PDF.js - Using search function on embedded PDF

Question

I embedded a PDF using PDF.js with the iframe src=viewer.html?file=... tag. I\'m using PDF.js and its viewer.html as it already provides a search function that

Answer 1

Inspired by dev-random's answer I added following code to viewer.js. I open my pdf by passing url parameters e.g. http://localhost:3000/pdf/viewer.html?&search=your_search_term. This way when you open the PDF file, the search is automatically performed which suits my usecase.

//Add this piece of code to webViewerInitialized function in viewer.js
if ('search' in params) {
    searchPDF(params['search']);
}

//New function in viewer.js
function searchPDF(td_text) {
    PDFViewerApplication.findBar.open();
    PDFViewerApplication.findBar.findField.value = td_text;
    PDFViewerApplication.findBar.caseSensitive.checked = true;
    PDFViewerApplication.findBar.highlightAll.checked = true;
    PDFViewerApplication.findBar.findNextButton.click();
    PDFViewerApplication.findBar.close();
}