Jekyll PDF Embed

Jekyll PDF Embed is a ruby gem for Jekyll static site generator. It allows user to easily embed external or local PDF files to any page or blog post.

Add this line to your Gemfile:

group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem "jekyll-pdf-embed"
end

And then execute:

$ bundle

Alternatively install the gem yourself as:

$ gem install jekyll-pdf-embed

and put this in your _config.yml

plugins:
  - jekyll-pdf-embed

Install from the command line (you can put any version you want, check the latest):

$ gem install jekyll-pdf-embed --version "1.1.1" --source "https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/mihajlonesic"

Alternatively, install via Gemfile:

source "https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/mihajlonesic" do
  gem "jekyll-pdf-embed", "1.1.1"
end

Your file must end with .pdf, .ppt or .pptx. Everyting else is forbidden.

You can use external PDF files

 {% pdf "https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf" %}

or local

 {% pdf "/files/pdf/sample.pdf" %}

Use front matter

---
pdf_file: "/files/pdf/sample.pdf"
---

{% pdf {{ page.pdf_file }} %}

Use no_link to hide link to pdf file ('View PDF' header)

 {% pdf "/files/pdf/sample.pdf" no_link %}

Use width and/or height parameters to size the container. Default values are width=100% and height=500px.
Order does not matter, and can be used in combination with no_link parameter.

 {% pdf "/files/pdf/sample.pdf" width=350px height=500px %}

You can also embed PowerPoint presentations!

 {% pdf "http://img.labnol.org/di/PowerPoint.ppt" %}

Your file must end with .pdf, .ppt or .pptx. Everyting else is forbidden.

The embedded pdf output

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