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Adobe Acrobat has a javascript API - but does READER also have one?

Community Beginner ,
Feb 24, 2018 Feb 24, 2018

I'd like to extend my website, which currently can highlight web content, to also be able to highlight PDFs that are displayed in the browser.

I found out that Adobe Acrobat has a JavaScript API, but Acrobat is a stand-alone program.   Acrobat Reader, on the other hand, can be used from web browsers, or at least from CHROME, (EDGE  has its own built-in PDF reader).  

So does Acrobat Reader have a JavaScript API?

And if it does, can I make those JavaScript calls from a webpage in my web browser (perhaps using iframes?)

Thanks:

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LEGEND , Feb 24, 2018 Feb 24, 2018

1. JavaScript yes, external API no.

2. When you show a PDF in Chrome, no Adobe software is involved.

3. Can‘t bridge from web page JavaScript to PDF Javascript so far as I know.

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LEGEND ,
Feb 24, 2018 Feb 24, 2018

1. JavaScript yes, external API no.

2. When you show a PDF in Chrome, no Adobe software is involved.

3. Can‘t bridge from web page JavaScript to PDF Javascript so far as I know.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 25, 2018 Feb 25, 2018
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Thank you.

Based on what you say, it seems that I even if I used Acrobat JavaScript to capture a highlight, I would not be able to send the text of that highlight to my website.

I've downloaded a PDF on JavaScript for Acrobat though.

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