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 18, 2023

    As stated, you could convert your other items to PDFs, but the Embed viewer won't be updated to support non-PDF items. 

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    Zhang29926632l2w6Author
    Participant
    May 18, 2023

    Hi Raymond, Thanks for your response. I agree with your idea. But I would like to convert files automatically by using API or something like that.

    Raymond Camden
    Community Manager
    Raymond CamdenCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 18, 2023

    So yes, we have an API that lets you convert from Office, HTML, and some image formats. Embed viewer wouldn't do that for you - you would need to write code that looks at your directory of assets, converts them, and is run on some sort of schedule so it handles new images being added there. 

     

    All in all, completely doable, just not something I can share in a forum post. Also note our APIs are not free like Embed (although we have a free tier coming).

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    May 17, 2023

    Why not pre-convert things as you add them to the bucket (or in a batch) and present for preview only the PDFs? Live conversion to PDF could easily take so long that the user will wander off to another web site, as well as potentially having a substantial and uncontrollable cost.

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    Zhang29926632l2w6Author
    Participant
    May 18, 2023

    Hi, thanks for your response.
    Firstly, I want to keep the original file type so that user can download it instead of storing 2 file types or just pdf type.
    I can see some services can convert it quickly (they convert my file to PDF or PNG file to preview). We can let user know the file is preparing to preview by showing a notification, user can wait in 1 or 2 minutes, but if the conversion proccess takes too long as you mentioned, then I need to find other solutions or services.
    Anyway, the purpose of my question is create something like Google Docs View but can preview a file more than 25MB. I just need to preview

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